In the last stanza, our poet describes the woods using three adjectives – lovely, dark and deep.

He
makes it clear that - peace doesn’t last forever. Peace is the distraction that keeps us away from
our responsibilities and duties. We can’t rest in pure peace if we don’t care about our
responsibilities. Our poet has to go a long way before he sleeps. So, he cannot get the enjoyment
for long. Here “sleep” may refer to death. Before facing death, a person has verities of works and
responsibilities to fulfill. The ‘woods’ here may also suggest the distractions and temptations in
the journey of our life. The poet may mean that we should not pay heed to those outward
temptations. He suggests that we must fulfill our duties before we die instead of focusing on
peace, as we have no time to look at other things on the way.

Warren looked at everything in practical terms. Silas was not satisfied with the salary that he got
from Warren. But Warren did not give him any fixed pay. He said he could not, though he
wished he could. Silas said someone else could pay him. In reply Warren told him someone else
would have to pay him the wage he demanded. So, Silas left Warren’s job at a time when Warren
needed him most. Haying time is the most important time for Warren as his total income depends
mostly on it. Unfortunately, Silas is not there when Warren needs him the most. Silas returns in
the winter when there is no job. Besides, Warren can’t afford to pay him as he had to face lose
during the haying season. Being a practical man and as Silas did not listen to Warren’s request to
stay with him when he was needed most, and secondly because he was an old, decrepit man of
little worth, Warren is unwilling to take Silas back in “The Death of a hired man”.