Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken - The Significance of The Road Not Ta

The Significance of The highway Not Taken My perplex introduced me to The Road Not Taken when I was a young teenager because he figured that I was etymon a period of my life where I would be forced to watch up many a(prenominal) important decisions, and he saw this poem as a source of guidance through those decisions. This poem carries truth and edification in its words. It forms a beautiful analogy of life and all its complications. After my father finished reciting the poem, I never gave a second thought that day to Robert Frost or his poetry. It was weeks, possibly months, before I resumed thought on The Road Not Taken. It was not until one year ago that I actually read it. Neverthe little, I did remember that poem, and no matter how many times I put it aside to contemplate other things, it was perpetually waiting for my return. Through all of my high school years, it tagged along beside me, reminding me that change is good, reminding me that risk is what life is all abo ut. The first stanza of this poem introduces the purpose of change and maturing. In the first line, the narrator is walking through a yellow wood, indicating that it is most likely autumn. A nice descriptive detail, provided is that all it is? Autumn is the season of change between summer and winter. That is the roughhewn definition, yet it can also mean a time of adulthood or decline, and standing at a fork in the highway of life, the author was prone to either of these. The passage of maturing, however, is what is going to be enveloped in this poem. He is being forced to examine each road and make a mature decision about which one to take. He starts his decision-making process by looking down one road as coldthest as he could. However, he could only see as far ... ...hat is what makes the inconsistency. That is why this poem makes such a difference. It sends a powerful pass of self-respect. It holds the power to influence a person not to be influenced. Is this a cont radiction? Perhaps, but it is the truth. When I came to a fork in my road, I was influenced by this poem to believe in myself and take the road less traveled by (19). The analogy is that no life is a honest shot. Everyone faces a fork in the road and must make a decision, possibly an irreversible decision, and the only way to look back on a decision like that with a sigh of relief is to make the decision based on what you believe to be right. That may not be what society thinks is right, what your friends think is right, or even what your family thinks is right, but winning the path based on independent will is what makes all the difference (20).