THe Road not taken By: RObert Frost

stanza 1 meaning

• The narrator finds 2 roads that goes into a wood
• The narrator wishes to travel both of the roads
• Unfortunately, it is not possible for one to travel both roads 
• "Two roads diverged in a yellow road"
• "And sorry I could not travel both"

Stanza 2 meaning

• The narrator chose road that looked less worn 
• But both paths are equally worn in reality
• "Then took the other, as just as fair"
• "Because it was grassy and wanted wear"
• "Had worn them really about the same"

stanza 3 meaning

• The leaves on the road looked new and not ruined
• The narrator says he will take the other path one day
• The narrator knows that he will never return
• "In leaves no step had trodden black"
• I doubted if I should ever come back"

Stanza 4 meaning

• The narrator shall be telling this story 
• The narrator took the "one less traveled by"And choosing that road, made a tremendous difference
• "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"
• The picture depicts 3 red and 1 green apple, showing that sometimes,being 
• different, is a positive thing

theme of the poem

• The theme of "The Road Not Taken" is decision
• The theme is decision because if someone wants the easy way 
• out of dilemmas, then he/she will take the path that's most traveled by
• If someone wants success, then he/she will take the path that's 
• less traveled by. "And that has made all the difference."

End rhyme

• There were endless end rhymes in this poem
• "Two roads diverged in a yellow WOOD","And be on traveler, long I STOOD." 
• "Because it was grassy and wanted WEAR", "Though as for that the passing
• THERE"
• "I shall be telling this with a SIGH","I took the one less traveled BY."

repetition

assonance

Alliteration

Simile