Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

It shows the terrible price that we all pay, the price of our lives committed to the service of someone else, to never experience for our selves. The fact that Frost repeats the last line (which is common throughout a number of Frost’s works), “and miles to go before I rest,” gives a sense of weariness to the reader. Then, when our youth, usefulness, and worth to those we seemed to find so important is gone, we are allowed to relax. Whatever the reason, a loss it is, and a loss that many of us do not feel until it is too late to mend. Frost seems to be advising that, although one must normally surrender to these pressures, one must make time to take the journey and enjoy life, lest the chance be taken away. ” The last three lines of the poem could be the realization that, although the speaker might like to stay in the woods much longer, there are responsibilities that must be attended to or adventures desired before the final rest, or death, takes him. Many times, due to the pace of our lives, the purity and beauty of nature is often lost in the shuffle. The last three lines of this poem are symbolic of the realization that, between being born and dying, there are many things to accomplish. This horse could be a metaphor for the pressures of the rest of the society. I must show my boss that I am worth that raise. Frost, in line 7, may be using the metaphor of the horse nudging the speaker as if to ask if there is some mistake to show the pressures that are placed on us through our daily lives: society, family, and financial stature. Whether that loss is due to the pace at which we live our lives, or the pressures from the outside world, or even the requirements of our duties is irrelevant.