The speaker claims he “took the one less traveled by” (19)–at best a rationalization, at worst a lie. Here is one interpretation of “The Road Not Taken.” You have my permission to disagree.įear causes the speaker in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost to choose the wrong path, something he realizes when making the choice, yet knows he will rationalize later in life. The last line is ambiguous: is he rationalizing or is he being ironic?.He lies by saying he “took the one less traveled by” (19).He knows he makes the wrong choice and sighs (16-17).He chooses the second path, yearning to take the first another day, but deep down inside knowing he won’t (13-15).The first path is full of undergrowth the second is grassy (5,8).He can only see so far down the first path and took the other (4-5).Both paths are appealing to the poem’s speaker (2).
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