Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken

In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost he talks a lot about paths and taking one way over another way but both are evenly taken as they are untaken. This poem is not literally talking about real paths in some cases it may but most of the time it is about life chooses, these could as simple as which shirt to wear to school or as important as should we have kids. These are all decisions and there are two way one may be better, worse or just as good as the other path but you choose the one you believe is right. In the poem Frost says “Long I stood and looked down one as fat as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other as just as fair.” This would relate to a bigger decision in life you look at both option analyzing pros and cons of each path to make your final decision. I can relate to this in my life because before the start of the school year I weighed 205 pounds, I did not like the

I chose to get in shape, eat better, and work out to lose 50 pounds and be in the best shape of my life. Now as the poem goes on Frost starts to talk about his choice and how the path he taken has turned out well and what he has done has been a success. I can say the same thing with the path I chose I have never been this proud about myself in my life and I know feel more confident about myself with the way I look. But as Frost continues to write he says “I took the road less traveled” when he says this he means I have taken a path not many choose it turned out well for me but what would it have been like if I had not chosen the road less traveled, would I be the person I am today or would everything change. I feel the same way about my chosen path, what if I didn’t lose weight kept eating badly I would not be the same hardworking confident person I am