Robert Frost The Road Not Taken Essay
There always comes a time in a one’s life where we have to take our self out of the socialistic world and make a choice on the path we want to travel on in life. Robert Frost effectively uses naturalistic words to illustrate the concept of self-realization in the poem, The Road Not Taken. Some people live their lives sadly never able to realize that they had the choice all along to go down the road not taken. It is inevitable that everyone comes to an intersection in their life where two roads meet. In a perfect world there would be a preview for each road and then the choice may be easier to make. Unfortunately people do not have this luxury and in the end we need to take the path that fits our needs, not what others want for us. When
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going about life, there are speed bumps we have no control over while choices have to be made sooner than later that may have required further reflection. However, this is the story of life and our choices are the ingredients that make people who they are. Life is about living and learning.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
The beginning of the poem paints a reflective moment one’s life when both of the paths are appealing however we must not mistake temptation with opportunity.
And be one traveler, long I stood, And looked down one as far as I could
Our peers are always going to try to influence us into what they think is best, instead of what we as individuals feel is the best for us. When faced with issues and choices in life, we are able to ask our friends and family for input, but in the end, the final decision has to come from deep down and what we know is right for us in our personal lives.
Because it was grassy and wanted wear In the second stanza, the traveler in this poem decides to take the road less travelled. After intense self reflection of his life changing experience, he had come to the conclusion that he wanted his life to be different, and had chosen the road not few had traveled down. If this were the only line in the stanza, it would be easily interpreted this way.
Though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same This is when the poem creates an interesting transition. The traveler seems to second guess his choice. I believe this to be normal in human nature to second guess our decisions and wonder what our lives would be like if we had taken the other path, or in this case the road more taken. It is not however worth the energy to exhaust our time on what ifs.
And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black In the third stanza the poem starts to gains clarity. Frost starts to reveal why he had chosen his path, and why it was worth it. Both roads were equally not walked on that morning. The yellow leaves on the ground weren't crushed by people walking on them, breaking them up, and causing them to decompose. This is his moment of self-realization, becoming aware that he was doing his own thing, and not going through the motions of life and actually being his own person.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back Finally the poem explodes with a clear vision. Frost shows that the traveler was satisfied with his choice. The traveler had come to a point where they were fed up with examining and wondering about the road more taken because it was taking away time from the road he had chosen. Instead of living life in wonder, he decided to enjoy his decision.
I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence The traveler is confirming their decision on the road they chose because no matter what, when he's much older, he will reminisce about the decision he is making at this very moment. He'll do it with a sigh of satisfaction? Wistfulness? Regret? All of the above?
Two roas diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference
Taking the road less traveled by far changed his life, whether it be for good or bad, it was his decision and is what felt right to him at that time. He could have easily taken the path everyone else took, but then what would have been learned? What would have been accomplished for him as an individual? In Conclusion, when faced with two roads in life, whether it may be the colleges we wish to go to, the person we wish to be with, etc., in the end we will never truly be satisfied with our decision unless we make it our self.
I feel that Robert Frost was able to paint the perfect picture in my mind. By using nature to explain life’s choices that we may face, there will always be two roads to choose from. I can either take the road everyone else takes or take a risk and travel the road not taken and see where it takes me. I personally have taken many roads travelled by most of society. Knowing what my outcome would be felt safe, however my situations were different because I am different. That is not how life works though, and Frost makes that evident in his poem. As human nature we are always going to second guess our decisions, but when we go with our gut feeling and the day comes when we choose that road less traveled, we can always learn from it in the end, which helps us grow as individuals. I have been faced with these two roads at many times in my life, and never felt satisfied with my decision at the end because it was never truly my decision. I would get others input and follow their advice instead of molding all advices together along with my gut feeling. Everyone comes to that intersection where two roads will meet and unfortunately will not travel both, but in the end we need to take the path we want, not what others want for us, and our independent decisions in our own best interest will make all the
difference.
going about life, there are speed bumps we have no control over while choices have to be made sooner than later that may have required further reflection. However, this is the story of life and our choices are the ingredients that make people who they are. Life is about living and learning.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
The beginning of the poem paints a reflective moment one’s life when both of the paths are appealing however we must not mistake temptation with opportunity.
And be one traveler, long I stood, And looked down one as far as I could
Our peers are always going to try to influence us into what they think is best, instead of what we as individuals feel is the best for us. When faced with issues and choices in life, we are able to ask our friends and family for input, but in the end, the final decision has to come from deep down and what we know is right for us in our personal lives.
Because it was grassy and wanted wear In the second stanza, the traveler in this poem decides to take the road less travelled. After intense self reflection of his life changing experience, he had come to the conclusion that he wanted his life to be different, and had chosen the road not few had traveled down. If this were the only line in the stanza, it would be easily interpreted this way.
Though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same This is when the poem creates an interesting transition. The traveler seems to second guess his choice. I believe this to be normal in human nature to second guess our decisions and wonder what our lives would be like if we had taken the other path, or in this case the road more taken. It is not however worth the energy to exhaust our time on what ifs.
And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black In the third stanza the poem starts to gains clarity. Frost starts to reveal why he had chosen his path, and why it was worth it. Both roads were equally not walked on that morning. The yellow leaves on the ground weren't crushed by people walking on them, breaking them up, and causing them to decompose. This is his moment of self-realization, becoming aware that he was doing his own thing, and not going through the motions of life and actually being his own person.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back Finally the poem explodes with a clear vision. Frost shows that the traveler was satisfied with his choice. The traveler had come to a point where they were fed up with examining and wondering about the road more taken because it was taking away time from the road he had chosen. Instead of living life in wonder, he decided to enjoy his decision.
I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence The traveler is confirming their decision on the road they chose because no matter what, when he's much older, he will reminisce about the decision he is making at this very moment. He'll do it with a sigh of satisfaction? Wistfulness? Regret? All of the above?
Two roas diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference
Taking the road less traveled by far changed his life, whether it be for good or bad, it was his decision and is what felt right to him at that time. He could have easily taken the path everyone else took, but then what would have been learned? What would have been accomplished for him as an individual? In Conclusion, when faced with two roads in life, whether it may be the colleges we wish to go to, the person we wish to be with, etc., in the end we will never truly be satisfied with our decision unless we make it our self.
I feel that Robert Frost was able to paint the perfect picture in my mind. By using nature to explain life’s choices that we may face, there will always be two roads to choose from. I can either take the road everyone else takes or take a risk and travel the road not taken and see where it takes me. I personally have taken many roads travelled by most of society. Knowing what my outcome would be felt safe, however my situations were different because I am different. That is not how life works though, and Frost makes that evident in his poem. As human nature we are always going to second guess our decisions, but when we go with our gut feeling and the day comes when we choose that road less traveled, we can always learn from it in the end, which helps us grow as individuals. I have been faced with these two roads at many times in my life, and never felt satisfied with my decision at the end because it was never truly my decision. I would get others input and follow their advice instead of molding all advices together along with my gut feeling. Everyone comes to that intersection where two roads will meet and unfortunately will not travel both, but in the end we need to take the path we want, not what others want for us, and our independent decisions in our own best interest will make all the
difference.