The narrator "sighs" at the end of the poem gratified with his choice to take the uncommon road, yet also sighing that he may h. Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. The speakers utters:"Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back."Frost presents man's limitation to explore life's different possibilities. Traveling down the second road, the speaker still yearns to travel both paths- he "keeps the first for another day." As the narrator proceeds down the unworn path, he realizes there will be no way he can ever return to the deviation to experience the other route. To where it bent in the undergrowth The poet has come to a diversion in the road. After vacillating between the two "fair" roads, he finally decides to take the road "less traveled by" knowing he cannot see where it will lead. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. While choosing the "less traveled" road represents the gamble of facing a more difficult path in life in hopes to achieve an incomparable and satisfactory life, contrasting the more familiar lives other people take.The road not taken delineates man's choice. Choosing the already known easy path in life many people frequently endure reassures that the outcome will be predictable. The first of the two paths is the more common route than the other less traveled path, which "wanted wear." Frost presents a classic conflict- the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path. Both roads diverge into a "yellow wood" and appear to be "about the same" in their purpose. The third stanza compares the two choices saying "and both that morning equally." The author shows man's attempts to tell which path is better by trying to for see what they will behold down the road. Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken is often interpreted as an anthem of individualism and nonconformity, seemingly encouraging readers. The second stanza takes a look at the second choice the author has, this road is "more grassy and wanted wear." I think this means that this choice is the one people take least, the choice of being yourself, when it comes to identity. He doesn't really know what he wants "And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler," he's facing a hard decision "long I stood." In the first stanza the author is confused, he has a dilemma and he looks at the obvious choice in front of him. When it comes to identity, it's a sad fact that many people "take the popular road" and leave the grassy one (the "unpopular but genuine" one). Have we taken the road less traveled by? In every decision, there are always at least two choices (in this poem the two roads would be symbols for choices) and there's always a choice that is more common than the other. We can take an example from this and apply this in our own lives. The Road not taken was first published in 1916, in the volume of poems entitled Mountain Interval. ![]() ![]() Basically the author, Robert Lee Frost is talking about himself making a life decision that I think involves his identity. It's not the obvious decision, that everyone is themselves because we are so heavily influenced by the media and our peers. We make many decisions every day, and most of them require no thought, but decisions such as identity, choosing to be yourself, or choosing to be someone else are very serious. It's not a simple decision such as what to wear or what to eat, but something deeper a decision that can impact one's entire life. For Frost, the most important decisions we make aren’t the ones we spend tons of time thinking about, like who we have relationships with, where we go to college, or what our future career should be. "The Road Not Taken" is about making a choice and the act of making a decision that involves a lot of contemplating. Robert Frost The Road Not Taken Meaning The Road Not Taken is a poem that argues for the importance of our choices, both big and small, since they shape our journey through life. ![]() This specific poem ties in with the theme of our English class: identity. I chose the poem "The Road Not Taken" because I happened to recall Robert Frost's name when viewing a database of poems on the internet, and I remembered that his poetry is well written and that it appealed to me.
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