The first stanza gives back ground of the situation, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” As well as the reference to one of the choices, or roads, one that bends in the undergrowth. There is a certain order of the stanza’s. The rhyming of this poem proves to be fairly irregular, however the rhythm of the poem is still quite nice, and pleasurable to read. Finally, in stanza four, lines one and five rhyme (hence, difference) and lines three and four rhyme (I and by), making a couplet.
In stanza three, lines one, three and four rhyme (lay, day and way) and lines two and five rhyme (black and back). In the second stanza, lines two and five rhyme, (claim and same) and line’s three and four rhyme (wear and there).
Few rhymes occur, such as in the first stanza, lines one, three and four rhyme with the words, wood, stood and could. In the poem, The Road Not Taken, there are four stanza’s with five lines each. There aren’t really any allusions in this poem. Perhaps never obtaining a degree was one of them. Other symbolisms within the poem suggest that Frost felt that he was nearing the end of his life, and was regretting decisions that he never made. For example, Frost when to university on and off, never obtaining a degree. With the theme of indecision that goes along with this poem and with the age that Frost is at, one can wonder if perhaps he is regretting earlier decisions that he never really made. He wrote The Road Not Taken in 1916 at the age of 42. He then became popular in America as well, and moved back there in 1915 at the age of 41. Frost had much financial difficulties until he decided to move to England in 1912 at the age of 38, where he was able to begin publishing his work overseas. He moved there with his mother as a child after his father’s death. However, ‘home’ to him is New England specifically Massachusetts. Robert Frost was born in 1874 in San Francisco, California. With that, we know this author regrets a choice that was never made, and with the wish that he’d gotten over the fear of regret and made a choice, moving along with his life. Regret choices or lack of them that he made. The ages and ages hence, while a hyperbole, also gives the impression that in the future, he knows he will still be regretting what he is doing now. We can tell the author is very regretful of not making a choice, because of third stanza first and second lines, “I will be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ages and ages hence…” Sigh, gives us the emotion of regret, the wishing feeling that the author had made a choice, because doing something even if it’s the wrong choice is better than doing nothing at all. So there he stands, taking no road at all. The fear, that he will take one road and it won’t turn out so great, and he’ll wonder, what if things had been different…better, had he chosen the other road? Especially with the two roads appearing so similar, there is no obvious choice, making the fear greater and the choice harder. However, what is stopping the narrator from choosing? What is stopping him from just picking a random road and going along with it? The fear of regret. He can stand there as long as he likes, but sooner or later, one has to make a decision. Therefore, two very similar roads (or choices) are in front of the narrator, but he has to make a choice in order to move forward. So then, what is the point of this poem? The idea of nonconformity is gone because there is no theme of nonconformity present, therefore, the actual theme is indecision, because as the title helps explain, no road is taken. With the lines four and five in the second stanza, “Though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same.” Here we realise that there is no ‘road less taken’ and that in fact, the road are so similar there really is no difference between them. However, will some careful analysing and help from peers, I’ve come to a much different conclusion. Of course my original thought of the poem was the same as everyone else’s that the poem was simply about being unique. However, previous lines in poem make this line more clear and one is able to see the opposition the usual conclusion has. The last line of this poem, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” leads people to the nonconformity conclusion. Not, meaning the person in this poem didn’t take a road. However, if one of these ignorant people took one close look at the title, they’d realise they’re wrong. Many people have the idea that The Road Not Taken is a nice poem about being different and taking the road that no one else takes. Even though people tend to overlook this part of the poem, the title is perhaps the biggest giveaway, especially with The Road Not Taken.
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