Is the road not taken full of pot holes or just under construction? Does it make all the difference?

Answer 1

I've always liked this explication:
R.F. Fleissner is a professor at Central State University who believes that, although all attempts to derive a universal lesson from "The Road Not Taken" are noble ones, they are irrelevant because Robert Frost, himself, has stated that the poem is about Edward Thomas, a long-time friend of his.

Edward Thomas is reputed to be a friend of Frost's who accompanied the poet on his weekly walks throught the New England countryside. Each week the strollers would take turns as head navigator on the journeys. On the walks led by Thomas, the two men spent almost as much time deciding which path to follow as the did traversing the terrain. It is this indecisive character trait of Thomas' that Frost has admitted to mocking in "The Road Not Taken".

Fleissner, for proof of his argument, cites a highly publicized interview between Robert Frost and a columnist by the name of Reginald L. Cook. Fleissner uses Cook's very words in his review of the work,

"When I [Cook] said: 'Well you know they'll always associate the 'The Road Not Taken' with you,' he [Frost] replied: 'Yes, I suppose they will but it's about Edward Thomas."

Fleissner argues that because the poem is about the mannersims of on man so any message or moral extracted from the poem could not be accurately applied to all humanity.

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Answer 2

doesnt matter to me cuz I've been hitchhiking

Answer 3

huh