is falling on the trees Everything is silent He is completely alone with his horse There are no people or farmhouses nearby The scene is beautiful cold calm and very lonely The woods give him a calm peaceful feeling He enjoys watching the woods fill up with snow Here Frost uses nature to show the speaker s feelings of peace and rest The beauty of the woods touches his heart Nature as a Place of Escape As the speaker stands there he enjoys the silence and the falling snow But the woods are not only beautiful They are also lonely dark and deep The woods are lovely dark and deep No one is there No one is watching him The cold dark empty woods look like a place where someone can die The speaker s wish to stay there longer hints at a deeper feeling Maybe he is too tired and sad He wants to escape from life completely So Frost uses the quiet dark and deep woods to show that the speaker wants rest from duties perhaps an eternal rest The Little Horse The speaker s little horse plays an important role As the speaker stops and thinks the horse becomes confused The horse thinks it is strange to stop there Because it is a lonely dangerous place and there is no farmhouse nearby He says My little horse must think it queer The speaker thinks his horse is shaking the harness bells to give him a warning He says He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake The horse shakes his harness bells as if to ask whether they should move on So the horse a part of nature becomes a symbol of his common sense It reminds him that he cannot stay in the dark woods He has promises to fulfill He must continue his journey Here Frost uses nature to show the struggle between the speaker s wish to rest and his duty to move on Nature and the Journey of Life The speaker is traveling through the snow His journey through nature becomes a symbol of the journey of life The snowy road is cold and long It is just like the difficult path of human life Even though the peaceful woods attract him he knows he cannot stop He says But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep In these lines nature imagery becomes symbolic Miles means he still has duties Sleep means the final rest at the end of life So Frost uses nature to show the speaker s thoughts and his sense of responsibility To sum up Frost s nature becomes both a beautiful escape and a reminder of life s responsibilities Frost teaches that even when we feel tired and wish to rest we must continue our journey and complete our promises