ThesisRobert Frosts “The Road Not Taken” is more symbolic of a choice that one must make in one's life to try to predict the outcome before reaching the end, than choosing the right path in the woods.Describe the literal scene and situation.The literal scene in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is described as “yellowed wood” (Arp & Johnson, 2009). Using this description could mean that autumn is falling on the wood or that the trees, once white, have yellowed with age. Before the traveler is a road divided into two different directions, he has no idea where each road leads. In trying to imagine where each might lead, he tries to “look at each path” (Arp & Johnson, 2009), but to no avail because he can only see as far as the point where the “undergrowth” (Arp & Johnson , 2009) , 2009) hides the rest. The situation he faces is: which direction should he take? The only road seemed to be an undesirable route. The other road was a road taken by many people. He still did not know the outcome of either path, but his decision was to take an unknown or unproven path. What mood is the speaker in at the end of the poem? The traveler's mood is nostalgic, he knows that he will “tell and tell the story” (Arp & Johnson, 2009) of this part of his life. I think the “sigh” (Arp & Johnson, 2009) might be representative of many things of satisfaction in that it reaches the end of an unknown or unexplored path and the outcome “makes a difference” (Arp & Johnson, 2009). Johnson, 2009) his life. He might also wonder what his life would be like if he had taken the more tried and tested path. What are the metaphorical (or symbolic) implications of the poem? We assume that in Frost's "The Road Not Taken", that the road that...... middle of paper... in our lives, we must make this type of choice if we continue with our security, reliable means or will we step into the unknown and, as the man discovers at the end of the poem, it will have “made all the difference” (Arp & Johnson, 2009). The choices we make in our lives ultimately decide our future, we must achieve it, but whatever the choice, we cannot go back, relive our past and experience other outcomes. Frost conveys this theme with symbolism. The symbolism is not about the physical paths man must choose to take, but the metaphorical path he needs to choose the direction in which he wants his life to take the same safe path he followed during major part of his life or the unknown one in which he borrowed. can experience great things or torments. This reminds me of Proverbs 14:12 (The Message) There is a way of life that seems harmless enough; look again - it leads straight to hell.