James Taufman illuminates "The Road Not Taken"

The Road Not Taken

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 <-- He really thought about his decision

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

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,    <--- He thinks that the paths are equal
l and

                 

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.

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. 

Robert Frost

I think this poem is about decisions. In the beginning Frost talks about one major decision and how he he could only make it once. He talks about how he thought about both the paths he could take. Then he chooses his own path to do what he wants instead of following the career that most people take. After he makes this choice he starts to make decision after decision and it becomes easier. Yet as he looks back he thinks that there would be no difference if he took the other path. But after he retires he is regretful of some of the decisions but at the same time he is proud of his decision's.

The two Poetic devices are
-Rhyme
-Imagery