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The Road Not Taken

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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
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

الشرح

The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost

The meaning of the words:
Diverged: divided to branches.
Wood: forest.
Undergrowth: growth of the wood.
Fair: just.
Claim: to have a reason.
Grassy: full of grass.
Wear: being used.
Lay: to be but.
Trodden: to step on.
Should: would and not sure.
Sigh: sound that you make it when you are tired.
Hence: from now.
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Paraphrasing:
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
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
The speaker is a traveler. He is in the yellow forest where there is a two road branches. He said I feel sorry not able to take the tow roads and I am one person. I stood very long time and I looked with my eyes till I get information. There is a stage I could not see it and my image is limited.
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,
Then I decide to take the other and I have a better reason because it is full of grass and wanted someone to use it. No one use it and when I step on it my step equal to other way.
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.
Now he is remembering that morning. Both roads were not much used and they are very similar roads. But I still think of that road and I walked and it is difficult to turn 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.
I will tell my children that I saw tow different roads and I choose the difficult road and the less used and this choice made all the difference in my life.
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Symbol:
First level: the speaker is talking about his trip in the wood and his choose between two different roads.
Second level: the speaker may have another meaning that he may talk about the choices we make in our life. For example in marriage, career, and have children.
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The speaker:
The speaker is a traveler who has to choose one from two roads.
Purpose:
The poet is thinking about choices in life. One decision can alter life in irreversible way and it is expressing the difficulty to choose without being well about the consequences. It was express the feeling of sorrow about changing his life in that certain way and he speak attain how could life have been had taken different decision.
Theme:
This poem is discussing some life altering choices and decisions that try hard to think deeply about and take the decision. This decision can not be reversed. It will make all differences in once life. This decision is not specified. It can be anything of life's decision the choice of career, have children, and buy a house or any life altering decision