feels very attractive to the speaker It feels like a place where he can rest However the wood is also dark and deep It feels 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 But the speaker suddenly remembers that he cannot stay there He says But I have promises to keep This means he has duties and responsibilities to fulfill People depend on him Hence he says And miles to go before I sleep Here miles represents the rest of his life Sleep means final rest or death So he is saying that he still has many duties to complete before he can take his final rest In these lines Frost shows the conflict between rest and responsibility The woods attract him but life reminds him to move forward nbsp