The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken

1. 2 reasons to choose the road he took

   • The less 'popular' choice
     • "Because it was grassy and wanted wear"
   • Says he'll come back for the other another time
     • "Oh I kept the first for another day"

2. The roads represent a difficult decision

   • Probably Frost deciding to become a poet
     • Not many people choose to become poets
       • "The road less traveled by"

3. Looks down one but chooses the other

   • "Looked down one as far as I could"
   • "Then took the other, just as fair"

4. Narrator standing in the forest

   • Can't decide which road to take
     • "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both"

5. Aspects

   • Four 5 line stanzas
   • Tone- Nostalgic
   • Theme- Tough decisions

6. The narrator predicts that in time he'll remember it with some regret

   • Still believes he made the right choice
     • "I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence"
     • "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the differnce"