Question

wat is the setting of the poem the road not taken​

Answer 1

Answer:

The external setting for Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken," is a yellow wood. The poet is, literally, gazing upon two paths in this wood: Both paths are grassy and worn... really worn about the same. However, the more complex setting is the internal setting of this poem, the poet's heart and mind.

Answer 2

Answer:

Literally speaking, the speaker of the poem is in the woods in which two roads "diverge." The time of the year is autumn because "two roads diverged in a yellow wood." The speaker is confused about which road he should take.

Metaphorically speaking, the speaker could be old (this is symbolized by autumn as it is the season before winter, which is widely regarded as the time of death), and he finds himself at the time when he has to make one important choice in his life. He cannot make two choices simultaneously. Once he makes a decision, he will have to stand by it. So, he embarks on a mental journey.

The poem's title seems to suggest that no matter what journey we embark on, there will always be something to haunt us, like the journeys we missed or the opportunities we did not take.

The poet is walking in a forest, and the time of year is Autumn.

Since the poem was published in 1916 only shortly after Frost left England where he would often take walks with his close friend, Edward Thomas, the forest is probably near Gloucestershire, where Frost owned a cottage. However, since he had already returned to New England at the time of the publication of his poem, Frost could have just as easily used a New Hampshire forest as his setting. The time of the poem is probably between 1912 and 1915 while he was a close with the indecisive and troubled Thomas. For, Frost himself declared that the poem was composed with Thomas in mind. With the description of a "yellow wood," the time of the year would be the fall.

While a description of the indecisiveness of Edward Thomas may be the objective of the poem, there have been many metaphoric interpretations of this popular verse, especially one that involves faltering at an important time of one's life. This interpretation may still return to Thomas who chose to go to war rather than accompany Frost to New Hampshire. So, just as the speaker of the poem hesitates--

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Thomas faltered in his friendship, the most important of either man's life, and remained in England, enlisting as a soldier.

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