The road not taken summary

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

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,

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

Written by One of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, Robert Frost

Summary of the following poem —

Stanza One – The traveler has reached the point in his excursion where the sole path he is on has diverged into two. It is likely autumn when the traveler is on this walk as the trees have leaves that appear to be yellow. One individual is just one person out of the two, and can only go in one of the two directions. He remains still but tries looking through the first path however the branches make it impossible for him to see anything.

Stanza Two – The two paths appear to be relatively equal – “as just as fair” – he comes to the conclusion that he will take the second path. The grass appears to be thicker on the second than the first which indicates there had been less traffic on the second path. He observes the hour-glass shaped bifurcation and it hits him how much foot traffic there has been and how Muslims chose the alternate branch.

Stanza Three – The poet mentions that the time is morning. And there have been no other people who have walked down the path where there leave any footsteps. He imagines there’s always a chance that he’ll return to try the path that he did not take, even though he does not think that he will.

Stanza Four – The poet looking ahead mentions that he will turn to this subject again at some unspecified time. He opted for the less traveled path which made the difference.