“The Road Not Taken” “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is told in a first person point of view, in which Frost is the speaker and on an early autumn morning, must choose between two forks in the road representing a path in the junction of his life. The symbolism and literary techniques Frost uses to reinforce his dilemma when choosing between the two roads can be seen throughout the poem. Frost introduces the …showed first 75 words of 714 total…

…showed last 75 words of 714 total…this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- took the one less traveled by- And that has made all the difference The speaker’s sigh reinforces his regret that he could not travel both roads. At the end of the poem, in the future, he will claim that the paths were different from each other and recognizes that has made the determining factor in his life.