opens the door for many interpretations.

In using a simple fork in a road, Frost writes much to symbolize life and choices in which one will make. Frost uses unique ability to see an ordinary, everyday activity to portray such a theme. By using such simple endeavors, Frost reaches his audience on

a more personal level. However, it is only one's past, present and the attitude with which he or she looks upon the future that determines the shade of light in which the poem will be seen. (pg 621)

There is never a straight path for one to follow on life's journey. By using two paths in which to choose from, Frost leaves one to realize that everyone must travel and will reach a point of decision. With stating "And sorry I could not travel both," Frost

shows the point in which one will choose because there is only one path in which one may travel. It is most difficult to make a decision on each appealing path because everyone will always see

m to question "what could I or could I not miss out on?" The

the end, we look back upon the choices we have made and like the narrator "sigh," observing that they have made "all the difference."

At the end of the poem, "I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence," reveals he knows someday he will look back and have some regrets that he did not go back and take the road more frequently traveled. Although it seems that he may be unhappy with his decision, he is not. It seems as if regret hangs over the traveler like a balloon about to burst, Yet he remains quite proud of his decision.

human nature to have the want or desire "to go where no man has ever gone before."

not particularly follow the crowd but sets him apart from the rest by doing something new and unique. It is often called "the path of least resistance." In being somewhat of an easier way with less obstacles to overcome.

"Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim." What seems to have made it such a better claim is that "it was grassy and wanted wear." It was a road obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the

"And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black." The leaves had somewhat covered the ground and since the time they had fallen no one had yet to travel on this road. Perhaps Frost does this to show that each time a person comes to a point where they have to make a choice, it is new to them. It envisions that it is somewhere the traveler has never been. They may tend to feel as though possibly no one else had ever been there either. A modern phrase comes to mind in saying that it is

"I took the road less traveled by, And that has made all the difference," means that he does not regret choosing the road less traveled. He realizes that the other path, if chosen would have not given him the life experiences that he did. Quite frankly, no one

would be the person they are today if it were not for each and every life experience.

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Approximate Word count = 1447
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)