Frost presents to the reader a moment in anyone's life where an difficult dubious choice has to be made. There are an abundance of options in life a person faces; Frost symbolises this in the diverging of the two paths in his poem. The decision for which path to choose from can be hard to accept, just as the revelation of the choices.
The two paths represent the options man has to choose from. Faced with these decisions, man has to weigh his options carefully to make an optimal choice. At the split in the road, the speaker looks far down both the two paths to see what each of the paths will bring. The speaker's sight is limited- his eyes can only see the path until it bends into "the undergrowth." The author shows man's attempts to tell which path is better by trying to for see what they will behold down the road. Both roads diverge into a "yellow wood" and appear to be "about the same" in their purpose. The first of the two paths is the more common route than the other less traveled path, which "wanted wear." Frost presents a classic conflict- the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path. Choosing the already known easy path in life many people frequently endure reassures that the outcome will be predictable. While choosing the "less traveled" road represents the gamble of facing a more difficult path in life in hopes to achieve an incomparable and satisfactory life, contrasting the more familiar lives other people take.
The title immediately introduces the reader into the poem and its meaning, yet poses the question; When Frost writes The Road Not Taken is he implying the road he did not take or the road not taken by others? And which is more important? The final lines suggests that although he ponders what the other road may of given he is satisfied with his life and the road he took, hence his road is more important to him.
The imagery in this poem can be taken at face value or examined for a deeper meaning, "yellow wood" has connotations with autumn, which could suggest the "Golden Years" of ones life.
