When considering the tone of “The Road Not Taken”, it can be said that, even though the narrator wonders what the other choice would have resulted in, he seems content with the original choice made. The tone of lines nine and 10, which are written “Though as for that the passing there/Had worn them really about the same,” (Frost, 2016), could further suggest that the narrator believes that both of his choice options were nearly compatible, leading to the realization that the right choice was made. Another tone of Frost’s poem can be that of contemplation. This is made evident in lines 14 and 15; “Yet knowing how way leads on to way,/I doubted if I should ever come back.” (Frost, 2016). Throughout “The Road Not Taken” the narrator contemplates if he took the right road or made the right choice.
While Robert Frost was writing “The Road Not Taken”, he put great effort into incorporating symbolism into the poem. There is plenty of symbolism throughout this poem, but the most prominent is when Frost wrote the first line which states, “Two roads diverged in a …show more content…
Frost tended to lean more towards auditory imagery when he wrote about feeling sorry that he could not travel both roads or when the narrator said “I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence:” (Frost, 2016, Lines 16-17). Without the detailed imagery within this poem, the reader would not be able to visualize the setting so clearly. Overall, the images Frost intended to set out the scene such as the yellow wood, one traveler, and the undergrowth assist in the unveiling of the story. The narrator also provides some contradictory imagery in line 11 when he states “In leaves no step had trodden black” (Frost, 2016). If both roads have not been previously taken, then the narrator could not have taken the road less
While Robert Frost was writing “The Road Not Taken”, he put great effort into incorporating symbolism into the poem. There is plenty of symbolism throughout this poem, but the most prominent is when Frost wrote the first line which states, “Two roads diverged in a …show more content…
Frost tended to lean more towards auditory imagery when he wrote about feeling sorry that he could not travel both roads or when the narrator said “I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence:” (Frost, 2016, Lines 16-17). Without the detailed imagery within this poem, the reader would not be able to visualize the setting so clearly. Overall, the images Frost intended to set out the scene such as the yellow wood, one traveler, and the undergrowth assist in the unveiling of the story. The narrator also provides some contradictory imagery in line 11 when he states “In leaves no step had trodden black” (Frost, 2016). If both roads have not been previously taken, then the narrator could not have taken the road less