Question

In the space provided below, describe the surface meaning of "The Road Not Taken" in your own words.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;

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 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.

--Robert Frost, 1916

Answer 1

This is one of the best poems ever, in my opinion. If you are young, you will realize one day that you had options in life. Even though you did not physically see all of the options, you had to make a choice to go one way or the other.

Step-by-step explanation:

Are you going to look back and wish that you had taken the other option - or the other road - or the other choice? Or, are you going to do your best to make the best decisions that you can make and make the most of what you get in life....