And Miles to Go before I Sleep

Meaning of Miles to Go Before I Sleep

Hence, this line refers to a long journey ahead before the speaker could go to eternal sleep of death, or it simply proposes that the speaker has many responsibilities to fulfill before sleeping or dying.

Miles to Go Before I Sleep - Meaning, Origin, and Usage

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For me, when I read this poem by Robert Frost it often brings tears to my eyes, especially the phrases

For I have Promises to Keep

And miles before I sleep

"From my point of view we make promises to God before we are born and we stay alive keeping those promises before we sleep."

Some of us have made promises to stay alive as long as possible to help the human race and all beings on earth as much as we can.

So, we have promises to God to keep

And Miles before we sleep

Here is the full Poem:

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

BY ROBERT FROST

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

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.