The woods are lovely philosophical meaning

poemThe woods are lovely dark and deep

1. “THE WOODS ARE LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP, BUT I HAVE PROMISE TO KEEP, AND MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP,” - PHILOSOPHICAL MEANING CHIRAGKUMAR SOLANKI MA SEM : 3 ROLL NUM : 4 Enrolment No : 2069108420180049 BANCH : 2017-19 Submitted To : Department Of English, MKBU

2. INTRODUCTION Robert Lee Frost  was an American poet 'Stopping by Woods' is one of Robert Frost's most famous poems written in 1922 and published in 1923 He text of the poem describes the thoughts to the speaker

3. Jawaharlal Nehru ‘Jawaharlal Nehru - a Biography’, author Sankar Ghose says of the first prime minister of India: “Nehru liked to work and was always in a hurry. After his death found a pad on his desk on which he had copied the lines of Robert Frost  ‘The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep’ .

4. Stopping by Woods the seasons of nature are often used to explore the relationship between life and death The central theme of the poem seems to be about the journey of life Its have 4 stanza

5. 4 th Stanza The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

6. Philosophical Meaning The woods is the metaphor for death death could provide him would be “lovely, dark, and deep.” “Promises to keep” Gives promises to family, friends , society etc in dailylife Metaphorically “miles to go” is life and the “sleep” is death

7. Religion Philosophy In Hindu Philosophy there are four goals Karma ,  Artha ,  Dharma   and  Moksha Two types of Hindu Philosophy  Astika and Nastika

8. Stanza Connect with Religion Philosophy Sleep and Woods is Moksha Promise is Dharma Life is Karma The lession of the poem is importence of Karma in life and duty is more importent

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