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The Road Not Taken

I found the poem, "The Road Not Taken" very interesting. The

poet constantly refers to symbolism in the poem. Robert Frost talks

about "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry i could not

travel both" meaning two different roads one harder then the other.

He leaves himself with two choices, the easy road which is taken by

many other people and is aware what is ahead, and the road less

taken by that is unpredictable. Frost states that "...looked down as

far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth" meaning to look

down both roads as far as he can. The first stanza was interesting

because it set up the poem and knew what was

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The last stanza i found interesting because he leaves a

positive attitude on the road he took. The road frost had taken was less

traveled on, but it made a difference. The second

road was considered more grassy because it was not a common road

taken by, and no one knew what was ahead.

In the second stanza Frost compared the two roads coming up

with the conclusion that the second road is more grassy.

Frost refers to symbolism in the poem which is basically two

different roads, one common road many people take, and another

that you can make whatever you want of.

In the third stanza Frost caught my eye when he stated that,

"Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on

to way, I doubted if I should ever come back". Unlike the other road taken

by which was very common. he also states " Two roads

diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that

has made all the difference". It was not difficult at all and i knew what was

expected from me, and just tried my best. Frost tries to tell his audience not to put things off until

another day because you can not back track. The reason that

statment caught my eye because there were many times i put things

off until tomorrow, and when the time came I was not able to get it

done. Even though he took a more

difficult road he benifited, the reason i think its more difficult is

because he didnt know what was ahead. Even though Frost

talks about two different roads he states that they had worn them

about the same, meaning many people take similar roads until a

certain part in life.

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