Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and "Ceasing by Woods on a Snowy Evening" both manage the most troublesome decisions in life. "The previous is about youth and confronting life and the last is about maturity, or all the more presumably, an old soul depleted by life. In both lyrics the speaker is in an intense condition in which he needs to pick between two ways in life" (Untermeyer). "The Road Not taken" the speaker picks the uncommon technique to the basic leadership process, consequently demonstrating his distinction and empowering attitude while in "Ceasing by Woods on a Snowy Evening" the speaker needs to carry on with an existence with no agony or battle however toward …show more content…
This sonnet discusses a man who runs over a crossroads and he needs to pick which way to take after. The way is a representation of the choices that should be made in life. As the speaker thoroughly consider his decisions, he unequivocally feels that regardless of which way is picked, it will be for the great. So the speaker must pick is choice deliberately so he won't wind up thinking twice about it. The speaker contemplates his idea astutely. He says, "And looked down similarly as I could/To where it twisted in the undergrowth", by thinking about it he winds up picking the street "less voyaged". "The Road Not Taken" means a troublesome decision in life where it could either prompt something worth being thankful for, or even a terrible one. Nobody is certain of what lies ahead; if there will be achievement or second thoughts. Life is about going out on a limb and a man needs to decide on which approach to pick since this is the initial step of heading into achievement or disappointment in life. Toward the end of the lyric, the speaker says, "that has had all the effect", which demonstrates the satisfaction he needed when the speaker pick the harder