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Explication Of The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

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The Road not Taken was a poem wrote by Robert Frost in 1916. A traveler had to pick what path to take and he was confused on what he wanted to take. One path was always taken by everyone because there was barely any grass, but the other path was never taken as it had a lot of grass. The theme of the poem is about making choices in life. In the first stanza the traveler was sad for not taking the one path but he could only take one. He was standing in the woods deciding on which path he wanted to take. The traveler was able to look down both roads and saw where one bent into undergrowth. The traveler was confused and did not know what path he wanted to take. In the second stanza the traveler is claiming that both paths are fair. One difference

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