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The Road Taken

In the poem, not taken by Frost the *.rru*.[;1. *u, trying to

conve) to his readers islthat T6ia to encounter moments in our life rvhen we are forced to

make a decision as *1,i!( path to choose. This is usually one of the rnost difficult decisions t ^ | Q - ^)*,t-n* )t

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from the poem depending on the attitude they hold concerning the poem.

9O*a$*- 111,efrfiai3din the poem finds motivation from a lot of things that surround him or(_-- _,-

her. The character tends to think about the consequences of the decision he will make

concerning the path he will choose. He thinks of the number of opportunities that he might

driven by the fear of missing out on opportunities that willbe available on the other side of

life. The indecisiveness of the individual makes him rvorry too much about the decision he is

about to take instead of him going ahead and embracing the decision he will make and

appreciate the opportunities that he will encounter on the way. The character seems to puts

much of his fbcus on the things that he will miss out on instead of being optimistic and think

about the things he u,ill gain by choosing to walk in the path he has chosen, The personality

of the individual that comes out in the poern is that he does not like following the crorvd as he

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settles on walking on the path that had not been followed by many people. The person seems

to make decisions based on his intuition and not what other people have done before and thus

makes him unique.

ThepoembyFrost,therefore,exernplifiesthequotebyRalphEmerson''Donot

follorv rvhere the path may lead, instead go where there is not path and leave a trail'" This all

along in ,fr. pffiit-*hat prost is trying to convince his readers to embrace instead of

sticking to a certain path that they are famitiar rvith. It is human for one to get down and start

having regrets about the decision that has been made and start thinking that the grass will be

greener on the other side. Most of us are content with choosing a path that has been used

Tbeforeas rve tend to be familiar with it than going into the unknown' The poem \Iot* clearly

/ / concerning the decision making issue that "l took the one less travelled by, /and

that made all

the difference" (19-20). Any individual ivill ttllooling-t ioid chos.n and try to think

of the outcomes of the decision, but in most cases, it is not possible to see the end of the road'

This is the same as any decision that one makes in life; o19 is not certain of what they are

bound to encounterthat one needsto be brave enough to face the consequences ofthe+,/1 n

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In the first stanza of the poem, the persona of tlte poeryid encountered with a

dilemma, and he has to choose rvhich path is best as quoted in the poem "two roads diverged

in a yellorv wood, /and sorry I could not travelboth"(l-2). He contemplates and concludes

that actually, both paths are equivalent and that he will create time in future to try and come

back and rvalk the other path. These are the consolations that he gives himself for him to be

confident to rvalk the other path. In the third and the fourth stanza, the speaker shows sorrow

and regret by choosing the path he chose, and he believes that his life could have been so

much better if he u,ould have embraced the other path. It is at this point that he realizes that it

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rvill be impossible for him to go back and walk the other path and this means that he rvill

have missed out on the opportunities that this path could have offered him' The description of

morning and leaves falling is a description that symbolizes a new beginning that is bound to

take place in the life of the individual. As the poem comes to an end, despite the regrets that

the persona in the poem had, he ends up being proud of himself for the decision he had made'

He realizes that that decision had shaped him into the person he is and he is, therefore'

grateful for the decision he made to have walked down that road and this is clear in the last

stanza where it is quoted that him choosing the less travelled road made all the difference'

This should be applicable in the lives of every individual as they should be proud of the

decisions they make in life as in one way or another they learned something from that

decision.

In conclusion, the poem by Frost exemplifies the importance of the quote by Ralph of

one choosing a path that has never been travelled before just like the persona in the poem'

Life is al1 about taking risks and being courageous to walk into the unknown, and this is rvhat

is exemplifred in the poem by Frost. Despite the challenges and the regrets that one may have

along the way it is imperative that should be proud of the life decision they have made as that

decision in one way or the other brings out a certain attribute in an individual. The quote.

therefore, that one should look for a path that has not been travelled and leave a trail there is

one that should be applied by every human being when faced with a challenge concerning

making a cefiain decision.

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Works Cited

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Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006. 5. Print'