The Road not Taken, Robert Frost - Poetry Analysis

The Road Not Taken
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 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.

The experience or subject about this poem is about decisions. In life, there are many decisions that need choices. Robert Frost is telling us that all of our decisions in life can have a large impact on us, later. I know that this poem is about decisions because “two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” the ‘two roads’ are two different choices.
The purpose of this story is to teach young children about how decisions can affect themselves. For example: If you make a wrong decision for the company (that you are working for), you could lose your job or worse. The poet wants us to know about life and what he went through.
The emotion in this poem is very strange, as it is about choices. The emotions, that the poem gives us, are excited and sad. The poet is excited because he has taken a decision that suited him. He is sad because he did not take the road that was a more common decision and he may not ever go back to that same spot. It is shown in this line, “I doubted if I should ever come back,” this explains that the poet does not know if that particular choice was the correct one, for himself.
Robert Frost’s technique is unique because he uses a lot of adjectives and old English, which is hard to comprehend, for example “and both that morning equally lay.” He was probably talking about universitary or job/s decision. He is telling this poem from his own experiences and it has a great effect on the reader. He is using his own experiences to tell other people about life and choices that it brings.
The poet has used some sounds to help entrance the reader. For example “I shall be telling this with a sigh,” he means that there were a few things that did not happen the way that he wanted, but, he still believes that he did the best thing for himself.
The poem is very well written and has a strong, but simple meaning. This poem has achieved its purpose and I shall take more time and care to when it comes to making large decisions, as I want to do as Robert Frost has done for himself.