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Choices

" All of these components of poetry helps bring Frost's theme to the audience.
             "The Road Not Taken" can be interpreted in many different ways. Depending on the attitude one has at the time they read it determines the way the poem may be interpreted. As the title indicates the central theme of this poem is choices. Frost was expressing the belief that it is the road or path that one takes or chooses that makes one the person they are today and will be tomorrow. Everyone is a traveler on life's roads. In the poem there is never just one road to take. Life is a struggle to make decisions of which road to take and one may not want to choose, but a choice has to be made. A traveler comes upon "two roads diverged in a yellow wood" He is at a crossroad in his life. He is unable to take both paths at once and must make a decision which way he would like to go or how to live his life. He must decide but is remorseful as he states "And sorry I could not travel both". This decision is always difficult to make because it is impossible not to wonder what the cost will be if one might choose one path over the other. There is regret before the choice is ever made. He realizes that in one lifetime it is impossible to travel down both roads and he has a difficult choice to make and is carefully considering his options as well as wondering where each could lead. .
             In attempting to make this decision the traveler "And looked down one as far as I could," trying to see the future and where this road might lead. Both roads lead to the unknown and although he tries to see as far as the road stretches he cannot see where it will take him. People are always trying to weigh out their consequences when making a choice between doing one thing or the other. His choice will determine what the future holds. He makes his decision and chooses "Then took the other just as far and having perhaps the better claim." This road has a better claim because it was the one that appealed more to him and "it was grassy and wanted wear.


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