The road not taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
While going on his way through a forest on a day of autumn month, the poet comes across a point where the road forks into two. He faces a dilemma as to which road he should go to continue his journey. He gives a careful thought to each of them and finally decides to choose the road which seems to be less travelled. He thinks that he will travel the other road some other day but he also realises that he may not be able to come back The poet feels that years later from now, he would be telling about his decision with a sigh. He would narrate how he was faced with a dilemma and how he accepted the challenge to walk down the less travelled road, which he feels,will ‘make a difference ’ in his life.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;