Robert Frost is known for his poetry with underlying themes that seem very complex but, are in fact very simple to understand if you just put in a little work. In 1916 the poet wrote the poem The Road Not Taken. When you first look at the work it seems very short and very unintresting it just seems like your average ABAAB poem. What truly sets his works apart is how he uses an underlying metaphor which is hidden within his poetry to tell the reader the true meaning of the poem so that for those who are not willing to look for a meaning do not find one. Frost treats his poetry as a type of brain teaser. Frost uses this technique in many of his works to form a secret code for those who truly want to see a meaning behind it, will find it.
In the first stanza Frost is getting the reader ready to understand the poem even with his first line. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” here he is beginning to tell us the start of his metaphor in which a path diverges into two. In the next line he tells us that he has to choose one, “And sorry I could not travel both.” The next line begins with and again showing that something is being repeated which can be inferred that it is the thoughts …show more content…
The second part of this line also infers him thinking by saying “long I stood.” Again line four begins with the word “and” showing that the traveler is pondering which way to travel. This line is really the true hint to the reader and is showing that it isn’t a physical road but, it is about the choice the traveler has which is why in the next couple lines Frost describes the two road one being easier to travel and one going into “undergrowth.” Frost says, “Had worn them really about the same,” Frost is telling the reader
In the first stanza Frost is getting the reader ready to understand the poem even with his first line. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” here he is beginning to tell us the start of his metaphor in which a path diverges into two. In the next line he tells us that he has to choose one, “And sorry I could not travel both.” The next line begins with and again showing that something is being repeated which can be inferred that it is the thoughts …show more content…
The second part of this line also infers him thinking by saying “long I stood.” Again line four begins with the word “and” showing that the traveler is pondering which way to travel. This line is really the true hint to the reader and is showing that it isn’t a physical road but, it is about the choice the traveler has which is why in the next couple lines Frost describes the two road one being easier to travel and one going into “undergrowth.” Frost says, “Had worn them really about the same,” Frost is telling the reader