Major Life Choices

The first poem, “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost is one great piece. Frost’s metaphorical comparison of the two roads reflected as ways and a journey in life. He

In the poem “The Road Not Taken”, just like the title states, is physically about the persona questioning the road he had not taken. The poem starts off with two roads split by a forest and ends off with the reflection of the choosing of one of the roads. The overall theme of

“The Road Not Taken” is a poem about how it is important to make a choice in life. In the beginning of the poem, the man is hating that he had to be stuck with the road he chose instead of being able to take both paths. The man tried to look farther down the paths that he could’ve chosen to go down, but the man was only able to see to the point that the road curved and was no longer visible. Stanza # 2, the man indicated that he took the road he felt looked better and could’ve been better because

Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” describes a traveler faced with a choice of which one of two roads to travel. He knows not where either road might lead. In order to continue on his journey, he can pick only one road. He scrutinizes both roads for the possibilities of where they may take him in his travels. Frost's traveler realizes that regret is inevitable. Regardless of his choice, he knows that he will miss the experiences he might have encountered on the road not taken.

?The Road Not Taken? (1916) tells of someone faced with two of life?s decisions however only one can be chosen. Whichever road is taken will be final and will determine the direction that their life takes. Frost drives this poem by a calm and collective narrative, spoken by the traveler of the diverged roads. Who is speaking with himself trying to convince himself of which road is the better choice. Frost wrote this poem using standard, modern language.

The characters in both poems have the same situation because they both must decide what should they do. The speaker in “The road not taken” must choose which road he should take. For example, the quote “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood” (Frost 815). Shows that there are two different roads but, he is alone, and he must make a choice. Frost’s other poem is about choice as well because the speaker wishes to stay but, he can’t stay. The speaker says “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep” (816). This reveals that the speaker wants to stay in the woods but, he has important responsibilities that won’t let him stay. Lastly, I believe these poems are alike because their situations are similar since both speakers need to make choices.

In “The Road Not Taken” the speaker talks about being given options in life of conforming or proceeding down a path of ones own. “Two roads diverged in a wood/ and I – I took the one less travelled by/ And that has made all the difference.” (Frost 18-20)

In life we come upon many decisions, and sometimes we found ourselves caught between a rock and a hard place trying to make a choice but there are points where we have to let the fate take the lead. "The Road Not Taken" focus on the idea of choice. The path that the narrator is walking on is separating in two ways, and he has to decide which direction to go. This path is not just in the forests, but also illustrates a decision in his life. Something in his life is changing, forcing him to make a choice.

The differences and similarities in “The Road Not Taken”, and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, the differences in “The Road Not Taken” are that poem taken place in a Fall season, on a other hand in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” the poem taken place in a winter season. In “The Road Not Taken” a person was traveling by himself/herself, however, in the “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” a person was traveling by horse. In the “The Road Not Taken” during the journey the speaker have to make a decision to choose between two roads that diverged in two paths, he/she should choose one path that leads him/her to life path. In the “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” a speaker likes the beauties of snow, and he/she

“The Road Not Taken” opens with a man in the woods, looking down two equally worn paths. It is a reflection on his part. This incident happened in the past and years later he is looking back at it. He recalls trying to look down both paths to see where they go, but both paths are so jagged that he can’t see very far into them. Therefore he must chose a path to take blindly and without a specific reason. He dislikes this. The speaker wishes that he could take both path, so he could know two different possibilities, and therefore be able to make a decision on which is better. But he can’t, so he decides to pick the path that is grassier. This is a superficial reason, which he knows. Both paths have been equally traveled, but since he knows he has no reason to pick one path over the other he decides to look for something that stands out, which here is the extra grassiness of one path. He understand the implication of him choosing that path. He knows that one path will lead to such a different and far destination from the other that he will never be able to go back and try the other path as well. He says with a sense of forlorn that he does wish

In “The Road Not Taken”, the poet points out the struggles of weighting the crucial choice at some point of time. The title is a metaphor for the crossroads one faces in life. We must make choices all the time but the choices cannot be changed. So how to live a life fullest under the constrain of time and unchangeable choices. The poet claims that he has taken the road “less travelled” and “that has made all the difference”.

In “The Road Not Taken” the speaker stands in the woods trying to decide which road to take at a fork in the path because both paths are filled with levees and brush. The speaker finally chooses one path, telling himself that he will take the other path another day even though he knows that he might not ever be able to do that. In the end he admits that if he would have taken the other road that might have made a difference in his life today.

In the poem, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, the author introduces the reader to a character that seems to be having a difficult time making choices. The character describes two similar roads that he can take, but he is an indecisive being. Additionally, the two roads are choice that were available to him at one point in his life but he hesitated to pick and choose. I personally believe that what the narrator means thats he took the road that not many people have taken. The poem speaks about conformity, therefore one road is giving in to conformity while the other is not. The narrator then chooses the road less traveled which I perceive it to be the road of nonconformity due to the fact that not many people travel down that

In the “The Road Not Taken” and “Choices” the narrators show their different views on the choices in their lives. In “Choices” the narrator presents the idea that she cannot have what she truly wants. She understands that she does not have a variety of options. This is emphasized when she says, “If I can’t do what I want to do..” (Stanza 1). The quote shows that the choices the narrator has are not what she had in mind. In contrast, in “The Road Not Taken” the narrator presents the idea that the two options he has are very difficult to choose from. He wonders if the choice he makes will impact his life in such a way, he may regret his decision. This is shown when the narrator says, “long I stood

Like “The Road Not Taken”, in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, the speaker has to make a big decision in his life. He has to choose between isolation and social obligation. At first glance, this poem might denote stopping in the woods to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. Different symbols in this poem though reveal that stop in the poem could be referring to death. In this phrase “Between the woods and frozen lake”, the wood becomes a symbol of life where frozen lake signifies death. When the speaker reaches the woods, he finds a world offering perfect, quiet and solitude, existing side by side with the realization that there is also another world, a world of people and social obligation. Both