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Write the Summary of a Poem The Road Not Taken

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This poem is based on a very common experience. A traveller was going through a forest. He reached a point where the road diverged in two directions. Both the roads looked equally attractive to the traveller. But he decided to take the one that did not show many signs of having been used. It is true that if he had chosen the beaten path, he could be sure of reaching somewhere. He would not have faced many difficulties or problems in life. But he took the one 'less travelled by', and 'that has made all the difference'.

Frost suggests that the choices which one makes in one's life are for good. One cannot turn back and make a second choice regarding one's goal in life. Therefore, it is all the more essential that one should exercise great caution in making the choice. He also suggests that by choosing the ordinary course in life, one cannot hope to become extraordinary.

Once the poet was travelling through a forest. He came to a place from where the road diverged in two different directions. It was not possible for the poet to travel by both the roads at the same time. He had to choose one of the two. The poet stood there and thought for a long time. One of the roads was visible to some distance. It meant that the road had frequently been used, The other road was overgrown with grass. It meant that this road had not been used much. The poet decided to go by the second road. He kept the first one for another day.

The poet imagines a time many ages hence. He will then be in some other world. He will then recall how he had decided to travel by the less-frequented road. This choice had made all the difference for him. It affected not only the future course of his life on this earth but also his spiritual course after death.

Thus, with the help of symbols, the poet brings out the idea that man has to choose between the roads of materialism and spiritualism in his life. The choice once made is made for good. It cannot be altered later.

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