The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost is a real serious, thought provoking song. It uses irony, notice form, and early(a) literary devices to make this serious tone. After first reading the poem, the proofreviewer could dissolve that this is merely ab verboten a man walking through and through a yellow wood, but as with most poetry, in that location is a world of meaning underneath the simple terminology used by Frost. It is this meaning that makes this poem a pop choice to be read at graduation ceremonies and other important, deportment altering events.

        If one takes the meaning of the roads in a wood to be a metaphor for life and the decisions one makes, then this poem is about how one must(prenominal) go, head first and no looking back, into any decision. The coda proximity of these two roads creates the illusion of the immediacy of the authors choice. He is at the cross roads and he must decide now and he cannot put it remove any longer. This cross roads begins the piece and ends the piece, showing the reader that this is an important aspect. Though the piece is circular the ideas in the poem are linear. Though the piece starts and ends with the crossroads, the writer can solely take one road and will not be approach shot back to this specific place.



It is ironic that the writer knows that he will most likely not be coming back to take the other road even though he wishes to yet knowing how way leads on to way, [he] doubted if [he] should always come back (pg 652). This makes his decision even more important.

        Because of the circular nature of the ideas in the poem, The Road Not Taken has an ratiocination that is not abrupt and does not shake the reader out of the reverie or thoughtfulness that the rest of the poem induces.

Instead, the reader can slowly move away...

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