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 The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost  And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth. **  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.**
 * Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Caney-fork-trail-tennessee.jpg width="217" height="232" align="right"]] And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood
 * Then took the other, as just as fair,

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.**
 * And both that morning equally lay

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** 
 * I shall be telling this with a sigh
 * __Analysis:__ The literal meaning of this poem by Robert Frost is not difficult to decipher.

A traveler comes to a split in the path and needs to decide which way to go to continue his journey.

After much mental debate, the traveler picks the path "less traveled by".

The poem describes the tough choices people experience when traveling the road of life.

The words "sorry" and "sigh" make the tone of poem somewhat gloomy.

The traveler regrets the possibilities that he could have had if he took the other path.

He also realizes he probably won't pass this way again.**