- In “The Road Not Taken,” the speaker takes a long time to make what seems like a simple decision–and then he keeps second-guessing himself, wondering if he made the right choice, uncertain about whether one road might be better than the other. “Though as for that,” he says, “the passing there / Had worn them really about the same” (ll. 9-10). Make a list of adjectives that might describe Frost’s tone of voice–the feelings he expresses. Start perhaps with hesitant or indecisive. How would you characterize him–his attitude, his personality?
- What might the image of the two roads symbolize?
