The Gravity of Our Decisions Expressed in The Road not...

In this four stanza poem, Robert Frost is presented with a choice between traveling the metaphoric travelled road and the similar but lesser travelled road. Frost explains how and why he came to the conclusion to take lesser travelled road, and he addresses his anticipated consequences of his choice. â€Å"The road not taken† is a poem about decision making process in our daily life and the impact these decisions make in our lives. As we go through life, we often come to a point where we have no choice but to make a choice. Frost came to such a point when the road he was travelling on branched into two â€Å"Two roads diverged in yellow wood†. Though he would have liked to use both roads, he had to realize that as a human being with limitations, he could not travel both roads simultaneously, â€Å"And sorry I could not travel both†. At this moment in time, if he wanted to continue his journey, he had to choose which path to take. 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