The Road Not Taken / TPCASTT

The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost (1874–1963)


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 kept 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.

T-tile:
This poem's title is called "The Road Not Taken" and without reference to the poem, it gives me feeling of lonelieness. Also, it makes me to think about regreting moments in the life time.

P-paraphrase:
Two roads seperated inside the yellow wood
and I felt dissapointed that I could not travel both
I stood for a while and thought...
I looked as far as I could see
to the point that it bent in to the undergrowth
finally, I made the choice
because it looked better than the others
also because it was grassier and it seemed not so many people had chosen this way
but, eventually they will be the same
They were the same in the morning
and seemed like nobody passed by
I will keep the other road for another day
I didn’t know where I was going
I didn’t think I would ever come back
and someday I will be telling the story with the regreting feeling
that there were two roads seperated in the forest
I took the one people didn’t go on
and it made all the difference.

C-conotation:
I think the road in this poem represents the life. Like we need to make choice when we are walking, there are also time that we need to make choice in our life. Since human only can take one way, there will be dissapointing moments. Also, people need to give up other choice by chosing one way. Also, the poem shows that people usually looks back at their life and regrets.

A-attitude:
I think the writier is speaking in a tone of telling old story and looking back at author's own life.

S-shifts:
At first author was writing poem like as it was present and kind of satisfying with the choice but at last stanza, it became kind of negatively and creates the feeling of wishing to go back.

T-title:
After analyzing the poem, the title seems like, as what I said before, remembering regreting moments in the life time.

T-theme:
I think the theme of this poem is that there will be a point where everyone needs to make a choice in their life time. Also, we need to be careful at our choice.