The persona had two roads to chose from and wonders what would have happened had he taken the other road. Frost's title reflects this. The first three lines, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both /And be one traveler, long I stood", tell us the speaker must choose between two roads he finds equally appealing. It is apparent the narrator has a difficult choice to make and is carefully considering his options.

In the first stanza, the emphasis is on the road that was not traveled. The pers

In the third stanza, the image of the leaves that cover the ground have not been stepped on and "no step had trodden black," indicates that no one has walked down the road since the leaves have fallen, therefore describing a road not traveled. That path does not fit who he is at this juncture in life. "I kept the first for another day," relates to his desire to travel down both paths. "knowing how way leads on to way," means that he is aware that all future life choices will be affected because of the road he chooses to travel. In this stanza he realizes that once his decision is made there is no turning back. With the sigh that he makes, it might seem that he is unhappy with his decision, he is not. "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference," means that he does not regret choosing the less traveled road because if he had not, he would not have had the life experiences that he did. The choice that he has made allows him the freedom and the ability to see that it was a good choice at that instance in time.

This poem is about choices:

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Approximate Word count = 725
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)