The speaker understands he shall be telling his life story with a “sigh” (16), having taken the easy path, foregoing adventure and risk. It is even possible that they are worn the same at the path entrances only and that many turned around when reaching the undergrowth of the first path. The only difference between the two is that one is grassy, implying comfort and ease, and the other contains undergrowth, connotative of roughness and discomfort. Both paths were worn “really about the same” (10), and lay equally. The speaker claims he “took the one less traveled by” (19)–at best a rationalization, at worst a lie. Here is one interpretation of “The Road Not Taken.” You have my permission to disagree.įear causes the speaker in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost to choose the wrong path, something he realizes when making the choice, yet knows he will rationalize later in life.
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