(3) 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.
(a) How do these lines reflect the truth about our reality?
(b) What spedoes the phrase promises to keep tell us about the speaker?
(c) What do the expressions miles to go & sleep stand for?
(d) What realisation causes the speaker to move on from his
dreamy appreciation of the scene?
(e) Why is the second-to-line of the poem repeated? What does it tell
you about theaker?
Answers
Answer:
(a) These lines reflect the truth about our reality because our life is like a journey full of challenges . We have to move to complete the tasks and challenges then only we can achieve our goals .
(b) The phrase promises to keep means that the speaker has kept promises that he has to fulfill before he sleeps .
(c) The expression miles to go means that the speaker has to cover a long journey to fulfill the commitments that he has kept and the expression sleep means that he has to move on and fulfill the promises and responsibilities before he sleeps .
(d) The realization that causes the speaker to move on from his dreamy appreciation of the scene is that the speaker has many commitments to keep and responsibilities to fulfill .
(e) The second-to-last line of the poem is repeated , to remind the speaker that he has to cover a long journey ahead and has many responsibilities and promises to fulfill before sleeping.