Tone Of A Road Not Taken

The overall tone of Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is foreseen as regretful yet satisfied through his word choice. For example, in the poem, Frost wrote of two paths where he could travel; however, both far and both equal. The word choice alludes to two paths in life, maybe a job in New York being a writer or a fellowship with many opportunities for more out of his line of work. He wrote in his poem, “I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence…” (Frost, 1916, p.1) The word choice shows how he often thought about his choice and thought of how things could be different with regret. Additionally, Frost wrote, “Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.” This also showed how he

Just as Conrad conveys the creation of one’s own path subconsciously in Marlow, the poem “Road not taken” by Robert Frost explores this idea, represented my literal paths and an alternate, unspoken third path. The metaphor of the physical journey shows the moral growth in the protagonist. The poem is written in first person, giving it a very personal and reflective tone, expressing a pivotal moment in the persona’s life. The use of andante, the flowing rhythm establishes a conversational tone. The rhyme scheme is simple and effective throughout the poem, however, it changes in the final stanza. By implementing a new scheme here, the final thought of reflection is emphasized. The "less traveled" road is symbolic of the gamble of choosing a more individual path in life, the protagonist’s own road. This can be compared to the quote by Antonio Machado, “Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.” This quote exemplifies the fact that walking the path is more important than

In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, we are given a piece of art that simply will leave you clueless unless, you understand the pain and frustration the man is going through; when choosing what route he feels will give him the most joy. In the poem a man is walking through the woods and he comes upon a fork. He who wants to take both roads chooses the route that he feels is traveled less on. Little does he know that both road have been equally traveled on. He who travels on the route that has fresher leaves lies to himself, by convincing himself that he will come back and take the other route. Though it was a very stressful and a hard decision for the man to make, many people are put into very similar situations like in John Updike’s A and P and as well as in James Joyce’s Eveline. Both Sammy and Eveline find it troubling to make a decision that will change their life completely.

On the last two lines, an extended metaphor was used, “Yet knowing how way leads on to way”, “I doubted if I should ever come back”. These last two lines of the third stanza, heightens the attention of readers that he hopes that he could try the other path as the traveller knows ‘how one road can lead to another’. Also, the traveller is having doubts as it is impossible to retrace steps as other choices or decisions can lead to other options in life. The third stanza raises the awareness to readers as he decided to stick with the decision that he made but still with a bit of regrets.

In the Robert Frost poem ‘’The Road Not Taken’’ there is a pervasive and in many ways intrinsic sense of journey throughout. In such, the poem explores an aspect associated with human decision, or indecision, relative to the oxymoron, that choices with the least the difference should bear the most indifference, but realistically, carry the most difficulty. This is conveyed through the use of several pivotal techniques. Where the first such instance is the use of an extended metaphor, where the poem as a whole becomes a literary embodiment of something more, the journey of life. The second technique used is the writing style of first person. Where in using this, the reader can depict a clear train of thought from the walker and understand

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.

In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, Frost shows the everyday human struggle to make a choice that could change the course of one’s life. In his poem, a person has the choice to take one road or the other. One road is worn out from many people taking it, and the other is barely touched, for fewer have taken that road. Throughout the poem, the speaker learns that just because so many other people have done one thing, or walked one way, does not mean everyone has to. Sometimes you just have to go your own way.

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost explores different perspectives and the difficulty of life’s choices. The poem is about how life gives us two roads, the difficult road and the easy road. A traveler is walking and comes across two paths one more used than the other. He eventually choses the road less travelled on. A literary technique Frost utilizes is tone.

In his poem, “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost raises to discussion an inevitable problem that we must eventually confront, which is choosing between life paths. Frost depicts this through envisioning a walker who must choose between two seemingly similar, yet non-identical paths, while not being able to revisit the unchosen one. The poet accentuates on the inescapable regret that one will face in either scenario, as one will forever feel the desire to experience the unexperienced. One can’t help but imagine what would happen if one were to take the road not taken. Robert Frost selects an enticing yet intelligible style of language that is successful at conveying the intended message.

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is a well known poem that has been analyzed numerous times by a variety of individuals at different stages in their lives. Although this poem can be applied to different stages in life, it has a strong correlation between college students and choosing their career path. Therefore, as a college student myself, I chose to analyze this poem as I have reached a few forks in the road recently in relation to deciding the routes I want to take towards my career. The title of the poem, “The Road Not Taken”, reveals that the narrator regrets not taking a certain road. This can be deduced from his use of the word not instead of an alternative such as less traveled.

Robert frost “The Road Not Taken” has a negative tone in his poem. There are a couple of sentences that makes me think this. The first sentence (Frost, n.d, l. 3) “ And be one traveler, long I stood”. This makes me think that he is lonely and has no family and or friends which makes him feel sad.

“One of Robert Frost’s most popular poems, “The Road Not Taken,” is a deep allegory for the struggle of choice in everyday life. According to Johnson, the poem portrays a choice to be made between roads by a person out walking in the woods. The person would like to travel both paths, so he tells himself he will discover one and then come back and explore the other one another day. Frost, states that the choices about ones future are challenging to make, and predictions toward an outcome are often mysterious. He introduces two roads diverging in the woods, alluding to the point in life when a choice of many must be made.

Choosing the right path is hard when there is a lot at stake to lose. Sometimes doing what is best for you may hurt the ones you love. It is sometimes necessary to take a chance and choose the riskier path to see what is behind the next bend, or corner. The poem, “The Road Not Taken” describes a person having a hard time choosing what path to take. Robert Frost elicits the central idea, theme, meaning, and how the speaker came to his decision by the use of metaphors describing the want for his readers to think through the hard decisions in life. One decision in life can make you or break you. It is all on how a person approaches the situation.

By choosing the harder path, the speaker declares his rebellion against the popular opinion as represented by the other road. He decides not to conform to society and takes up a less popular choice. When considering his choices the speaker shows the typical human reaction. He considers taking both paths at first. He says, “Oh I kept the first for another day”, but later confesses he “doubted if [he] should ever come back” (13-15). Thus the poem’s significance lies in the speakers making a decision by choosing a road and moving on with his life. The act of choosing the road represents his uniqueness and the fact that he is always moving forward, even without stopping.

“The Road Not Taken” is a poem that involves a common dilemma faced in every single life. Robert Frost wrote the poem trying to explain to his friend Edward Thomas that he took the best decision in his life taking the road least travel. His friend misunderstood Frost intentions and after read the poem, he took the other road in his life and it made all the difference. Instead of travel to America and be a great professor, Thomas felt the sensation of be an unsuccessful writer and a non-patriotic citizen which help him to take the decision of enlist during the war. After taking the other road in his life, he finishes with his life during the war. The poem creates a connection with the reader because the situation presented emphasizes the life of any person. Every person is forced to decide a path and the decision made it, will always make a difference. The result of a person's character or life is related in the decisions made it during his or her life. In “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost uses different types of conflicts, character versus self, character versus nature, character versus society, to show how the path taken in life makes all the difference.