Summary of the road not taken poem3/16/2024 The choices in life may be either regretted or rejoiced later. The poet/traveller would know about the results of his choice only in the future. The following two lines make this point clear: Though the traveller poet expects to return to the spot some other day i.e., to travel the other road- the one he has rejected at the moment- there is an uncertainty about this happening in future because if we relate it to life we take decisions which cannot be revised and taking one road means not turning back in order to start another journey. Besides, he has not seen any clear advantage or disadvantage in discarding one for the other. It appears to be a sudden decision taken impulsively without giving a serious thought. While deciding on the road he is to take now, the poet keeps the option open for using the other road another day. There is no sign of anyone trampling upon the roads so early. Both are lying unused on that particular morning and both are covered by yellow leaves. To the poet /speaker, there is hardly any difference between the two roads. He, however, decides to take the other road which is less frequented by travellers. As he looks at one road he finds that it has taken a curve and is lost to sight because of the thick growth of shrubs and other kinds of plants. Casting his glance at the roads for a while he finds that the wood is ‘Yellow’, that is, the leaves are all yellow and orange in colour, suggesting the autumn season. He has to make a choice between the two alternatives. The poet is undecided for a moment because both the roads present him with equal prospects. ![]() One of the two roads seems to have been used more often by travellers but the other appears grassy and neglected. ![]() He is at a loss as to which direction he should take. On an early morning the poet/speaker, while walking along a road reaches a point where the road goes in two directions. This act of making the right choice is an ordinary experience in life. The poet has to make a choice whereby he can take one road but in the process would be required to forsake the other. Since he is a lone traveller and cannot travel both ways, he has to make a conscious decision of choosing the right path. The poem opens with the traveller poet standing at the point of divergence. The poet takes up the metaphor of a road at the point of splitting into two separate routes. Let us first read the poem to find its literal meaning. At its literal level, the poem illustrates such a situation but on deeper reflection, we discover a general truth regarding human situations where the problem of choice is one of the most difficult problems for man to solve. It is a common experience for a stranger in an unfamiliar place to find a road that forked in two different directions before him and to decide which one he should prefer that would take him to his destination. When we read the poem we become aware of a person who has two roads before him and can take only one road at a time. It is his decision only that made the differenceĪnd this decision affected not only his worldly life but eternal life as well. He says that he will recall his choice of selecting the path. In the last stanza, the poet leaves a sigh and imagines himself at a time many ages from there. But at the same time, he knew that there was little chance of coming back since every After exploring the road, he decided to try the next road for the next trip. As he moved on, he found fewer people had travelled through the road. Then as he proceeded, he discovered that both the roads showed equal signs of wear. It appealed him because it was more grassy and untrodden. ![]() Finally, he decided to travel the other road which appeared to be as beautiful as the first one. Since he could not travel both the roads together he stood gazing at the roads up to a point where the road bent behind the bushes. He was standing there but was in a dilemma which road to be opted for. The poet says that two roads forked in a small wood in autumn season. In this poem, the poet talks about making choices and the choices that shape us. ![]() The poem “The Road Not Taken’ has been penned down by “Robert Frost’. It affects not only his future course of life on this earth but also his spiritual life after death. These choices and decisions shape up the life of humans. Central Idea:-A human being gets many opportunities in life.
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