'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost

1. Four 5 line stanzas

   • ABAAB rhyme scheme

2. Frost is standing in an forest

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

3. He looks down one of them but decides to take the other one

   • "Looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth"
   • "Then took the other as just as fair"

4. I think there's 2 reasons why he chose the road that he did

   • He says he'll come back to the other one another time
     • "Oh I kept the first for another day"
   • It was the less popular road
     • "Because it was grassy and wanted wear"

5. I believe the roads represent a difficult decision Frost had to make, perhaps choosing to become a poet

   • Not many people chose to be a poet
     • He says it was the road 'less travelled by'

6. Frost predicts that in years to come he'll be reminiscing with a hint of regret

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

7. Theme

   • Tough decisions of life

8. Tone

   • Nostalgic