“The Road Not Taken” is filled with symbolism. The literal setting of the poem is at a separation of the path in a yellow wood, not sure of which path to take and knowing that they will probably never be able to come back and take the other. Much of the difficulty in choosing which path lies in the fact that both paths are equally attractive. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both”. A persons life can be compared to a journey, the two roads are used as symbols of choices that are made in life and the options that one has to choose from in making their life journey. A person’s life can be compared to a journey, they may know where they want to go but there is usually more than one way to get
“The Road Not Taken” is filled with symbolism. The literal setting of the poem is at a separation of the path in a yellow wood, not sure of which path to take and knowing that they will probably never be able to come back and take the other. Much of the difficulty in choosing which path lies in the fact that both paths are equally attractive. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both”. A persons life can be compared to a journey, the two roads are used as symbols of choices that are made in life and the options that one has to choose from in making their life journey. A person’s life can be compared to a journey, they may know where they want to go but there is usually more than one way to get