Road Not Taken the Poem Poem

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The persona is neither happy nor sad, though we can see some little element of regret in the last two lines.

The poet has also employed symbolism to portray the message of decision making and the due consideration. In stanza one the lines "And looked down one as far as I could / to where it bent in the undergrowth." This looking that the poet is talking about is the due consideration and the diligence that one gives to the choices that one is yet to make. The lines symbolize the keen thought and consideration that the persona gave to life in the future, a future that he peered to as far as he could till where the future was "…bent in the undergrowth.
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The flow of the poem has as well been strengthened by the use of rhymes throughout the poem. The rhyming of words like wood-stood, both-growth, fair-wear, claim-same, lay-day, black-back, sigh-by, hence-difference has helped the poem achieve the smooth pace of a person walking through the woods. It also gives the poem the musicality and makes it easy to flow and read.

Generally "The Road Not Taken" is a poem that has transcended the time and ages to make itself relevant even in the today's society about individualism and self-determination and decision making......

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