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All people are travelers, all choosing their paths on a map of their life. "The great thing about man for Frost is that he has the power of standing still where he is." There is never a straight road there are always curves and turns in which one must encounter and act upon. Readers can interpret the poem "The Road Not Taken" in many ways. It is a persons past, present and the way one see things, which determines their choices and paths they follow. This poem shows how Frost believes that it is the road that you choose that makes you the person you are. Decisions are always hard to make. It is impossible not to wonder what would have happened before you made your decision and what could have happened after you made your decision. Frost shows this in the line "And sorry I could not travel both" Knowing one can not travel every path there is a realization that one is always missing out on something in life. When the traveler is about to make his decision he "looks down one as far as I could". The road leads to the unknown, as do choices in life. When he looks at the paths he does not know where they lead, nor does he
Any reader can relate to his experience. There are many equally valid meanings to this poem and Robert Frost intended this. At the end of the poem the feeling of regret strikes the traveler. If he had taken the other path he would be different than he is now. "This poem is usually interpreted as an assertion of individualism, but critic Lawrence Thompson has argued that it is a slightly mocking satire on a perennially hesitant walking partner of Frost's who always wondered what would have happened if they had chosen their path differently. Bibliography Works CitedBrians, Paul. There is no moral in this poem; there is just a narrator who makes a decision in his life that changes it. " To the traveler what was most important was the fact that he did what he wanted even if the one he chose was less traveled. Once you make a choice there is no changing it or turning back. "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black. have any knowledge of what he will encounter. The traveler's choice reflects his personality.
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