Diverging seems to be the key word in this line because it suggests that the traveler must make a choice. The speaker expresses his regret that "[he] could not travel both" (line 2). The choice is not easily made since "long I stood" (line 3) before coming to a decision. In an attempt to make a choice, the traveler examines the path "as far as [he] could" (line 4), but his vision is limited because the path bends and is covered "in the undergrowth" (line 5). Thus, indicating that although he would have liked to obtain more information, he is prevented from doing so because of the nature of his surroundings. .
In the second stanza, the speaker is still unable to decide between the two paths since "the other, [is] just as fair" (line 6). He indicates that the second path is a more attractive choice since "it was grassy and wanted wear" (line 8). Nevertheless, by the end of the stanza, he remains ambivalent, even after comparing the two paths, for each was "really about the same" (line 10). Neither path has been traveled lately. .
In the third stanza, the speaker seems to be repeating what he mentioned in the prior stanza: that the second path is a more eye-catching choice because it appears to have not been traveled in recent times, "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black." (line 11-12). The leaves had covered the ground and since the time they had fallen no one had yet to pass by on this road. Perhaps Frost does this because each time a person comes to the point where they have to make a choice, it is new to them (line 12-13). However, he seems to contradict himself since he also describes the path as being "just as fair" as the first rather than better. Although the poet breaks after line ten, the main idea continues into the third stanza, creating a link between these parts of the poem. The speaker makes his decision, trying to persuade himself that he will eventually come back when he says, "Oh, I kept the first for another day!" (line 13) perhaps to satisfy his desire and curiosity to travel both paths.
