Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

After reading these three Robert Frost poems last week, I chose "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" because I really liked what I thought it means. I figured that in the poem, Robert Frost is writing about a person who is taking time to stop by woods on a snowy evening (obviously) to just relax. The person is taking time out of his evening to stop and appreciate the greater things in life, such as nature's beauty. At the poems ending, Frost writes "But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." I thought this meant that even though the person is tempted to stay and watch the snowflakes fall, he knows that he must go because there is much more he needs to do before he lays down to rest, or maybe even die. 

As I already said, I chose this poem for its significant meaning. When I think about it, for some reason the saying "You never know what you've got until it's gone" comes to my mind. In the poem, the person is stopping to take time and appreciate something that he never really gets to see often. It is only until he has to go on, or die, that he realizes how special it really was. Everyday we are all most likely given opportunities to appreciate something we never really give much of a second thought; such as the leaves falling outside or a nice sunny day. Instead, we're all sitting inside on our Myspaces, not realizing that when this example of beauty surrounding us passes, we never got the chance to stop and watch.