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Robert Frost- the Road Not Taken

Summary: Humans will make a decision, after much thought and comparing, yet in the end might turn back and regret it. Men live in uncertainty. Frost captures this point brilliantly in communicating the ways of man.
Analysis of Poem - "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost

Luyan Louise Li

Like many of Robert Frost's poetry, "The Road Not Taken" takes on an appearance of being just a simple narration, however, as Ciardi wrote, " It is almost safe to say that a poem is never about what it seems to be about." This poem is often misunderstood, for its simplicity in choice of language and structure, leads a careless reader to come to a conclusion that this poem really means what it says. Frost intended it this way, as he once said, " I write in parables so that the wrong people won't understand and be saved." Frost uses a narrative that is seemingly straightforward as a disguise for a deeper tutorial to those who are worth teaching.

So what is this deeper meaning? And more importantly, how does Frost mean it? For the sake of...

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