The need to justify this choice is perhaps a way of addressing questions pertaining to the outcome of the narrator’s life. It is only later that the narrator tries to organize the events of his/her life in a manner that makes sense to both the narrator and the audience. In addition, the narrator does not admit to the importance of this decision in his/her life. The narrator is very confident with his/her decision (Shan 116). In the first three stanzas, there is no sense of remorse in the narrator’s voice. Therefore, in the narrator’s admission it is impossible to find out which of these two choices is the better one. When the narrator is justifying his/her choice, old age has already come. The narrator uses the term “perhaps” in justifying this choice. It seems that even the narrator cannot conclusively declare that one path is better than the other is. For instance, when the narrator reaches the diversion point, both paths are described as being “equally fair”. The narrator is talking about these two possible paths years after making his/her choice. The narrator chooses to take a less safe path in the hope that those who come after him/her can emulate this.Ī closer analysis of the poem reveals that the narrator’s hypothesis is somehow inaccurate. For instance, most people are in the habit of going with the more popular decisions when put in the narrator’s position. Most readers would like to possess such bravery when making life-choices. The narrator’s decision to follow the less popular path shows bravery. Without this knowledge of where the path would lead, the only consolation is to have faith that one made the right choice. Like the narrator, in most cases one cannot see beyond the “bend in the undergrowth”. This is because almost everyone has been in a situation where he/she had to choose between two options. Most readers find this poem easy to relate to as it is easy for them to empathize with the narrator. In the narrator’s view, the road not taken was more popular than the one he/she took. The narrator also acknowledges that his/her life would have been fundamentally different if his/her choice was different. The narrator decided to use the path that is “less travelled” instead of the more popular one. Most analyzers classify “The Road Not Taken” as a nostalgic interpretation of personal choices. Over the years, the poem has been studied in high schools around the country.
Sometimes the title of this poem is mistaken for “The Road Less Travelled”. “The Road Not Taken” is one of the most popular poems by Robert Frost. Each of the lines in the poem has nine syllables. These five lines have a rhyme scheme of ABAAB. In the end, the speaker uses a nostalgic tone when pondering on what lay on the path he/she did not take. These make the poem easy to read and synthesize. The poet also employs devices such as rhythms and rhymes. In turn, this increases the poem’s audience. The poem addresses universal themes that are easy to relate to. In this case, the road refers to a path in life. The “road” referred to by the speaker is the most prominent symbol in the poem. In this poem, Symbolism is the tool used to bring about this reflection. In “The Road Not Taken”, the poet uses a reflective tone to address the significance of the choices one makes in life. Nevertheless, the chances of doing this according to the speaker are very minimal. Near the end, the speaker reflects on how he plans to try the road he/ she did not take. However, the truth is that both paths are almost the same. In the speaker’s mind, the path he /she takes is less worn out. After examining one of the paths as far as he/she can see, he/she decides to take the other.
The main problem is that the speaker cannot follow both paths. It is in this fork that the speaker contemplates on which road to follow. In the woods, the leaves’ color is already turning.
In this poem, the speaker has come upon a diversion in a path in the woods. Frost’s stature in Poetry can only be compared to that of other notable figures like Eliot and Stevens. His work made him an American literature heavy weight managing to win him several Pulitzer prizes in the process. In most of his works, the rural New England’s setting is used as a tool for examining philosophical and sociological themes. Frost’s exceptional depictions of America’s rural life along with his mastery of colloquial speech, makes him one of the best poets of the twentieth century (Dickinson et al. His poem “The Road Not Taken” is still one of his best works. Robert Frost was an avid poet who lived in America between during the twentieth century.
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