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was greatly influenced by his move from San Francisco to New England at
the age of 11, his move to England when he was 37, and then his return to
New Hampshire a couple of years later” (Knowledge Adventure 2). Robert
Frost’s inspiration for his poetry came from within himself. His decisions
concerning which direction his life would take can be seen in one of his
most acclaimed poems “ The Road Not Taken”. Ultimately he realized, as
is expressed in his works, that the road one chooses to take is what builds
and defines one’s character. It is a life-long decision that one cannot
change further down the great road of life.
The first two lines of his poem is “Two roads diverged in a yellow
wood, and sorry I could not travel both” (Frost 815). In the first two lines,
Robert is standing at the crossroads in life; he wishes that he could go both
ways, but in life, you must choose one. He looked down both roads as far
. . .
This is where he decides that he wants to better himself, and not follow the
norm. Frost says that he will be telling
this story in the future.
So in retrospect, when one looks back on his/her life, the road less
traveled is actually the road best traveled. Frost wishes that he could take both
paths in life, but one knows that the first path leads to another and then to
another; life is always moving forward.
Lines eleven through fourteen state, “And both that morning equally
lay in leaves no step had trodden black. These lines suggest that he had to choose one morning,
of which direction he should lead his life.
The last five lines of the poem are very significant. One of the
roads was well-traveled (the common road that most people take in life),
and the other road looked as though no one liked to travel it. You enjoy life more if you take
chances and not always follow the mainstream. This is a remarkable move by Frost,
because he could be an average poet with an easy life, however he
chooses the harder road through life. Frost took the
one that wasn’t traveled as much; choosing his own path in life versus the
mainstream (Knowledge Adventure). He knows that he would never get
to go back in life and take the road he left behind, and this is why he
chooses the less traveled road. This is why he took the harder of the two roads.
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