” In the opening line of this part of the poem, the speaker says, “Then took the other, as just as fair. ” The speaker continues to convey his message in the second stanza of “The Road Not Taken. Finally, the speaker describes studying the first option, looking as far into the future as he possibly could with the lines, “And looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth. Unable to accomplish this, he takes a long time to decide on what he should do. It is impossible not to wonder what could happen by choosing the other road and what he could be missing out on.Īnd being one traveler long I stood,” shows how the speaker would like to be in two places at once. The next line, “And sorry I could not travel both,” illustrates how difficult it is to make a choice. The two roads symbolizes the choices and consequences he must choose. The first line, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” uses imagery with the color yellow, the color of gold, to show that the speaker sees an opportunity ahead of him.
The speaker communicates many things in the first stanza of the poem. However, Frost did see the impact the poem was having and stated, “Do not follow where the path may leadGo instead where there is no path and leave a trail. In fact, Frost sent the poem to his friend, then in France, and got the response, “What are you trying to do with me? ” ( libarts.
Thomas was hesitant and always wondering what would happen if he had chosen a different path ( yoga.
He had written the poem to poke fun at his friend, Edward Thomas, with whom he had taken many walks.
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