The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
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;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Q1. There are not many use of figurative language in this poem. Unlike other poems, this poem is "short and sweet". There is only one figurative language in this poem which is"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood". In my point of view, I think this figuurative language is"personification" because the two roads which appears in the poem is similar to two person seperate with each other. The poet uses simple words and short sentenses which attract my attentation easily. The poet has a different way of writing poems compare to the other poet.
Q2. I like this poem because it is simple, short and easy to understand. Some of the other poems which I found are long and difficult to comprehend. This poem has a deep meaning. It tells us that in life, there will be many decision you should choose. In the poem, it writes that there are two roads to choose and the poet choose the shorter one which is a correct choice. The two roads represents the choices we can make. The poem mainly tells us we should think carefully whenever we make a decision. The choice you make can be right or wrong. Think before you act.
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