The Road Not Taken

Metaphor

• "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"
• There are many decisions to make in life.
• Taking the right path is one of the most important decisions
• it can determine the rest of your life. 

alliteration

• "Then took the other"
• "Though took the other"
• Alliteration helps the reader hear the rhythm. 
• Alliteration can be fun and enjoyable
• "Though as for that the passing there"

Hyperbole

"Somewhere ages and ages hence." It tells that someone has been traveling for a long time.

Repetition

• "Two roads diverge in a yellow."
• This phrase repeats throughout the poem. 
• This indicates that this phrase is important.

assonance

• "Two roads diverge in a yellow road".
• the "ro" in road and the "ow" in yellow are internal rhyms. 

End Rhyme

• Stanza 1: wood, stood, both and could
• Stanza 2: fair, claim, wear, and there
• Stanza 3: day, way, lay, back, and black
• Stanza 4: hence, difference 

Stanza Restating Stanza 1

• Stanza 1: The author is saying that two paths split.  
• The author can only take on path.
• He wishes that he could take both.
• "And sorry I could not travel both".

stanza 2

• The author is unsure which path to take.
• He can only choose one to take..
• "Then took the other, as just as fair, and having.
• perhaps the better claim".

stanza 3

• The author hopes to come back another day
• so he can travel the other path.
• The writer doesn't know if he will come back but he hopes
• "Yet knowing how way leads on to way I
• doubted if I should ever come back"

Metaphorical Meaning

• Be the one that takes an unknown path
• Be the one to discover so others can follow 
• Set an example for others

stanza 4

• The writer has took a path that not many people have
• He made a difference.
• More people can travel that path now
• "I took the one less traveled by, 
• And that has made all the difference"