The figurative meaning is not too hidden either. The poem describes the tough choices people stand for when traveling the road of life. The words "sorry" and "sigh" make the tone of poem somewhat gloomy. The traveler regrets leaves the possibilities of the road not chosen behind. He realizes he probably won't pass this way again. As with many of Frost's other poems, "The Road Less Taken" can be read from two sides. On the surface a poem about a walk in the woods, this work takes on much greater significance with the line 'somewhere ages and ages hence'; you do not often remember taking the left fork of a path in the woods ages and ages hence, unless it proves to be a life-altering decision. The poem hinges on the interpretation of one word: 'sigh,' in line sixteen. The type of sigh that you see the author taking is central to how you view the poem. If you see a cheerful old man reminiscing on days gone by, sighing as he remembers the good old days, the poem will have a pos

PERSONIFICATION:

There are plenty literary devices in this poem to be discovered. One of these is antithesis. When the traveler comes to the fork in the road, he wishes he could travel both. Within the current theories of our physical world, this is a non-possibility (unless he has a split personality). The traveler realizes this and immediately rejects the idea.

All sensible people know that road don't think, and therefore don't want. They can't. But the description of the road wanting wear is an example of personification in this poem. A road actually wanting some as a person would.

itive spin. If you see a grizzled geezer, grumbling as he signs about lost opportunities in days gone by, the poem can be terribly depressing. The poem will also be colored by how you feel about taking 'the road less traveled by'. It's either adventurous and brazen, or foolhardy and arrogant. Again we see Frost at his best when he provides the questions, and not the answers. The reader's interpretation will be colored by his or her own experiences. The Road Not Taken" is an ironic commentary on the autonomy of choice in a world governed by instincts, unpredictable contingencies, and limited possibilities. It parodies and demurs from the biblical idea that God is the "way" that can and should be followed and the American idea that nature provides the path to spiritual enlightenment. The title refers doubly to bravado for choosing a road less traveled but also to regret for a road of lost possibility and the eliminations and changes produced by choice. "The Road Not Taken " reminds us of the consequences of the principle of selection in al1 aspects of life, namely that all choices in knowledge or

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Approximate Word count = 1189
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)