Sorely Misunderstood: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
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This is an excerpt of an article found on allocation dot com by Andrew Spacey, dated March 15th 2020 Robert Frost and a summary of the Road Not Taken. The Road Not Taken is an ambiguous poem that allows the reader to think about choices in life, whether to go with the mainstream or go it alone. If life is a journey, this poem highlights those times in life when a decision has to be made, Which way will you go? The ambiguity springs from the question of free will versus determination, whether the speaker in the poem consciously decides to take the road that is off the beaten track or only does so because he doesn't fancy the road with the bend in it. External factors therefore make up his mind for him. Robert Frost wrote this poem to highlight a trait of in poke fun at his friend Edward Thomas, an English Welsh poet who, when out walking with Frost in England, would often regret not having taken a different path, Thomas would sigh over what they might have seen and done, and Frost thought this quaintly romantic. In other words, Frost friend regretted not taking the road that might have offered the best opportunities, despite it being an unknown Frost like to tease and goad, he told Thomas. No matter which road you take, you'll always sigh and wish you take it another. So it's ironic that Frost meant the poem to be somewhat lighthearted, but it turned out to be anything but People take it very seriously.