Therefore, before reading the poem one can expect subtle images and connections between the self and the nature. Now that we have a rudimentary knowledge of the background, and the purveying general mood at the time and the place this particular poem was written, we'll try to give an objective, personal assessment of the poem. We start here with the title of the poem: The Road Not Taken First, a cursory look at the title tells us that whatever were about to read is given to us in retrospect, because of the verb tense "taken." Second, we can safely deduce that "Not" involves a choice that the poet has made. Third, the word "Road" indicates that there has been some kind of a journey involved. So we proceed with our reading: 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; Here Frost v/s the speaker in the poem -- introduces his primary metaphor the "two roads." He tells us he is at a point in life, where he has to make a decision between the "two roads." The time is not very propitious of course, for we know that the speaker is in the "yellow woods." Yellow, taken as a figurative language underlines sallow, acerbic lemon-like state. The speaker's regret at his human limitations is quite conspicuous, which reflects in line that reads " sorry I could not travel both [roads] and be one traveler." Yet, the choice is not easy, since we know that "long [he] stood" before coming to a decision and examined the path "as far as [he] could." The feeling we get here is that the speaker is a mature type, who, to the best of his ability thinks through and examines stuff thoroughly, before making any critical move. However, despite his human intellect and prudent character, the speaker is not able to discern the whole caliber of the journey ahead, because he cant see farther than where "[the road] it bent in the undergrowth.