"The Road Not Taken"

"The Road Not Taken"

 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is one of his most popular poems. It’s also very relatable, in my life I try to make decisions that don’t always follow social norm. This poem is about choosing paths and taking direction, it’s about making decisions in life and choosing between different paths that are laid out for us. One of the paths has been used by many other people, therefore, the outcome is obvious. The other path isn’t chosen very often, the outcome is a mystery. The person in the poem chooses to take the poem less traveled by and they claim it has truly made a difference.