Question

Read the lines of poetry from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.

From “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
And miles to go before I sleep.
What does “miles to go” symbolize?


A. speed

B. distance

C. time

Answer 1

C. time
because it talks about many more to go

Answer 2

C. Time

When the speaker is saying “miles to go before I sleep”, sleep can refer to death. By saying that they have miles to go before death means that they still have time left to live.