Literary Analysis: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Choices are not ever easy- men face multitudes of them in their lifetime. Some conclusions to these alternatives are clear while other ones are occasionally tougher to effectuate. The verse "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a first individual narrative tale of a monumental instant in the speaker's life- Frost can be advised the speaker. Frost is faced between the alternative of an instant and a lifetime manifested in his poem. Walking down a country street the narrator comes across an issue on his journey that diverges into two distinct alike paths. (Sullivan 2000) In Robert Frost's verse "The Road Not Taken", Frost presents the concept of man opposite the tough unalterable predilection of a instant and a lifetime. This concept in Frost's verse is embodied in the branch in the street, the conclusion between the two routes, and the speaker's conclusion to choose the street not taken.

Man's life can be metaphorically associated to a personal excursion topped up with numerous rotates and turns. Through out this excursion there are instants where alternatives between alternate routes have to be made- the path man concludes to take is not habitually an very easy one to determine. (Finger 1978) The conclusion for which route to select from can be hard to accept, just as the revelation of the choices.

The two routes comprise the choices man has to select from. Faced with these conclusions, man has to weigh his choices mindfully to make an optimal choice. At the divide in the street, the speaker examines far down both the two routes to glimpse what each of the routes will bring. The speaker's view is limited- his eyes can only glimpse the route until it angles into "the undergrowth." The scribe displays man's endeavors to ...