Literary Analysis Of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken

Many people while reading poems take the blunt force of what is being said word by word, but that is where people go wrong. Poetry is deep and meaningful pieces of literature making understanding poems very challenging for some people. The most misunderstood poem ever written would have to be Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” mainly because people seem to be individualized and not read into the irony Robert Frost is telling. Being able to go deeper into your own thoughts and thinking outside of the box to find the true meaning of what is being said is how you figure out what the authors are trying to say. What seems like a straight forward poem that we constantly hear people saying “take the road less traveled” really takes on a whole

George uses different pieces of literature from a variety of authors to bring people in perspective of what is being said in the poem. What George thinks is the major key in figuring out the meaning is by us as readers paying close attention to the three distinct ages that the speaker faces in the poem. Many authors have gave people hints telling them that the poem is a very tricky poem yet people still go with their instincts that have been glued into their brains about “choosing the road less traveled” (Frost). The way George is taking the poem is that there is the speaker which is a middle aged man, the younger self in the beginning of the poem and the older self towards the end of the poem. As the poem goes on the whole time it is talking about sorrows, claims, and choices during the three phases of life to make the person he is today. William George’s work like Nathan Cervo’s is very advanced and is meant for people who understand how to clarify the vocabulary in the source. This would be a great tool for me to use to make sure I am on the right track with my life and taking the path with less complications, making sure I have my head on straight with the correct goals to

It’s everywhere, when discussing the poem the first thing that is going to be talked about is the misunderstanding. Christina Sterbenz talks about the misleading poem but in a non-scholarly way. She talks about the irony in which Frost wrote his famous poem. Choosing between two different paths that look almost identical and in the end saying “one less traveled… made all the difference.” When really what Sternbenz states “So the point of the poem is that everyone wants to look back and think that their choices matter. But in reality, shit just happens the way it happens, and it doesn’t matter.” (Sternbenz, 2014), showing that things are going to happen good and bad either way you go so just make a decision and live with whatever come next. This would be very helpful in telling myself that whenever decisions come along just choose one and work around the decision that has been