Everyone Travels a Different Path The poem, “The Road Not Taken,” written by Robert Frost is about the different paths in life that one has to choose between taking. It emphasises the importance of choosing which direction will benefit you more, the path traveled by most or the path less traveled. As you enter into college, remember that everyone is different. You will interact with people who were raised differently than you were and you will be around people who are choosing or have already chosen a different path to take than the one you chose yourself. In “The Road Not Taken,” Frost writes, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both” (1-2). These first two lines in the poem develop the whole theme. A traveler, like yourselves, has to choose which way he or she wants to go in life and whichever way he or she may choose to go, there will always be a sense of wonder about where the other road would have taken the traveler. When choosing where you want life to take you, it is important to remember that you need to do whatever is most beneficial to you. Although many people will try to pressure you into following the crowd and doing exactly what everyone else does, stand out and be your own person. This also means that other people who choose …show more content…
Frost says, “And be one traveler, long I stood / And looked down one as far as I could” (3-4). As Frost stood in the wood, trying to decide which path to take, he tried to see where each path would lead him, but he could not. Nobody knows what their future may consist of because any little thing that you may do can change your future. When new people come into your life, know that they may not be there for long. The person could just be passing through, not meant to stay. Once again, everyone is different. Everyone is traveling a different path and it will lead each and every one of them in a different direction that they will not be able to
Everyone is a traveler, carefully choosing which roads to follow on the map of life. There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a single direction in which to head. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken'; can be interpreted in many different ways. The shade of light in which the reader sees the poem depends upon her past, present, and the attitude with which she looks toward her future. In any case however, this poem clearly demonstrates Frost’s belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man he is.
The first line in "The Road Not Taken" is "two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Frost 1). This gives the reader right off of two separate choices that the traveler can choose. The second line is "and sorry I could not travel both” (frost 2). This lets the reader know that in fact the traveler did choose one path. Just by reading the first two lines the reader can already feel the tone of being decisive. Throughout the poem it gives great descriptions as the travel compares to two paths. An example of this one would be line 8, "Because it was grassy and wanted wear". This statement also lets the reader know that the traveler already knew which one to pick by the looks of the road, thus road being the less traveled upon. At the end of the poem, the line 19 &20 lets us know the traveler has made a decision. Though in the traveler’s words one can almost sense sadness. The traveler explains that one day he would like to go back and travel the other path.
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost shows the reader how the choices they make will be hard decisions and will follow them. The setting of this poem takes place in the woods, in the fall. The woods will typically be a quiet and serene place making the setting an ideal place for decision making. The setting also helps to show the symbolism that Frost shows by describing the two paths. Frost uses pathos when appealing to the reader’s feelings because any reader has had to make a decision in their life. Creating this symbol helps to relate to the reader. The Imagery that is created helps to make the reader feel as if they are standing in the snowy woods, looking down two paths, and trying to make the decision of which one to take. Frost used
The imagery created in The Road Not Taken, helps the author depict a internal and physical conflict of a decision that will change his path forever. The imagery used in the poem is when Frost states, “And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there, Had worn them really about the same,” (Line 7-10 Frost) The imagery used by the author creates a mental image for the reader to see the important differences of the description of the path, the safe route looking more pleasant and comfortable for him to walk, while the other is dark and abandoned, giving it more of a risk. Seeing both and describing their appearance, it has an influence on the author but also the reader. Frost not only applies his own life between making an important decision to stay safe or take a risk, but this mental image is also allowed to be applied to the readers. Frost makes the decision to take the risky route, which is also relevant still to our society. Frost explains the risky road was well worth it because of the positive energy he receives. Creating this image, he wants the reader to understand it is well worth it to take a risk in your life because they might feel the same energy Frost
Have you ever had to make a decision in your life? I’m pretty sure we all have, the decision can even be what you ate for breakfast in the morning. Robert Frost wrote a poem about a man who has to make an important decision. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”, by Robert Frost, he states, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference” (Woods). To me taking the road less traveled by means, doing something on your own. It means not following a crowd, it means doing something unique. It can be hard to go your own way, but that is what Robert Frost is talking about. Everybody should go the path is right for them, not the one that many other people have gone down. There are many examples of people taking the unexpected path, I have gone through a path many people have never seen before, so have
In his celebrated poem "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost describes the decision one makes when reaching a fork in the road. Some interpret Frost as suggesting regret on the part of the traveler as to not choosing the path he forgoes, for in doing so he has lost something significant. Others believe he is grateful for the selection, as it has made him the man he is. The diverging roads are symbolic of the choices society is faced with every day of life. Choosing one course will lead the traveler in one direction, while the other will likely move away, toward a completely different journey. How does one know which is the right path; is there a right path? The answer lies within each individual upon reflection of personal choices during the course of life's unfolding, as well as the attitude in which one looks to the future.
In the poem, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the narrator comes upon two roads in the woods and he could only take one. “Long I stood and looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth,” This shows he is looking into the future results of things and thinking about his decision. “Then took the other just as fair and perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear; though as for that the passing there.” This shows the two roads are being looked at even though one is more grassy which is the road no one really takes in life and another one is worn down which is the road a lot of people take. In the end of looking at the pros and cons of each road, he did the right thing and took the one less traveled, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”
This is a metaphor for a decision that changes everything because once you have made it your decision you can never go back. Also lines 4-5 “And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth” This description of the road is a metaphor for the future. Just like we can only see a path in the woods for so far, we can only see the consequences of our decisions for a short while into our
Deeper Than You Can Imagine According to the great poet Robert Frost “The Road Less Traveled By” makes all the difference and in the end it will all be worth it. Modernism dates back to the 20th centuary mostly from Eupore, but in the occasion Robert Frost is a modern poet. Frosts poems were infleuced by multiple poets including Edward Thompson, Robert Grave, and Ezra Pound. He was also influenced by his very rough childhood where he had to help his mother who suffered from great depression which made his childhood very dark and bland. When Frost was twelve his father died of cancer and he was forced to live with his grandparents in Massachusetts(“Wikipedia. Wikimedia”).
By using metaphors, the reader can better understand this idea of predicting what might happen in the future of a certain decision, but still not being able to know what to exactly to expect from life. He compares the action of forecasting, or trying to see what might happen if he selects a distinct choice, with looking down a road but not being able to see what’s beyond it at a certain point: “And looked down as far as I could. / To where it bent in the undergrowth” (Frost 4-5). Foster describes how he tried to look down the road as far as he could to teach the necessary action of thinking thoroughly about the decisions that someone makes, because once they’re decided, he/she will not be able to turn back to choose the other. The main road is compared to life by being divergent to various routes that a person chooses, which are the decisions he/she makes, and the thinking processes that a person goes through before making a decision.
...an hear the ice falling now and again, and the cracking of the birches as they blow one against another. In "The Road Not Taken", the focus is not on the woods themselves, but on the road that passes through them. The woods are the setting and they hide the road after it curves, as time hides the future from our eyes. Outwardly, this poem is about two roads, one that is well traveled and one that is not. Though both are worn about the same. The author takes the road that had not been taken, the grass tall and the leaves still freshly fallen and not trod on. This also symbolizes the choices that we have to make in our lives. We can follow others like sheep or we can boldly go our own way. The author went his own way and "that has made all the difference"! As has been shown, Frost uses his love of the outdoors to pull the reader there as well. His style of writing tells us much of the poet. He is leery of growing old and he looks back on youth with wistfulness and longing for another, happy time. This is something that we all share with him and this shared experience helps us to enjoy his poetry all the more, as it seems to tell our own story too.
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler” (Page 756 Stanza 1). This is the beginning of an iambic tetrameter by Robert Frost in which he expresses the thoughts of the speaker as they come to a fork in the road. The speaker faces a dilemma of deciding which path to take. Frost uses a closed form with a rhyme scheme of “ABAAB.” The speaker reaching the fork in the road is symbolism for a particular decision that he must make in life. The first stanza is setting up the situation in which the speaker must observe both choices and make a decision and stick with it. This poem allows the reader to use their imagination and is also relatable in everyone’s everyday lives. In “The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost uses a good rhyme scheme, description, and symbolism to describe an important life decision as well as show the thoughts of the speaker as he makes this decision.
In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, Frost shows the everyday human struggle to make a choice that could change the course of one’s life. In his poem, a person has the choice to take one road or the other. One road is worn out from many people taking it, and the other is barely touched, for fewer have taken that road. Throughout the poem, the speaker learns that just because so many other people have done one thing, or walked one way, does not mean everyone has to. Sometimes you just have to go your own way.
The main theme of the poem that Frost attempts to convey is how important the decisions that one makes can be, and how they affect one’s future. In lines 2-3, he expresses the emotions of doubt and confusion by saying, “And sorry I could not travel/ And be one traveler, long I stood”, which explains how the speaker contemplated their decision of which road to take. In the closing, line 20 of the poem further reestablishes the theme when it states, “that has made all the difference”, meaning that making the decision of which road to take for themselves is the important key for a successful future. Frost helps to express this theme by using symbolism to portray a road as one’s journey of life. Using symbolism, Frost suggests that the speaker of this poem is taking the harder of the two roads presented before them, because the road the speaker chooses, “leaves no step had trodden black” (12...
This poem is one of many written by Frost in 1916 and it is commonly used in high school writing classes. It has been written about frequently and often analyzed because of the connection people feel to the poem for the reason that everyone has to make life choices. The reading of the poem touches a wide variety of readers because each one can identify with the writers predicament of having to make a choice, with two different options, as in the poem which road to take either the well-traveled path or as he decides the less journeyed. As an outcome of this choice, the writer states, that his life was profoundly different than it would have been had he taken the other road. The other road the more traveled and seemingly the safer of the two makes the reader seem more fearless to except what the unknown has to offer thus making his own way in the world. In reading further the roads are almost the same both being beautiful and equally passable. The writer tries to explain why things happened the way they did and that is a significant moment in his life. One might pick the road that gets them to w...