The symbolism in the poem involves the use of two roads as symbols of the choices that are made in life and the options that one has to choose from. Metaphorically, a person's life can be compared to a journey. The person may know where they want to go but there is usually more than one way to get there. Therefore, there are choices to make in life as to which path one will take.

Choices are often difficult because of the doubt as to what lies ahead. Sometimes the choices are made even more difficult because one choice seems to be as attractive as the other. In "The Road Not Taken," the choice is made more difficult still by the fact that both roads lead to the same place. They both dive

Frost uses varied patterns throughout "The Road Less Traveled" and these are used to get and keep the attention of the reader. Once the pattern is established the reader can look deeper into the poem and find the wealth of meaning that is contained therein.

It is to be hoped that at the end of life we all, along with the author, see the road that we have traveled as making all the difference and not as being the wrong road.

At the end of "The Road Not Taken," Frost is in a nostalgic, regretful mood. He does not regret the fact that he took the road less traveled but he does regret that he was not able to travel both roads and see what opportunities he would have been given had he traveled the more worn path.

rge in the yellow wood but simply take different routes to get there. Frost wishes to travel both of the paths and "be one traveler" so that he can see which choice is really the better one.

We are all travelers in life and, therefore, can all relate to the message of this poem. How often we deliberate before we make a choice, then after making the choice we look back and wonder whether we took the right path after all. It is extremely rare that the opportunity to go back and travel the other path presents itself. Even if we are given the opportunity to travel the other path, our experiences on the first path will color our perception of the other.

It is clear that Frost believes that the roads a person chooses make them the person whom they are. The author chooses to take the road less traveled, therefore asserting his individuality. He chooses to b

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