The Road Not Taken
Frost's meditation on choice uses a fork in the woods to explore life paths. Through 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,' it meditates on choice, regret, paths taken, and the stories we tell about decisions. The poem is often misread as celebrating nonconformity.
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