Robert Frost's Suicide

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Frost continues with “And sorry I could not travel both”, apologizing for the fact that he is not able to take the other path, which suggests how important it is for him to take the right path, the decision that will depict his entire life, his happiness (2). Frost continues throughout the first quadrant contemplating which road to take, “And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could” this gives an imagery of a confused Frost who is in a crisis and is double thinking which path to take. In our minds we are free to take whatever choice we want in our life, but we do not know what way leads to the other, the way Frost is looking “down one as far as I could” suggests that he is far thinking he will see something that

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