The Road Not Taken Analysis
“The Road Not Taken”
Analysis
I think that in “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost uses the fork in the road to represent humanity’s choices. We will always have to choose in our life and we will always eventually meet a fork in the road. In this circumstance the author is stuck with two choices. “Then took the other, as just as fair, / And perhaps having the better claim” (Frost 6-7). This path represents the “easy way out” because it was given the “better claim.” Then in stanza 4 he says, “I shall be telling this with a sigh… / Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference” (Frost 16, 18-20). In this, the sigh can represent relief that the author made the choice that he did; he is proud of his choice and he is glad that he took “the road less traveled by” or the “hard way.” Frost’s sigh represents joy because all of his hard work paid off since he didn’t take the easy way out. But if you take a look back at stanza two, Frost says “Though as for that the passing there / Had worn them really about the same.” (Frost 9-10). This indicates that neither path was actually harder than the other. The outcomes of this choice would both be similarly beneficial. These types of choices tend to spawn indecisiveness; because you think that you are going to end up regretting not choosing the other option. It is inevitable that no matter which you choose, you will have missed out on a different and possibly better experience. In this interpretation, Frost’s sigh represents regret and disappointment. The author is sad that he made the choice he did because he missed out on the experience of the other. The title of the poem is in fact “The Road Not Taken;” describing the road that he did not take. This title hints towards sorrow that will exist for possibly making the wrong choice. Regardless of how one interprets the poem, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” shares a similar theme: the choices
Analysis
I think that in “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost uses the fork in the road to represent humanity’s choices. We will always have to choose in our life and we will always eventually meet a fork in the road. In this circumstance the author is stuck with two choices. “Then took the other, as just as fair, / And perhaps having the better claim” (Frost 6-7). This path represents the “easy way out” because it was given the “better claim.” Then in stanza 4 he says, “I shall be telling this with a sigh… / Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference” (Frost 16, 18-20). In this, the sigh can represent relief that the author made the choice that he did; he is proud of his choice and he is glad that he took “the road less traveled by” or the “hard way.” Frost’s sigh represents joy because all of his hard work paid off since he didn’t take the easy way out. But if you take a look back at stanza two, Frost says “Though as for that the passing there / Had worn them really about the same.” (Frost 9-10). This indicates that neither path was actually harder than the other. The outcomes of this choice would both be similarly beneficial. These types of choices tend to spawn indecisiveness; because you think that you are going to end up regretting not choosing the other option. It is inevitable that no matter which you choose, you will have missed out on a different and possibly better experience. In this interpretation, Frost’s sigh represents regret and disappointment. The author is sad that he made the choice he did because he missed out on the experience of the other. The title of the poem is in fact “The Road Not Taken;” describing the road that he did not take. This title hints towards sorrow that will exist for possibly making the wrong choice. Regardless of how one interprets the poem, Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” shares a similar theme: the choices