Analysis on the “Road Not Taken” The poem the “Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is a short poem that puts the speaker at a fork in the road. He must choose a path but both ways are equally worn. He chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other path another day. But he knows it is unlikely that he will have the opportunity to do so. He admits that someday he will recreate the scene with a different outcome.
With this said, Beavan decides to write about his yearlong commitment to no impact man, where he will attempt to have no environmental impact whatsoever. Beavan sets up stages for himself and his family, and he decides to balance out the negative impact he and his family could not eliminate with positive impact, like cleaning rivers and donating money to charities. He embarks in a no-impact lifestyle and there was no going back.Chapter 2: Day One and the Whole Thing Is a Big MistakeBeavan begins to doubt his commitment. He is distraught when he simply wants to blow his nose but does not know what to use. Beavan thinks he is making a mistake and that living without any impact will be nearly impossible.
Also the speaker seems to be distressed as of which road to go down as he stood for a ‘long’ time contemplating which path to go down as he could not be ‘one traveller’ this makes the reader acknowledge that you can’t be at two places at once and that sometimes you have to sacrifice opportunities. The speaker seems to show regret and self-pity of their decision as they are ‘sorry’ they can’t travel both roads this creates a damp mood as they may be disappointed and unsatisfied with the road they decided to take which implies to the reader that despite the fact we a free to choose what paths and situations we get our lives into we have to deal with the unanticipated consequences weather good or bad. After the build of which path to take the speaker then makes the decision to take the other path as its ‘as just as fair’ suggesting that he made his decisions based upon looks as the other road may not have been as pretty, this gives the reader an insight to the narrators personality as they could be someone who judges
In the hero’s journey, many times when there is a call to adventure, the character rejects or ignores it. This is known as refusal of the call. In Siddhartha’s story I don’t believe this took place because when he decided to follow a different path than his father and the Brahmin’s wishes, he did not think twice and he was not going to change his mind about it. There was no reason for Siddhartha to refuse his call; he was ready for duty and obligation. Although he had fear he knew this is what he wanted and this is what he would
Alone, he stands looking down the one path that seems to be the one taken by those who came before him. I interpret this to represent choices that are made in life. When someone must make decisions in life they are faced with choosing to go in a direction that is safe and conforms with what others would do or they may take risks and go in a direction that is different and more challenging. It is this choice that the speaker finds himself facing in the first stanza. Faced with making a decision on which road to take, the speaker uses the second stanza to talk about choosing the road less taken by others.
“Don’t go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path…and leave a trail” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Excerpt: This is similar to Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”, where the traveler takes the road less traveled after arriving at a fork in the road. We will all face times where we have to make a choice of one or the other and be content with the decided direction. By taking the road less traveled, you’re straying from the normal, you’re not going the same, average way that everyone else goes. actually had not come across this until last year. At the Patriots Hall of Fame, they play a 15 minute video that gives a little history about the Patriots and how they have come to be what they are now.
So the traveler is in front of a fork in the road, deciding which path to choose. As he debates each path, he looks "far as I could," and notices both "Had worn really about the same." So, by now we realize certainly this isn't simply about which road one should take to go home, but rather symbolizing making decisions in one's life. Whether it be choice of profession, or choosing a spouse, or even where to live. Something that should be noted, we should try not to interpret what's not there.
The decision he made has paid off, he is not just a regular person, and he’s lived an adventure by choosing the less traveled road. While reading it seems as though the author doesn’t know which road would be best and that he wants to convince the readers that he has chosen the correct one. The first stanza is interpreted as a person coming to an important part in their life, some life changing that needs deep thought. The line “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (2010, line 18) comes to an event of some magnitude. However, the author doesn’t point out the significance of this person’s life.
In the third stanza the traveler indicates that the road he chose made a impact on the future. The poem states "Two roads diverged in wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by." The statement in lines eighteen an nineteen is symbolic to the travelers decision. He did not take the easier road that others have chose. This statement leaves me with the image of a lonely man.
At the finish of a crossroad or transition there is a metaphorical picture painted of who we really are made by the choices based on our values. This shows who we really are. It additionally gives us an understanding of what we may do in a situation because of past experiences and or if we would do it again. This develops who we become later on in our life and shows to people who we really are. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” when the man decides to take the road less taken, “oh, I kept the first for another day!”, the impression that we acquire from this sentence is that he is a very adventurous man who doesn’t want to carry out the same things as other people.