Critical Analysis Of The Road Not Taken

Abstract

Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road not taken” was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1915 and included a year later in the little volume entitled ‘Mountain Interval’. It is among Frost’s best, most riveting, and most complex and is still quoted by inspirational speakers, writers, commercials, and everyday people. The poem is about making a decision when confronted with two possible choices. Life is not simple; a man is never faced with a choice that just has one narrow path. In “The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost uses symbolism through nature to analyze one’s decision-making through life; and the narrator hopes that his choices will not haunt him for the rest of his life. In this paper, I would like to interpret the decision making analysis with the help of, Robert Frost’s “Road Not Taken”.

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Substantial evidence, however, suggests that the idea of the poem antedates Frost’s acquaintance with Edward Thomas, of England. In 1914, when Frost and Thomas lived in Gloucestershire, they frequently took long strolls through the field. Thomas would pick the way which he thought may demonstrate his American companion an uncommon plant or any sort of exceptional hobby. Be that as it may, before the end of the walk, Thomas would lament the decision he made. He would "murmur" over his choice on the grounds that he thought he could have taken the "better" course. Frost would tease Thomas for each one of those second thoughts he would have. In a 1912 letter to Susan