What promises? And made to whom? Why carry this weight at all?
2007-02-03 00:53:31 · 10 answers · asked by desipondy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We all make unspoken promises to ourselves about what we will do and be. Our best possible projected self resides in a promise we sort of made to ourselves to be our best possible self. Few people, maybe no one, keeps that promise. Most people, when they are old enough to look back, can see a kind of betrayal of their own promise. Yeah, it's cause for melancholy.
"What might have been..."
2007-02-03 01:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by TheseUnitedStates 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Robert Frost, coming home, tired, after a long day, in the cold winter weather in his sleigh is talking about the longing for death that people have at times. The promises are those he has made to his family, his friends, his life's work. It is the carrying of this weight which makes life precious. Otherwise those woods are lovely, dark, and deep, and easy to lie down in.
2007-02-03 00:57:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
and miles to go before I sleep" is how it ends. Written by Robert Frost I believe. Frost was a bit of a pantheist meaning that he saw god's hand in everything but especially in nature. I always interpreted this poem to be a sad reflection on the increasing speed of human life, the increasing industrialization of the world he lived in, and the way those factors can cause us to lose touch with our human and animalistic natures. The promises he had to keep were those to his wife, children, employer, and extended family for labor, love, food, warmth -- all the commitments a man makes in his life that pull him away from his core being and prevent him from having the time to explore a deep, dark woods at night. Keep him from being part of the Natural world.
2007-02-03 01:09:05 · answer #3 · answered by warmdaddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will assume that you've read Frost's poem; where you got that quote.
He's saying that on that cold, clear winter's night, the woods were beautiful, but that he had more of his life ahead of him; obligations and such.
"Promises" such as to a partner or friends. Things yet un-accomplished.
This is not a "weight."
What I consider unnecessary "weight" in my backpack are things like regret. Why regret something endlessly? It happened. Learn from it and move on.
"Weight" is something like job stress. Who needs it?
We all experience it to some degree, but don't let it ruin our existence and happiness.
2007-02-03 09:57:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe promises to your family that you will be there for them. Promises toyour boss that you show up for work. Maybe the life is boring at times, hard at times and fun at other times but you still have miles to go before you sleep.....You never know what wil happen.
2007-02-03 18:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by JENNIFER B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Butterfly
2016-03-29 02:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never promise anything to anyone, it is a fools comfort.
2007-02-03 00:56:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
and miles to go before I sleep.
It's a metaphor, you have to go on until you're dead.
Besides this is my favorite poem beside the Raven from Poe.
2007-02-03 01:32:07 · answer #8 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a poem.Probably was feeling melancholy.
2007-02-03 00:56:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And miles to go before I sleep.....
2007-02-03 01:01:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋