The Road Not Taken.

· My first impression of this poem judging from the title:

o It is about choices and probably regrets because the title is the road not taken instead of like "The Chosen Road".

· Understandings of the poem:

o I think that the poem is trying to show how there might be 2 choices sometimes and only one can be taken. Traveller in line 3 might refer to what everyone would be when we are alive. The author wrote that one road is undergrowth, which is a thick forest, which would lead the reader to thinking that it is dark and humid. For the other road he wrote that it was fairer and better claimed. Stanza three might mean that a choice would lead to more choices and then there would be little possibility that one would go back to the first time when they made a choice. The forth stanza is the reflection of the writer after making a choice. The first line of stanza four might that the author is tired of the choice. And that he took a more unique route as it was one that was less travelled by and that has made a big difference.

· Questions in mind:

o What was he trying to say at stanza 2 lines 3-5?

o And what was he trying to say at stanza 3 lines 1-3?

o Stanza 4 line 1, why a ‘sigh’?

o Stanza 4 line 5, what difference did it make?

o Stanza 1 line 1, what were the 2 choices?