The narrator does not appear to experience the ill effects of the same fiscal and passionate troubles as Frost did, yet there is still a staggering feeling of his unavoidable obligations. He would like to watch the snow falling in the forested areas, even with his horse's restlessness, but he has "promises to keep," commitments that he can't overlook regardless of the possibility that he wants to. It is hazy what these particular commitments are, however Frost …show more content…
The first "And miles to go before I sleep" stays inside the limits of exactitude set forward by whatever remains of the piece of writing. We may suspect, as we have as yet, that the poem intimates more than it says out and out, however we can't demand it; the lyric has passed by so quickly, and appeared to be so direct. At that point comes the second "And miles to go before I rest," like a delicate yet entering gong; it could not be overlooked or forgotten. The sound that it makes is "Ahhh." And we must read the verses over and over and offer trenchant comments and clarify the "Ahhh" in words far substandard to the lyric. For the last "miles to go" now appears as though life; the last "sleep" now appears as though