"The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost.
In the last stanza, why the word "sigh"? Why not a chuckle, or a stern look or a smile?
Is this a poem about the power and freedom of choice, or something else? Does the speaker strike you as someone in control of his fate, or controlled by it?
What is the most important line in the poem, as you read it?
The speaker in "The Road Not Taken" knows that his decision should be treated as a fait accompli ("I doubted if I should ever come back"). The falter at the end of line 18 -- or maybe it's not really a falter, maybe it's a contemplative pause -- allows the speaker to collect himself and carry on. Whatever the result of that decision was, it has become part of him now, and he will continue to travel along this other road.
ReplyDeleteThis is a poem about the power of freedom of choice becasue it talks about two paths. You can chose either. One path was more traveled and the other was not. The speaker controls his fate because he chose the path less traveled by. According to him he chose the right one.
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