What does this peom mean by Robert Frost?

Question

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; 5

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, 10

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 on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15

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.

would someone help me understand what Robert Frost is saying in this peom? thanks!

Answer 1

He didnt want to be a follower..he wanted to take his own path and not someone elses..he wanted to be different and do his own thing... Two paths to choose from...The one that almost evry one took or the one that only a few took... He decided to take the lone road, which made his life better, because it was his choice n his destiny's no one elses..

im winging it here..i'm not too insightful..but i think im close enough..sort of...w/e

Answer 2

Two roads divurging in the woods refers to the potential paths he might have taken in life. He spent some time trying to see where they would lead, but he could only see down a little and could not tell where either would lead (i.e. where his life would lead if he did one thing or the other). He took the one that not so many other people took, going his own way. He tried to keep the other path as a fallback, but because there were so many leaves on each and because he likely wouldn't be able to find his way back to the beginning he recognized that his choice was made for good. He couldn't restart because paths go on one after the other, and you wind up far away. That's why he doubted he should ever come back. He then speculates that later in life "many years hence" he will be telling the story with a sigh (he'll be glad about it). It made all the difference because he feels that life has been better for him having taken his own way, rather than going the route that most others went.

Answer 3

Frost didn't want to do the same thing as the majority of people. He liked being different. That is the road less traveled.

Answer 4

I hate this poem and have ever since the 6th grade. I refuse to be a Robert Frost worshipper. I wish he'd gotten lost in that damned wood. He is blowing his own horn about how special he is, an egotistical trifling ape!

Answer 5

There is always a choice in your life. Once you make a choice, you can't go back and undo it .. you have to travel that path. And whatever path you take makes the difference in how you/things turn out.

This is one of my favorites from Robert Frost.

Answer 6

it means that he didnt do the things that most people do, and his life has become all the better for it!

Answer 7

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