`The Road Not Taken` by Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

By Robert Frost

The poem The Road Not Taken ' by Robert Frost strikes me as having a dual meaning . One perspective of the poem seems to be a statement of advice for people to take the one less traveled by . Another perspective is that the Road Not Taken ' may be the road that he took and he was sorry he has chosen that path for some reason or another

To start with the discussion , I will first discuss the first perspective - that of the inference to The Road

Not Taken ' as an advice for people to take . The author took the first person stance using the words I ' throughout the poem . This could be interpreted that he , himself has done what he is advising for others to do - to take the one less traveled by (fourth line , fifth stanza . Usually this phrase is used for people who have taken the road that is righteous and the one that is harder to travel or go by - but which is the right thing to do . It is also thought of as the hard but nevertheless , the way to be successful in life . The author made use of a lot of imagery and metaphors like yellow wood ' referring to the seemingly yellow path as affected by the daffodils that bloom at the pathways that he often takes with his friend in Massachusetts , at the time he wrote the poetry . He also describes the road less traveled by as grassy and wanted wear ' - perhaps this is so for lack of travelers trudging in its grass

Meanwhile , the other perspective or interpretation that could be entertained with regards to this poem is the author 's tone towards the end of the last stanza - I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference ' seems to denote that he was sorry for the choice he made . The tone is that of sadness and he uses the line I shall be telling this with a sigh . The next line also situates the point of reflection wherein the author says Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in a wood , and I took the one less traveled by ' The metaphor of the words ages and ages hence places the time or hour of recollection at a much recent time after he made his choice , or since the time he made his choice , and decided his course of action . It implies that this choice was made a long time ago and the last stanza gives a clue as to the outcome of that choice

Aside from the two possible scenarios that this poem can be interpreted into , there are also some conflicts of imagery . These conflicts are stated in the use of the lines Because it was grassy and wanted wear ' indicates one path or road obviously still has a lot of grass untouched by trudging feet or passers by . However , the last two lines goes , Though as far...