For example, in stanza one, all verbs are in past tense, diverged, stood, looked as they are in stanza two took, was, wanted, had worn and stanza three trodden, doubted.
However, in the fourth stanza the tense changes to future, shall, telling to give us the speculation that the narrator is, in fact, the same place he was in the beginning. Yellow, as I said before, is another word that should be looked at. Autumn comes right before the season winter, which is a symbol for death. Therefore, one can assume that the narrator is at the end of his life, and is still frozen by the fear of missing out on one choice, and is therefore getting the double whammy of choosing neither missing out on both, causing a mass contradiction and a bit of a paradox.
Yellow also brings up another symbol, because it is a colour often associated with cowards. The author is not actually literally talking about roads one walks on, but more of the choices. You have two choices, two that appear to be the same, but in reality each will get you different places, you have no idea where or when.
So, what do you choose? The question not even the narrator himself can decide. Difference, in the very last line of this poem is another contradiction. It can be taken in two ways. Which also coincides with the roads being another symbolic peace. Thank you for sharing this page with a friend! Which of your works would you like to tell your friends about? These links will automatically appear in your email. If you have a suggestion about this website or are experiencing a problem with it, or if you need to report abuse on the site, please let us know.
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View profile. I like this 0. Vote this 0. Post a comment. Add to favorites. Submit your own. Similar Articles. Previous Next. Borat MAG. Rent MAG. Body A. Theme of decision making B. Setting 1 Why is this symbolic? Road Not Taken P. Conventional wisdom has it that the tone of the poem could be the explanation why this poem misguides most readers.
HOME Allusions in the road not taken. Page 1 of 50 - About Essays. In the last stanza, Frost points to how our paths affect us: I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
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