The Road not Taken by Robert Frost

Next in line is the infamous poem by Robert frost which is The Road not Taken.

As usual, I present to you the original poem

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Robert Frost

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; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back. 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.  (source, poem hunter) PARAPHRASED ! Stanza 1 The poem starts with the author encountering two different road choices (the yellow wood means that it is somewhere in fall). He is having a hard time deciding which road he should take as he tried to look far down both road as he could to make up his mind. Stanza 2 The poet then decided to use the road less traveled by. The author thought the road he took is different from the usual one but realised that they are both quite the same Stanza 3 The poem continue with the decription of the road he took and that leaves were falling from the tree (perhaps the only difference he could find between both roads). the fact that the leaves were still fresh of the trees and had not been marked yet intrigue the author to come again to marked them (the author wants to be the first one to do so) Stanza 4 This last stanza is very tricky as to determine whether the author's decision is justifed. Because the author used the word sigh as if he is sad over the decision but the final line shows how much he appreciates the differences that road has made to his life. FINAL SAY The poem seems to focus on the decisions that one made in their life and how it affects them afterwards. It shows how much different choices could result in similar or rather different outcome. If youre not satisfied by my paraphrasing of this poem, please leave a comment and say how you think it should be done. THANK YOU