![]() The speaker remains committed to his decision to take the road he had previously selected, saying that he will save the other road for another day. No one on this morning has yet taken either road, for the leaves lie undisturbed. Stanza 3: Leaves cover both roads equally.After a moment, he concludes that both roads are about equally worn. ![]() This selection suggests that he has an independent spirit and does not wish to follow the crowd. Stanza 2: The speaker selects the road that appears at first glance to be less worn and therefore less traveled.He examines one choice as best he can, but the future prevents him from seeing where it leads. Stanza 1: On the road of life, the speaker arrives at a point where he must decide which of two equally appealing choices is the better one.Even if we wish, we cannot start all over again. After taking decisions we cannot undo them, we can only regret them. It is only the future that will reveal, whether the decision is wrong or not. Many alternatives are available at the time of choice but man has to select one. Thus the poet speaks of the basic problems of making the right choice. He would tell that since he had taken the road less travelled, it made all the difference. The poet feels that after ages from now he would be looking at this decision with a ‘sigh’. This is the irony of life, we cannot travel on all the available roads, no matter howsoever we may wish to. Later he wishes that he had taken the other road. He decides to try the other road, some other time, knowing fully well that he will not get a chance to go back to it. He feels this choice will make all the difference to his future life. Then he decides to choose the road, which was grassy and needed ‘to wear’. The poet while travelling on foot in the woods reaches a junction where two roads diverge and he has to choose one among them He stands there for long.
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