Research Paper On The Road Not Taken

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Melinda White
Mrs. McCartney
English 1-H
April 7, 2016
The Road which Not Taken by Robert Frost
The Road not Taken by Robert Frost is a poem about a person who is walking in the woods and the road he was following split off onto two different roads and has to make a decision on which path to take. This traveler wants to take both paths but cannot “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both” (Frost 796). Once the traveler would take a path, they would think about the other. Wondering constantly if their choice was right. Both paths looked appealing and looked friendly. Both paths are equally worn and covered with leaves. The speaker chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. Yet he knows …show more content…

Every choice you make will affect you in some way. The effect may be small or large but there will always be an impact. This poem is also about choosing your own path and not following the crowd. Robert Frost uses this quote to demonstrate how he chose the path less taken; “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” (Frost 796). Frost is saying he chose to go against the popular decision and that has influenced his life dramatically. The last stanza is left open for the reader to decide what happens. Firstly, the narrator tell us with a 'sigh' which seems to indicate regret. We know that the narrator is now speaking a long time later as he refers to the choice of path he made as being in the past. "I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence:" (Frost 796). This gives the reader a sense of the future. The narrator seems to indicate that he chose the less traveled road and that, that one choice in his life had made all the difference. Some consider the last stanza to be a celebration of being independent and not conforming to society. this action has made and defined even his future life. Others tend to see this poem as sad. The 'sigh' at the beginning of the last stanza indicates regret of his choice and even though he took the path less traveled he wished he could have done it

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