The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost
No Turning Back
People are forced to make decisions every day; what clothing to wear, what food to eat, what friends to make, and how to live. Sometimes the smallest decision can change your life forever; for better or for worse. These choices often make us who we are. Robert Frost wrote the poem The Road Not Taken as a representation of someone who is presented with a difficult decision. He has said that the speaker in his poem was supposed to be his dear friend Edward Thomas, who, once making a decision, would always regret not picking the other choice. He uses literary devices to establish the confusion and uncertainty of deciding. By looking at the The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, one can see that the poet skillfully uses metaphors …show more content…
This is a metaphor that is comparing two different paths on the road to two difficult choices in life. The choice of which road to take essentially relatable to any reader because at some point in their life, everyone has been forced to make a decision; big or small. We are forced to make these decisions without knowing the outcome, and Robert Frost agrees when he writes that he “looked down one (road) as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth.” (Frost, 4 & 5) In other words, he is saying that the speaker is looking as far as possible down each path, but can’t see far enough to decide which is better. What is more important is that this is a comparison between the end of the visibility of the road and the inability to see the final outcome of a decision. It also symbolizes the uncertainty of deciding. You can never see far enough ahead to make a clear decision, and it's impossible to clearly see the future. This accentuates the theme that we should make our choices carefully because we can’t always see what’s ahead. Having just shown that our decisions require being careful, it is important to add way I doubted if I should ever come back” (Frost, 14 & 15) He is saying that with every big or that you can’t change the decisions you make. Robert Frost states “knowing how way leads on to small decision, people will try to think that they can always go back, and change their decision, but once it is made, it has already led them to new decisions and situations, therefore altering the course of their life. Going back is impossible. Consequently, the speaker realizes here that looking back and hoping for another chance to make the right decision was
People are forced to make decisions every day; what clothing to wear, what food to eat, what friends to make, and how to live. Sometimes the smallest decision can change your life forever; for better or for worse. These choices often make us who we are. Robert Frost wrote the poem The Road Not Taken as a representation of someone who is presented with a difficult decision. He has said that the speaker in his poem was supposed to be his dear friend Edward Thomas, who, once making a decision, would always regret not picking the other choice. He uses literary devices to establish the confusion and uncertainty of deciding. By looking at the The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, one can see that the poet skillfully uses metaphors …show more content…
This is a metaphor that is comparing two different paths on the road to two difficult choices in life. The choice of which road to take essentially relatable to any reader because at some point in their life, everyone has been forced to make a decision; big or small. We are forced to make these decisions without knowing the outcome, and Robert Frost agrees when he writes that he “looked down one (road) as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth.” (Frost, 4 & 5) In other words, he is saying that the speaker is looking as far as possible down each path, but can’t see far enough to decide which is better. What is more important is that this is a comparison between the end of the visibility of the road and the inability to see the final outcome of a decision. It also symbolizes the uncertainty of deciding. You can never see far enough ahead to make a clear decision, and it's impossible to clearly see the future. This accentuates the theme that we should make our choices carefully because we can’t always see what’s ahead. Having just shown that our decisions require being careful, it is important to add way I doubted if I should ever come back” (Frost, 14 & 15) He is saying that with every big or that you can’t change the decisions you make. Robert Frost states “knowing how way leads on to small decision, people will try to think that they can always go back, and change their decision, but once it is made, it has already led them to new decisions and situations, therefore altering the course of their life. Going back is impossible. Consequently, the speaker realizes here that looking back and hoping for another chance to make the right decision was