Road Not Taken Individuality

Often times, individuality comes down to being able to choose between the popular choice and a choice less explored. It is known to be true that decisions must be made in order for a person to progress through life. One cannot simply choose to sit in an unknown state of neutrality. It is through these decisions that individuality is showcased by proving that it is the choices made that reflect one`s character, rather than the given abilities. The poem, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost tells a story of a man who reaches a fork in the road and must choose which path to take, each path different from the other. In this poem, Robert Frost emphasizes that every choice made, no matter how insignificant it may seem, will have an impact one`s
This illustrates that he intends on telling his tale, because it is one worth telling. The assured tone of this last stanza confirms the narrator's confidence in his choice. This helps persuade the audience of the correctness of his outlandish choice to take the road "less travelled by". But, the tale-telling will happen retrospectively and after "ages and ages". The narrator will need time to digest his story before he will pass it on to others. This shows the audience that no matter how personalized and individualistic their choices and ideas are, they can use them to inspire others to come out of their own shells to make the less popular choice that will only enhance their unique character. Everyone's future looks different, but they all start off in a similar way; by making choices. Frost changes from past tense to future tense in the last stanza. Thus developing a glad, nostalgic tone, showing that he assumes he will be happy of his choice - the road less travelled - when he reflects on it later in
Using the road as a symbolic image for life suggests that life is a journey; on that journey, the reader comes to points where they must make choices. It is through these choices that their preferences and mind-set are revealed. The next vivid image that is introduced to the reader is the forest and surrounding nature. In the first line, the narrator illustrates the forest as a "yellow wood", possibly during autumn time. The significance of the season is that in autumn, the speaker is making the choice in the fall of his life, when he begins to grow old and age. Line 5 highlights the forest "to where it ben[ds] in the undergrowth". The deep, dark, undergrowth represents the aspects of the narrator's future that are unclear. This allows the reader to imagine an uncertain future in the brightest of settings. The happy, bright colour represents the youth of the summer turning into the dark, undergrowth of aging fall. This signifies that the older one gets, the more complex the decisions become. The last image is one of the narrator as a "traveler" who cannot "travel both and be one traveler". He apologizes that he takes "the one less travelled by". This indicates the narrator is one of millions of travelers on the same journey. He wishes to take both paths, and experience two different scenarios, but knows that by choosing the one less travelled by is how he will emerge as