The Road Not Taken--by Robert Frost

To begin the period, I would like you to take out a sheet of paper and copy "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. Then write 3/4 page telling me what you think the message of the poem is. This 3/4 page is supposed to be one very strong paragraph, starting with a topic sentence (what you think the message is) and supporting details from the poem that lead you to this interpretation. We will hand it in at the end of the period.

Be sure that you tell us what Robert Frost is telling us about life. What point is he making about decisions we make.
Examples of topic sentences:
ex. 1  . . . in life there are two different paths and you need to make a decision of which one to take.
ex. 2Frost is sayinig that you have to put a lot of thought into your decisions so that you don't regret them in the future.
ex. 3 Be careful about the decisions you make because you can never go back . . .
ex. 4.The choices that you make will affect your life forever.
ex. 5 The meaning of the poem is to not doubt what you're doing in life, and to always take confidence in your choices and decisions.
ex. 6 Robert Frost is saying that we should be very careful about our decisions because they can affect the direction of your life and if you don't choose wisely, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
ex. 7 Robert Frost is saying that all your life you will have decisions to make, and though you may try the first, you will always wonder what the second would have been.
No matter what, you're going to live with regret because, as humans, we have to make choices that will define our lives, but we'd better choose carefully because there are no second tries. As The Indigo Girls say, "Nobody gets a lifetime rehearsal."

The Road Not Taken 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;	5
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,	10
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.	15
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.	20