His decision or choice of future action is of utmost significance since the decision decides his destiny. The traveller at the crossroads of the diverging roads is symbolic of an individual at a decisive moment in his life’s journey. The poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ offers a profound perception into the process of decision making. Question 3:What is the theme of the poem “The Road Not Taken’ ? Apparently for the narrator, this is life-changing. If, even trivial decisions require so much thought, how can anyone ever make life-changing decisions. Hie poem also, perhaps, indicates the futility of over-thinking some situations. This poem highlights the fact that freedom (of choice in this instance) brings with it its own set of responsibilities. He is even trying to convince himself that he has made the best choice as, when he looks back “Somewhere ages and ages hence”, he is sure that he will be able to say that he made the best choice and that it “has made all the difference”.
Even after some deliberation and the fact that usage “Had worn them really about the same,” he cannot help wondering, but then doubting “if I should ever come back”. The narrator is conflicted as he thinks about which road to take. The poem reveals the complex nature of a seemingly simple decision. You might want to listen to this audio version of the poem to check your listening comprehension.Question 1:Does the poem, ‘The Road Not Taken’, symbolizes or reveals a meaning or aspect of freedom or responsibility ? Here is an audio version of this poem with accompanying pictures to help illustrate the ideas in the poem. Sigh – to let out a long, deep, audible breath, often expressing sorrow, fatigue, longing, Trodden (past participle of ‘ to tread’) – to have been walked on (to tread = to step or walk on) To claim – to assert and demand the recognition of something Undergrowth – vegetation in a forest, which obstructs passage through the forest Here is some vocabulary from the poem that may be helpful to know before you start reading: I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and perhaps you will find yourself coming back to read it again and again. I have come back to read this poem many times over the years. I will always remember the first time I read it during one of my high school English classes. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and his poems are often taught in schools in the United States.Īs a traveler myself, I am particularly drawn to this poem.
Robert Frost was a popular American poet both during his own lifetime and today. Robert Frost was born in 1874 in California, but he attended college in New England and he wrote about New England frequently in his poems. Like many of Robert Frost’s poems, The Road Not Taken, is likely a depiction*** of rural life in New England in the early 20th century. Now that is a very dry overview of this poem the poem itself is much more elegant. In the end he chooses the road that he thinks is less traveled by other people. So, the man must choose which road to go down. The speaker tells himself even though each road is equal, he can only go down one, because he is only one person. As the speaker looks at the two roads in front of him he observes** they are similar in many ways. In this poem the speaker is standing in the forest at a fork in the road*. This poem is entitled, The Road Not Taken, and it is one of his most beloved poems. He is one of my favorite poets and today I’d like to share with you one of his more famous poems. Robert Frost is a great American poet from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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