Explication Of The Road Not Taken

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is arguably one of the most well-known and celebrated pieces of poetry. Many people attribute the “the fork in the road” as a choice between two decisions. Since one can only take one road, there is always a road that is not taken. Over time, you may look back and think about “The road not taken”.
The first stanza of the poem states:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood | And sorry I could not travel both | And be one traveler, long I stood | And looked down one as far as I could | To where it bent in the undergrowth. (Lines 1-5)
If taken literally the first stanza is about a speaker who cannot seem to choose between two paths. The poem states he is “sorry” that he cannot choose both, which means he is indecisive about which to

This line indicates that the speaker in the end chose the road less traveled by and is pleased with this decision. The word difference is written in a positive tone which means the speaker had a happy outcome.
The speaker in this poem is a person who is having a hard time choosing between two major decisions. At one point, he thinks one is better, and at another point, the other is better.
The speaker is having regrets from this choice like anyone else would that would be confronted with a decision like this. It is common for people to reflect on life decisions and wonder what would have happened if you went with another choice. It could be inferred that the reader is telling others in old age about this decision and is happy with his choice.
In conclusion, ‘The Road Not Taken” is a poem full of symbolism. It is about a decision between major life choices and which one should be taken. The poem shows that you should follow your first instinct and hopefully have an outcome similar to the speakers. He is satisfied in his decision to “chose the road not taken | And that had made all the difference.”
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