The poet says that the fact is that he had to make a choice. He chose the rare and differ
path that has made all the difference to him.
What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean? (Looking back, does the p
regret his choice or accept it?)
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Explanation:
The most common interpretation of the poem "The road not taken" is its inadvertent indication towards the crucial choices that every human being comes across at some point of time. This makes the title a metaphor for the crossroads one faces in life. Accordingly, the speaker claims that he has taken the road less traveled by( although, earlier in the poem the speaker implies that both the roads were equally travelled). The poem's last line " and that has made all the difference " asserts the speaker's confidence in the choice he has made. His only faint regret would be that he would not be able to travel both roads, though underlying his confidence in his chosen path. Therefore, we could say that he hardly exhibits any feelings of regret.
But Robert Frost claimed that his audiences had taken the poem with much more depth,intensity and attributions than he had intended. Apparently, Frost wrote this poem for his close English friend, Edward Thomas with whom he took many walks while he resided in England (1912-1915). It was meant to be a subtle mockery of the tendency of indecision of Edward Thomas, particulary of the roads to take during their walks together. Not just Frost's audiences but even Thomas seems to have taken in the serious mode of the poem. The poem's gist in Frost's own words is that, " whichever way they go, they are sure to miss something good on the other path". According to this interpretation, the speaker's indecision and his inevitable pessimistic attitude towards taking only one of the roads and missing the other indicates a strong sense of 'regret'. Thus the speaker here is regretting his dilemma.
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No, the poet has no regrets. In the last stanza when he tells 'with a sigh'. It's a sigh of relief. The phrase 'make all the difference' always has a positive connotation. To say that effects of light have made a difference in a picture, it would never mean light effects made the picture poorer. It would simply mean that effects have added to its beauty.
Robert Frost is one of the most renowned American poet and the poem is inspired by his real life dilemma. In 1912 he Robert Frost found himself at the crossroads whether he should move to England or not. After much dilly dallying he finally lef
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This poem is frequently misinterpreted. The poet/persona didn’t take “the road less traveled.” At the end of the poem the persona of the poem says that in the future (“Ages and ages hence”) he will say (“I shall be telling this with a sigh”) “I took the road less traveled” but he didn’t. The two roads were the same. Both roads were “just as fair” and both “equally lay / In leaves no step had trodden black.” However, he predicts that in the future he will say “I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference” but he will be lying to himself and/or to anyone he says this to
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He doesn't regret his decision. At the same time, a lot of people think that he is happy about his decision, but there's more to it than that. His point is that you have to live with the decision you make. There will always be choices in front of you and you have the will to choose the one you want. It may not always be the best choice, but once you take it, you continue down that path and it's these choices you make that take you on your 'path in life' so to speak.
He doesn't mention in the poem whether it was the right choice or not, but he's also trying to say that that doesn't matter. So, no, he doesn't regret it :)
The “sigh” with which the narrative voice (NOTE WELL— the voice of the poem is NOT the poet him or herself. It is a construct, even in somewhat or very autobiographical poems.) speaks the words “somewhere ages and ages hence” is of recognition and remembrance, not of sadness— other than sadness at having grown old.
The narrative voice is, rather, *proud* of having taken “the road less traveled by” because it “has made all the difference.” Which, actually, is rather arrogant and self-congratulatory, since “as for that, the passing there/Had worn them really about the same.”
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