What Is One Of The Most Misread Poems?

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Is The Road Not Taken one of the most misread poems? Many people read the poem and get the basic idea from the poem. The speaker comes to a fork in the road and is forced to choose which path to take. There is the one path the most people take and the other path, what looks much more challenging. The speaker then chooses the road that is more challenging and that has made the difference in getting to the destination. The poem starts off with the past, and the next two stanzas follow, then the last stanza jumps to the future. The first line start with the speaker coming to a fork in the road and describes it as “a yellow wood.” There is also another line in the third stanza where the speaker states “in leaves no step had trodden black.” Both of these lines indicated that the time of year is autumn. With winter approaching; and winter be symbolized as death, it can be said it is a reference that the speaker is headed towards the end of their life (Xoaxdotnet). …show more content…
You first see this in the second line “and sorry I could not travel both” implying that he is fearful of what he will miss out on if he takes the other road. This is also seen again in the third stanza “Oh, I keep the first for another day! Yet knowing how way lead on to way, I doubt if I should ever come back.” The speaker at first is optimistic about coming back to this point, then begins to doubt himself he will ever be able to find his way back. Comparing this to a choice he is hopefully he will be able to make this choice again but then realizes the regret he will have if he makes a choice either way
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