How Does The Rhyme Scheme Of The Road Not Taken

In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the author uses a rhyme scheme ABAAB in closed form. It consists of four stanzas of five lines and the rhymes are strict and masculine. Combined with vivid description and symbolism Frost tells the tale of a character that has come to a fork in the road and must choose a path to go down. The title the poem is key when deciphering the meaning of the poem. The title is not “the road less travelled' but instead is the “Road Not Taken.” Both ways are equally worn and the speaker tells himself that he will go down the other path another day. Many generations have misunderstood the meaning of this very popular poem. “The road not taken is not a happy look back on choices you made early in life. Instead Frost through the use of Pathos and Dictation is able to convey to the reader the habit that everyday people tend to regret the path they chose. Always thinking what might have been and what success they might have had if they had just taken the other road. Frost creates a negative tone which reflects the difficult choices humans make in life. A key element when looking at the
The wording itself of the poem “ The Road Not Taken”, itself insinuates a regretfulness of the speaker. Titles tend to give a reader an image or clarity to what the poem itself is about. Frost using diction with the title foreshadows the overall message of the poem. The title implies a lack of satisfaction on the road that the speaker chose. The fact that Frost chose to title the Poem “The Road not Taken” instead of the road less traveled speaks to not about the happiness of the speaker and how he was glad he choose the road less travelled but instead speaks to the regretfulness of the speaker and how he looks back on life and can only think about the road not taken. While the tone is somewhat mysterious... the choice of the title leads to the overall negative tone in the