How do you think the speaker feels when he is in the woods
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He stops to watch the snow fall near the woods.
Another symbol in this poem is the sleep referenced in the final stanza. Though the narrator wishes he could stop for a longer period of time in these woods because the scene is so beautiful and tranquil and because it is so lovely to be in such solitude and peaceful darkness, he realizes, ultimately, that he cannot. He says that he has "miles to go before [he can] sleep" (line 15). This line can be read symbolically—meaning that it has both literal and figurative meaning. Literally, the narrator has not completed his journey; this forest is not his final destination. He does have actual miles to travel before he can stop for the night and has reached his destination. Figuratively, the narrator is drawn by the darkness and the depth of these woods, and some might read this as a reference to death, especially because the narrator seems to be tired—he references, directly, his thoughts about sleep in the final two lines. In this case, sleep could be symbolic of death, and the fact that the narrator has "miles to go" before he can sleep means that he cannot stop now. He has "promises to keep": things