#THE ROAD NOT TAKEN ANALYSIS FULL#
There will be times full of doubt and confusion but that it’s crucial to move on and learn from prior mistakes. This is another reminder that life isn’t easy. In addition, Robert states, “ Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back, I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I, I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.”. This shows that sometimes people will be faced with indecision to the point where they can no longer easily tell right from wrong. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both.”. The road serves as both the choices people make and the actual paths people choose in life. This is why it’s important to figure out what both paths offer in life before it’s too late.Īdditionally, the extended metaphors in The Road Not Taken contribute to the importance of making decisions and its effect on life, through Robert’s analogy of a literal road and human decisions. This relates to everyday life decisions because it’s not always possible to predict the future and it’s never fun feeling not unprepared and anxious for the future. Thus, any plans to choose the better path by its appearance would be practically impossible. The traveler could only see a little-ways down both paths ahead until it was no longer visible. In Addition, when Robert states, “And looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth”, this shows the reader that there are always things that won’t be predictable. It also shows that some of the hardest decision make the biggest impact on life. This shows that even the littlest choices prelude to future decisions. Robert states, “Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.”. The best decisions are made by looking past physical traits, but by digging deeper into the outcome in life.Īs said before, the symbolism in The Road Not Taken contributes to the importance of making decisions and its effect on life by using a traveler who comes across two paths in the woods. This helps the reader understand why the traveler was so adamant about taking his time to review both paths. It never mentioned how many travelers completed both paths as opposed to turning back before they saw what the better path had in store for them. Just because both paths had been “passed really about the same” doesn’t mean that they were both equally challenging. Both decisions might have seemed identical, but there’s always one path that is favorable for prosperity. Similarly, in life not everything is clear, it’s tempting to make hasty decisions as opposed to contemplative ones. The traveler had to leave things up to his conscious and just hope that the decision he made wouldn’t be regretted. With this information the reader can conclude that that decision making isn’t always cut and dry. This helps explain how both paths were physically indistinguishable. “Because it was grassy and wanted wear, In leaves no step had trodden black, Though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same”. The imagery in The Road Not Taken contributes to the importance of making decisions and its effect on life because without the vivid forest description used it wouldn’t make sense why choosing a path was so hard. The Road Not Taken, Robert’s use of imagery, symbolism, and extended metaphors show the importance of making decisions and it’s lasting effect. Thus, the decisions we make should be thoroughly thought out like the traveler even though the road less taken isn’t an easy road, although it’s the most beneficial road. This poem helps the reader grasp how every decision matters and once the decision is made there’s no turning back. Similarly, in life decisions must be made, no matter how hard the fork in the road seems. This leaves the traveler torn, but he knows that ultimately the decision has to be made. The traveler knows that there is an important decision to make, thus he tries to compare both paths, but ultimately realizes that they’re physically equal. The traveler is now faced with the decision of which path to take.
During his journey through the woods, he comes across a fork in the road. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is a poem about a traveler in the woods on a beautiful autumn day. Most people have heard at least once in their life that hard choice is the right choice and this seems to be the case for the traveler.
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