Most people by the time they hit their late teens have been faced with at least one major life decision. Some of the options might have even looked the same. Without knowing what the future holds, you are forced to choose a path. That is the main idea behind the poem I chose to write about. Some might interpret Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” as a message to stand out from the crowd and take the roads less traveled by. However, upon further analysis of the voice and symbols, the theme is closer to that of a future reflection on a past decision that, while equal at the time of choosing, looks much different in retrospect and it is that decision that you say has made all the difference.
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Thus debunking some claims that he took the road less traveled (4-10). Although the road not taken has the same outcome as the road taken, they offered different journeys. The following section is possibly the most reveling part of the poem:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. (16-20)
The sigh hints at some amount of sadness; perhaps not because his path was unfulfilling, but because he could not journey down both paths. Additionally, an interesting observation can be made about the constancy of this story. Ending the poem, ages hence, he says he took the road less traveled and it has made all the difference. However, if you read the previous lines, you will see that he claims both paths are equal. Neither of them more traveled than the other and both yielding the same result. In saying, “And that has made all the difference”, he essentially brags about how he took the uncommon path and that the journey is what made him who he is …show more content…
The first line, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (1), isn’t about taking a walk in the park and choosing which way to walk, it is more likely about choosing between two major life decisions. The words “Yellow wood” (1) could symbolize a type of tree or the fall season; perhaps taking the reader to an earlier point in time. The poem continues to read, “And both that morning equally lay / In leaves no step had trodden black.” (11-12) which seems to symbolize two equally uncommon paths. Between the symbolism of the “yellow wood” (1), and the reference to a time in the future with “Ages hence” (17), I conclude the author of the poem wrote this at about the halfway point in his
The voice in the poem is a great indicator as to …show more content…
Thus debunking some claims that he took the road less traveled (4-10). Although the road not taken has the same outcome as the road taken, they offered different journeys. The following section is possibly the most reveling part of the poem:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. (16-20)
The sigh hints at some amount of sadness; perhaps not because his path was unfulfilling, but because he could not journey down both paths. Additionally, an interesting observation can be made about the constancy of this story. Ending the poem, ages hence, he says he took the road less traveled and it has made all the difference. However, if you read the previous lines, you will see that he claims both paths are equal. Neither of them more traveled than the other and both yielding the same result. In saying, “And that has made all the difference”, he essentially brags about how he took the uncommon path and that the journey is what made him who he is …show more content…
The first line, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (1), isn’t about taking a walk in the park and choosing which way to walk, it is more likely about choosing between two major life decisions. The words “Yellow wood” (1) could symbolize a type of tree or the fall season; perhaps taking the reader to an earlier point in time. The poem continues to read, “And both that morning equally lay / In leaves no step had trodden black.” (11-12) which seems to symbolize two equally uncommon paths. Between the symbolism of the “yellow wood” (1), and the reference to a time in the future with “Ages hence” (17), I conclude the author of the poem wrote this at about the halfway point in his