” This shows that the road was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the other path, therefore he calls it “the road less traveled”. ” What made it have the better claim is that “it was grassy and wanted wear. “Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim. It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. As much as a person may strain their eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it goes past his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead. This proves that the road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. In an attempt to make a decision, the traveler “looks down one as far as I could”. A person displays that there is a strong sense of regret to know it is impossible to travel down every path. ”Īnd sorry I could not travel both… epicts how it is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder how it would be different if one chose the other way. However, this poem demonstrates Frost’s belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. It is one’s attitude that determines how he will see the poem. Regardless of the original message that Robert Frost had intended to convey, The Road not Taken has left its readers with many different interpretations. There is never a straight path that leaves one with only one direction in which to head. The theme depicts everyone as a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on their continuous journey, life.
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