Robert Frost is one of the most popular and honored poet of America. His poem reflects his broad outlook and realistic approach. Frost does not believe in international brotherhood but is a diehard nationalist. He believes that an individual ’s natural relationship to society extended to his family , close friends , then home town or local community , his state and finally his family . Frost’s poems create a memorable and pulchritudinous impression by the overwhelming presence of nature. In his poetry, we find a skillful combination of outer lightness and inner gravity. Frost is of the view that a poem begins in delight and ends with a wise idea. Frost saw nature as an alien force capable of destroying man, but he also saw man’s struggle with
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The traveler feels sorry that he cannot travel on both the roads at a time. He looks down on one road, as far as he can to where it bends in a dense growth of shrubs. Then he looks at the other road which is as fair as the first one. Perhaps it has a better claim because it is grassy and it needs to be used.
That particular morning both the roads are unused. Both the paths are covered by leaves. They are still in yellow color. It indicates that nobody has used the roads up to that time. The poet wants to take the first road on another day. He comes to the decision of taking the second road. The decisions taken in life are often final. There is no turning back.
The poet tells this with a sigh that what will happen later with his choice. He has selected the road which is less travelled. That is the difference between the first road and second road. There is an adventurous spirit in his decision. Actually, The Road not taken speaks of how we are often forced to make decisions involving alternatives. The theme appeals to everyone, as the need to choose the right path. It is a problem often faced in …show more content…
As Mark Richardson writes, “Our paths unfold themselves to us as we go. We realize our destination only when we arrive at it, though all along we were driven towards it by purposes we may rightly claim, in retrospect, as our own” (182). “A close analysis of the poem reveals that it stands not only for his courage to be oneself, but also presents an unique example of man’s self-encounter and self-division” (Trikha 113). Robert Frost shows how a person’s everyday decisions determine the rest of his life. Frost’s poem invites us to forget peer pressure. If we choose to lead our life simply like other people, we will never permit ourselves to make a difference .if we want success than we must abstain amiss
The traveler feels sorry that he cannot travel on both the roads at a time. He looks down on one road, as far as he can to where it bends in a dense growth of shrubs. Then he looks at the other road which is as fair as the first one. Perhaps it has a better claim because it is grassy and it needs to be used.
That particular morning both the roads are unused. Both the paths are covered by leaves. They are still in yellow color. It indicates that nobody has used the roads up to that time. The poet wants to take the first road on another day. He comes to the decision of taking the second road. The decisions taken in life are often final. There is no turning back.
The poet tells this with a sigh that what will happen later with his choice. He has selected the road which is less travelled. That is the difference between the first road and second road. There is an adventurous spirit in his decision. Actually, The Road not taken speaks of how we are often forced to make decisions involving alternatives. The theme appeals to everyone, as the need to choose the right path. It is a problem often faced in …show more content…
As Mark Richardson writes, “Our paths unfold themselves to us as we go. We realize our destination only when we arrive at it, though all along we were driven towards it by purposes we may rightly claim, in retrospect, as our own” (182). “A close analysis of the poem reveals that it stands not only for his courage to be oneself, but also presents an unique example of man’s self-encounter and self-division” (Trikha 113). Robert Frost shows how a person’s everyday decisions determine the rest of his life. Frost’s poem invites us to forget peer pressure. If we choose to lead our life simply like other people, we will never permit ourselves to make a difference .if we want success than we must abstain amiss