In the poem "The Road Not Taken", the setting is necessary in order to help the reader understand the symbolic meaning of the poem. While the narrator tries to portray that he took the road less traveled on, he knows they both were equaled traveled on. As the author uses literary devices in his poem, he gives the reader context clues to analyze the deeper meaning of the poem.. The imagery in "The Road Not Taken" reveals that neither road is less traveled upon. Because the setting of this poem is in the woods, where the author has to decide between which road he would like to make, it symbolizes life and fate. The road one travels will lead them to their future; one's future is determined by the decisions they make. In the poem, the
