In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, a traveler is standing in the woods and has to face two roads diverged in front of him. He must decide which way he should travel in order to continue his journey. After contemplating his options for a while, he decides to take a road that less people travel, a more dangerous road the reader can suspect. The bold traveler assures himself he will take the other path another day. Sometimes in one’s life choices must be made to decide which way to go to continue the road of life. Frost backs this idea of “the road of life” and enhances it with stylistic techniques of figurative language in the poem. The traveler is fully aware of his risky choice, but continues because he believes sometimes taking chances can lead to the best of things. …show more content…
Frost implies a metaphor for the title in itself. The road is an influential symbol in this poem. Not only can it be signified as the “road not taken” but can relate to the “the life not taken.” Road is being represented for life and the traveler has to decide which way he wants to go with his life. In addition, Frost uses personification in the poem to give the road some of this “life” to it. In line 8, the road “wanted wear” is an example of this personification. By using the personification, it adds more liveliness to the setting, which could explain why the traveler was influenced by the other