In the first line of the first stanza, Frost says, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood," which is seemingly a very important part of the poem. This line is a metaphor in which Frost uses the woods to represent life. Using this as an image helps to have a better understanding of the complexity of the problem that the speaker is facing. If you were standing at the edge of some woods you would not be able to clearly see what was ahead of you, because it would be obstructed by trees and branches. Life is like those woods because no one can clearly see or predict what will happen in the future, only hope to choose a path that will lead you to good fortune and happiness. Another interesting part of this line is how he

In the third stanza the speaker says that, "And both that morning equally lay/In leaves no step had trodden black," which I take to mean that the few people who did choose to take the road less traveled did not come across any difficulties or obstacles. He then goes on to say that, "Oh, I kept the first for another day," as to say that it took him a long time to make his decision. Actually it may have been months or even years before the speaker chose a road. I think that there are two reasons why it was very hard for the speaker to make that choice. First reason is that he would not be able to know right away if he had made the right decision. He knew that the decision he made would determine the outcome of his life, and that he would have to be devoted to the road he chose. Once he made his decision he would probably never be able to turn back. Another reason might be that the roads didn't look that much different. In the last two lines of second stanza he tells us that the passing had worn the two roads really about the same. I believe that he meant by this that the two roads didn't look much different because he wasn't able to see in the future and tell the outcome of any road.

In the last stanza, the speaker's tone seems to change. This time his tone seems to be filled with confidence, and the confused and scared tone is gone. I believe this confidence is shown in line eighteen, when the speaker tells us that two roads diverged in a wood. The speaker repeats the first line, except he leaves out the word yellow. I think he purposely left out the word yellow to show that he had gained confidence, and that he was no longer scared. I also believe that the word yellow was used to show the lapse of time between when he was first faced with the decision to the time he actually made his decision. Usi

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Approximate Word count = 1220
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)