INTRODUCTION
             "And sorry I could not travel both...". It is always difficult to make a decision because, every human being knows that. It is impossible not to wonder about what opportunity was lost, what was and will be missed out on. The traveler radiates a strong sense of regret and sorrow before he even makes his choice. This regret and sorrow is a result of the knowledge that in one lifetime, it is impossible to travel down every path. In an attempt to make a decision, the traveler "looks down one as far as I could". The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does every choice in life. No matter how much he strains his eyes, eventually the road surpasses his vision and blends into the surrounding foliage. It is the road that he chooses here and now that will decide where he is going and where he will end up.
             "Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim." What made it have the better claim is that "it was grassy and wanted wear." This road was obviously not for every traveler because the majority of people took the other path. Therefore, he calls it "the road less traveled by". The fact that the traveler took this path over the more popular, secure one is a reflection on the traveler's personality, which is one that does not necessarily want or need to follow the "crowd." He prefers to do more of what has never been done, what is new and different.
             "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black." The leaves had covered the ground and since the time they had fallen no one had yet to pass by on this road. Perhaps Frost makes this point because each time a person comes to the point where they have to make a choice, it is new to them, somewhere they have never been and they tend to feel as though no one else had ever been there either. "I kept the first for another day!" The desire to travel down both paths is expressed and is not unusual, but "knowing how...