The road

not taken
by
Robert Frost

Presentation by
love the morons
Paraphase;
 Stanza 1
o I was traveling alone and saw two roads
in wood. I felt sorry I could not travel
down both of them. For a long time I
looked down one of them till it turned a
corner and was hidden by the bushes.
 Stanza 2
o Then I took the other road. It looked just as
good. It attracted me maybe because it was
grassy and less used. On 2nd thoughts, it looked
as much traveled as the other.
 Stanza 3
o That morning, both roads were equally covered
with leaves, which had not been walked on.
 Stanza 4
o Some time in the future, I shall be telling this
story with regret. 2 roads branched out in a
wood and I took the less traveled one and that
has made a huge difference in my life.
setting
 Physical
o lonely forest in autumn
 Time
o Persona as a young person until a mid-aged
person.
Themes
 Making choices in life.
 Regret for the choices that we have to forgo.
Moral values
 We have to make choices in life.
 We must appreciate nature.
Tone & mood
 Quiet & reflective
(description of the wood)
 Lonely

(based on the remote setting)

 Nostalgic & regretful

(based on the ending of the poem)

Structure & style
 4 stanzas with 5 lines each.
 Rhyme scheme ( abaab )
 Metaphor

eg.1 Comparison of life to road.

 Repetition

eg.1 Poet repeats ‘I’ to convey a sense of

lingering regret.
( last stanza )