![]() Lines 6-10 Then took the other, as just as fair,įinally making a choice, the narrator in “The Road Not Taken” goes along a path he feels is better because it appeared that few people had travelled it before. ![]() And like the narrator of “The Road Not Taken,” we frequently feel let down when we are unable to seize every opportunity that comes our way and bear the consequences. The poet claims that one of the numerous hardships people face in life is having to choose between various opportunities. This stanza’s opening lines highlight the dilemma of making a choice that every person must deal with on several occasions throughout their lives. Lines 1-5 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, The speaker’s decision serves as a metaphor for the challenges and decisions that he will face in his life ahead. The speaker in “The Road Not Taken” describes having to decide between the possible paths in life. 29 January 1963 was the date of his death in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874. Before being published in the United States, his work was first made available in England. ![]() The third stanza compares the two choices saying "and both that morning equally.Poet Robert Lee Frost was American. The second stanza takes a look at the second choice the author has, this road is "more grassy and wanted wear." I think this means that this choice is the one people take least, the choice of being yourself, when it comes to identity. He doesn't really know what he wants "And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler," he's facing a hard decision "long I stood." In the first stanza the author is confused, he has a dilemma and he looks at the obvious choice in front of him. When it comes to identity, it's a sad fact that many people "take the popular road" and leave the grassy one (the "unpopular but genuine" one). Have we taken the road less traveled by? In every decision, there are always at least two choices (in this poem the two roads would be symbols for choices) and there's always a choice that is more common than the other. We can take an example from this and apply this in our own lives. Basically the author, Robert Lee Frost is talking about himself making a life decision that I think involves his identity. It's not the obvious decision, that everyone is themselves because we are so heavily influenced by the media and our peers. We make many decisions every day, and most of them require no thought, but decisions such as identity, choosing to be yourself, or choosing to be someone else are very serious. It's not a simple decision such as what to wear or what to eat, but something deeper a decision that can impact one's entire life. "The Road Not Taken" is about making a choice and the act of making a decision that involves a lot of contemplating. This specific poem ties in with the theme of our English class: identity. I chose the poem "The Road Not Taken" because I happened to recall Robert Frost's name when viewing a database of poems on the internet, and I remembered that his poetry is well written and that it appealed to me.
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