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Imagery in Robert Frosts `The Road Not Taken`

Road No Taken by Robert Frost

Road No Taken by Robert Frost takes into account a multitude of meaning veiled under the imagery . It provides an insight into the human nature its pursuits in general and Frost 's own life n general . The romantic imagery and setting used in the poem are apt for the theme of self-discovery . Imagery plays an important part to reveal the true nature of thematic expressions

The poet speaker considers many things at the sart of the poem . In the first line , Two roads diverged in a

yellow wood ' Frost has beautifully employs imagery by using the color yellow that signifies the color of gold . It manifests that how a person standing at bifurcation perceives an opportunity in front of him . Here the opportunity can have many manifestations and a poet who behaves like a "spiritual drifter and is unable to make a definite choice finds the situation pregnant with opportunity . The imagery of two roads indicates the unknown options and consequences . The importance of this image is its universality . We can universalize his encounter with choice-making in The Road Not Taken Choice is something inevitable for everyone of us in our lives . Choices do have their consequences , good or bad that we have to bear and most of the time . We are left with no alternatives after we have settled on one But the positive note is the yellowish woods that promises some opportunity at the sides of both options

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