Topic > Analysis of the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost - 515

The poem Allegory tells a story while having a deeper meaning, this makes for an intriguing poem as it makes the reader interpret the meaning in various ways. Robert Frost was a master poet who used figurative language to take the reader on a journey through images. One of Frost's most misunderstood poems is The Road Not Taken, Frost uses an introspection on life choices and does not regret taking the road less travelled. In the first stanza, the protagonist is simply walking in the woods when he comes across an alternate route. . Using first-person point of view, Frost depicts a clear image of yellow woods and a character who must make a choice when he reaches the conflict in the story and comes across a fork in the road. As the character in the story examines the best path to take, he wishes he could take both paths. In the second verse, the character realizes that both roads seem the same, and will only later reflect on the decision he made as the road less traveled. The tone of the poem is one of reflection and perhaps regret. The narrator begins as a Man...