Internal Conflict In Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken

Robert Frosts “The Road Not Taken” is more symbolic of a choice one must make in their life in attempt to foresee the outcome before reaching the end, than it is about choosing the right path in the woods.

Not only are metaphors utilized throughout the poem, but a literary device known as Imagery is as well. Imagery is alternative as important a device for it allows for the reader to have a clear picture of what the character in the poem is visualizing. Furthermore, it also helps covey the theme the author is aiming to represent to the reader. Imagery is made known in stanza two line three, which states, “Because it was grassy and wanted wear” (Myer, 1091). Here the author is using imagery to inform the readers the traveler is coming up with a reason for why one path could be more favorable over the other. The reader analyzes this line of imagery to obtain a clearer representation of the traveler’s decision-making process. Another line where the author uses imagery is in stanza two line five, which states, “Had worn them really about the same” (Myer, 1091). Here the author is using imagery to inform the reader that the paths are “worn” down, which informs the reader that both of his choices have been equally chosen by people before him. These examples help the reader begin to form the theme of self-justification in decision-making. After analyzing the metaphors and the imagery Frost uses in this poem, the reader can conclude so far that the theme the poet is conveying

Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” describes a traveler faced with a choice of which one of two roads to travel. He knows not where either road might lead. In order to continue on his journey, he can pick only one road. He scrutinizes both roads for the possibilities of where they may take him in his travels. Frost's traveler realizes that regret is inevitable. Regardless of his choice, he knows that he will miss the experiences he might have encountered on the road not taken.

?The Road Not Taken? (1916) tells of someone faced with two of life?s decisions however only one can be chosen. Whichever road is taken will be final and will determine the direction that their life takes. Frost drives this poem by a calm and collective narrative, spoken by the traveler of the diverged roads. Who is speaking with himself trying to convince himself of which road is the better choice. Frost wrote this poem using standard, modern language.

In the final stanza, lines 16-20 the tone of the poem changes completely. This is the only stanza that begins with a new sentence, indicating that it is a stronger break from the previous ideas. The speaker puts himself in a future situation discussing his life. What he states here seems to contradict what he has said earlier. From his future prospective he says that the paths where different and that he did not choose the one most traveled by. Perhaps he will in the future actually believe this and he only wishes that he could choose in the present "the one less traveled by."(20)

The Road Not Taken Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”, dramatizes the conflict between people and the choices they encounters throughout their life. During the poem’s introduction, the speaker stands at a fork in the road contemplating which path to choose. He ultimately travels “the better claim”(Frost 7) stating he will return to travel the other another day, though realistically doubting he will ever have to opportunity to do so. Yet if the traveler returns, he will do so with a twist: he will claim to have taken the road less traveled. The speaker understands both roads are equally worn.

Robert Frost’s accentuated metaphors enhance the essence of the poem, expanding the immediate scope of a man who contemplates between choosing two roads upon his course. The speaker first encounters “two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (1) at the beginning, introducing the metaphorical significance of the woods’ representation of the speaker’s life. In addition, the fork in the road is a metaphor for a choice; the speaker has approached a point in his journey where he can go no further without making a decision that leads him down one path and does not allow him to experience the unchosen path. When the speaker “look[s] down one as far as [he] could,” he expresses that no one knows that the future will bring as he can’t look beyond “the undergrowth”

In the first stanza it ,states that the author(traveler) has to make a choice on what road to take. The poem states “ both the roads diverged into a yellow wood.” He also states he is “sorry for I couldn't travel both.” He said he “looked down as far as I could, until it bent in the undergrowth.” The choices he has to make relates to everyday choices. An example of how it relates to an everyday thing is, someone in life has to choose the right group of people to hang out with, and whether to study or not. Choices are a big part of life everyone has to make choices, sometimes the best choice is not the best.

In the first line, Frost introduces the elements of his primary metaphor: the diverging roads. The speaker expresses his regret that "[he] could not travel both" (line 2). The choice is not easily made since "long I stood" (line 3) before coming to a decision. In an attempt to make a choice, the traveler examines the path "as far as [he] could" (line 4), but his vision is limited because the path bends and is covered "in the undergrowth" (line 5). Thus, indicating that although he would have liked to acquire more information, he is prevented from doing so because of the nature of his environment. In lines 6-8, the speaker is still unable to decide between the two paths since "the other, [is] just as fair" (line 6). He indicates that the second path is a more attractive choice since "it was grassy and wanted wear" (line 8). Nevertheless, by the end of the stanza, he remains ambivalent, even after comparing the two paths, for each was "really about the same" (line 10). Neither path has been traveled lately. In the third stanza, the speaker makes his decision, trying to persuade himself that he will eventually "come back" (line 15) to satisfy his desire and curiosity to travel both paths. However, deep down, he admits to himself that

I believe that this poem symbolises how life is nothing but a journey of choice. I think that the road the traveler must pick is very complicated and hard for him to choose. And I know this because in the text it states, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

     In his celebrated poem "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost describes the decision one makes when reaching a fork in the road. Some interpret Frost as suggesting regret on the part of the traveler as to not choosing the path he forgoes, for in doing so he has lost something significant. Others believe he is grateful for the selection, as it has made him the man he is. The diverging roads are symbolic of the choices society is faced with every day of life. Choosing one course will lead the traveler in one direction, while the other will likely move away, toward a completely different journey. How does one know which is the right path; is there a right path? The answer lies

There are times in everyone’s life when they come to a point that they must make a decision which could affect the rest of their days. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” two roads divide into the woods, and he must debate on which path to take. Symbolism is represented when the voice talks about the fork in the road. This fork represents our choices and the path seems to be the result of those choices. As he makes up his mind about the path he is going to take, he wonders what it would have been like to go down the other path. Although one of the paths has a curve in it, both paths show evidence of having been taken. The element of personification is present when we read the speaker telling of the beautiful lush grass that wanted wear. The yellow leaves of the woods describe autumn. The element of antithesis is present as we see the author expressing his desire to travel both paths

The second stanza the speaker decides to take the road less traveled. The road is just as nice as the other and the speaker notices that the road may be better because not as many others have taken this road. The speaker also realizes before he takes the road that this decision has been made by many others because where the paths

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is about having the courage to make decisions, it dramatises the choices we make in life and their future consequences. It's one of Frost's most familiar and popular poems. It's a personal favourite of mine as it's one of the first poems I studied for the Leaving Certificate, which, marked a new era in my life.

This poem brings about many arguments because no matter which road the travel takes the