What is the setting of the poem?
The road not taken
class 9
English beehive
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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:
The setting is a crossroads in a woods: a place where two roads meet, one going one way, one the other. It appears to be fall, as the wooded area is described as "yellow," probably a reference to the color of the leaves on the trees. The roads seem to be in an isolated spot, as the narrator is all alone, and they seem primitive and unpaved. Frost describes one as "grassy" and said it "wanted wear," meaning that not many people had been walking on it. Because grass is growing on it, we can imagine it as an unpaved footpath.