symbolic significance of the lines used in the poem the road not taken
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Explanation:
The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost is a poem narrated by a lone traveler confronted with two roads, symbolizing the journey of life and the decisions we make on that journey. The narrator chose the path that was 'grassy and wanted wear,' which demonstrates the desire many of us have for individuality and adventure.
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"The Road Not Taken " represents a choice one must make in their life, perhaps a choice that strikes them as quite significant, as each road will lead to somewhere different. How does one choose when it is impossible to see where each road leads? The speaker is "sorry [he] could not travel both / And be one traveler," and so he spends some time looking at and pondering his options. He notes that the second is "just as fair" as the first, but they do look a bit different. "Though [...] the passing there / Had worn them really about the same." In other words, the roads have been traveled by other passers-by about the same number of times; they are equally worn. So, he picks the "grassy," second road, hoping that he might someday have a chance to see where the other goes, but "doubt[ing] if" he will ever make it back to this same exact spot. Similarly, once we make a choice, that choice leads to other choices that we must make, and so on and so forth, and we can never really...