![]() ![]() He says both paths looked inviting but he must choose one.The speaker comes across a fork while walking in the road in a ‘yellow wood’ in the autumn.Speaker Chooses the Road Less Travelled.He thinks it would have been more rewarding if he had chosen another profession.īroadly, ‘ The Road Not Taken’ can be divided into: As a matter of fact, the poet is perhaps not happy with his choice of becoming a poet. He thinks that if he had taken the other road, it would have been more fruitful. The poet after travelling a long distance realises that he has not made right choice by choosing the less travelled road. The poet takes the second road and hopes that he would take the first road some other day although he is not sure whether he would ever come back. One road looks frequently travelled and the other one looks less travelled and grassy. In the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’, the poet stands at a junction of two roads and is in a dilemma which road he should choose. ![]() SUMMARY (Poem Outline): The Road Not Taken POEM: The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,ĭiverge-extend in different directions from a common point Wood-forest Traveller-a person who travels Undergrowth- the growth of small plants beneath the large trees Fair-nice Claim-demand, tell or ask as a right to have or own Better Claim - showing that it is comparatively better Grassy-full of grass Wanted wear-had not been used and needed to be affected by use Though-in spite of something Lay-placed horizontally Trodden-walked over Know-to have information Doubt-uncertainty Age-a very long time hence-here it means in the future Difference-a point or way in which people or things are not same. Further, it is also not certain what “difference” constitutes in his life.Click here for Stanza Wise Explanation & Analysis of ‘The Road Not taken’Ĭlick here for more on Study materials on Class 9 book ‘Beehive’ Then he would, he states, tell “this with a sigh” how having taken the road, “less traveled by” has caused “all the difference.” The poet leaves the reader to imagine whether the “sigh” is an outcome of satisfaction of a life well spent or repentance of unfulfilled expectations. Summary: The fourth stanza takes a leap forward in future it points at a period ahead, “Somewhere ages and ages hence,” when he would sit back and form an idea about the decision he has taken. And having taken the grassy road, he keeps the “first one for another day!” However, this future rumination also encompasses a big uncertainty “I doubted if I should ever come back” reflects the poet’s philosophical conjectures about certain certainties in life – the possibility of never having a chance to try out the path, one has discarded. Summary: In the third stanza, the poet seems to present a new idea – the paths lie covered by leaves, none of which has been turned “black” by steps. So he states that “the passing there,” (meaning people who have trampled upon it), have worn it, much like the other one. Summary: The poet finally resolves to take “the other” path and considering its “grassy” and less worn out look (wanted wear), he contends that it is perhaps “the better claim.” However, his dilemma erupts again as he analyses the other road to appears as untrodden as the one he has taken. Summary: The poem commences with a particular situation – the poet, standing before two divergent roads, “in a yellow wood” (suggesting autumn), seems confused regarding which path to take, and distinctly feels “sorry” for not being able to “travel both.” He, nonetheless performs an expected task ‑ strains his eyes as far as he can, to decipher where the roads finally go “in the undergrowth.” Stanza 2 The theme and analysis of the poem can further help to understand it. The poem records the musings of Thomas, but beneath a simple descriptive narration, it discusses an issue of utmost seriousness – the relevance of choices in life. Edward Thomas loved exploring lanes and forests with Frost and frequently, after returning from such walks expressed his desire of taking an alternative trail. ![]() The Road Not Taken, a lyric, was inspired from the ramblings Robert Frost took with his friend, Edward Thomas while staying in Great Britain from 1912 to 1915.
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