Mood of the road not taken
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both / And be one traveler, long I stood / And looked down one as far as I could / To where it bent in the undergrowth ” (1–5, Frost). Robert Frost’s poem follows iambic meter, allowing the reader to digest the poem with ease. Scouting the poetic devices, theme, and symbolism makes the retrieval of meaning more feasible. However, light poems can also be hard to interpret reading the poem once will tell us it’s about a hike through the woods.
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Poems are most relatable when they are created in playful moods with moderate density, a poem made for a companion is a great melting pot of connections and simple for the audience to relate to. The setting of the poem enables a greater understanding with the vivid imagery and detailed wording broadening the poem’s application to real-world circumstances. This poem was meant as an inside joke for a friend and hiking companion, Edward Thomas, who was indecisive about which route to take when encountering a fork. Originally written in 1915, Frost was not intending for this poem to become one of America’s most profound. Each door passed is a different person made. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost laments the individuality and importance of every decision, big or small. Thus, every door we enter is a sacrifice to another door that we’ll never be able to enter.
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It’s impossible to turn two knobs at the same time or walk through two doors simultaneously.
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We can only make one decision, and thus, enter one door in a given moment. Decisions can be viewed as doors entered when made, and doors unopened when rejected. Whether the decision determines which brand of salad dressing we buy or where we spend our four years of college - the decision will lead to our inability to taste another brand of salad dressing or experience another college. Every decision we make dismisses alternate decisions.