“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost described by the speaker is about a person that is walking in the woods and stops as he stumbles between two roads in the woods. As he stands there he could see down both roads. He would like to travel through both but knows he cannot do so. Therefore he continues to observe both roads. “to where it bent in the undergrowth” meaning, in one road it looked very busy and difficult. “then took the other as just as fair. And having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear.” The person decided to choose the one that seemed less troublesome. “Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same”. After choosing the path he notices that they are just about the same. “Oh, I marked the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back.” Meaning hopefully he can go back and walk the other path, but because the path leads to another, there’s no way of turning back. The last stanza is tricky. Im not sure if the speaker is trying to say it was a positive outcome, or a negative outcome. “I shall be telling this with a sigh” Im not to sure if it’s a relief sigh or, a sign of regret. “And that has made all the difference.” Also, not to sure if it was a positive of negative difference. To be honest, the last stanza was tricky so I had to look it up for further help. But because the speaker could not offer such information, it is because he has not lived the “difference” yet.# When the speaker says he will be reporting sometime in the future how his road choice turned out, he means that he cant assign meaning to “sigh” and “difference” yet, because he doesn’t know how his choice
will affect his future, until after he has lived it.#

This poem has such powerful meaning. Its an analogy of life. The woods, roads are like you choosing a path that will lead to your future. You’ll stumble across many challenges in your life that you must choose which is best for you. You don’t know where you’ll end up until you’ve experienced it. Everyone has met challenges in your life, and everyone knows you can only choose one path, hopefully it’s the right path as you can’t go back because life goes on and it’ll lead you to other challenges. This is what the poem is basically about. I love this poem. It’s very straightforward, but the ending was very tricky to understand. Why I like this poem is because I can relate to it well. Everyone can because there isn’t one person in the world that has never met any challenges or problems while growing up.