The Road Not Taken Rhyme Scheme

The poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is structurally created with four stanzas and 5 lines within each stanza. The poem has a rhyme scheme of A B A A B, which helps the poem flow. This connection between each of these stanzas causes the poem to be linked at every point, never disconnected. Also, there is a similar syllable structure for the first line of every stanza, further keeping the poem connected at each break. The title of the poem acts as foreshadowing for the piece of poetry. The poems plot line simplistically is a travel who meets a fork in the road, and has to decide between two paths. He then chooses “the one less traveled” or like the title says, “the road not taken.” It is interesting how the speaker apologizes for not taking both in line two. This is atypical,
The fork in the road that the speaker describes is an archetype throughout the world for critical decisions. It can symbolize a new beginning and new life, or it can also symbolize a decision that can lead to death. I was originally under the belief that this poem was about choosing the path that others feared, however when reading this again, I have realized that both paths were equally traveled and worn, “Had worn them really about the same.” Taking this into context, the purpose of the poetry is not to get you to take the “road less traveled,” however it is trying to get you to make the decisions for yourself and take responsibility for those decisions. As the play ends, it ends with “and that has made all the difference.” The speaker is trying to say that the choices he makes, even though he knows not the outcome, has made the difference in his life. He puts it in a positive context but it is hard to tell if this was intentional. The poem relates to your moral compass, making decisions for yourself, regardless if the road has been taken or not, it is up for you to