Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" shows the uncertainty as to which road of life a person should choose. It raises the question of whether it is better to choose a road on which many have traveled, or to choose the road less traveled and explore it for yourself. In Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" his theme is about how the choices one makes affects his or her life. In this poem the tone, diction, and the setting help to illustrate the struggle one goes through in their lifetime on choosing the right path.
             In the first line of the first stanza, Frost says, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood," which is seemingly a very important part of the poem. This line is a metaphor in which Frost uses the woods to represent life. Using this as an image helps the reader to have a better understanding for the complex problem the speaker is facing. If you were standing at the edge of a forest you would not be able to clearly see what was ahead of you, because it would be obstructed by trees and branches. Life is like those woods because no one can clearly see or predict what will happen in the future. The only hope that one has is to choose a path that will lead to good fortune and happiness. Another interesting part of this line is how he describes the woods as yellow. The use of the color "Yellow" helps to describe the uncertainty of the speaker, and implies that he may be scared to even choose a path. Evidently he does not want to choose the wrong road and mess up the rest of his life. I believe that as he stands before these two roads, he is very confused and scared as to which road to pick. All he can do is look as far down each of the roads as possible, and hope that he decides upon the right one.
             The second stanza starts off with the speaker talking about the other path, and how he looked down it just as hard, just as long, and just as fair on this path as he did the first. Meaning that he took exactly every ste...