8. The Road not Taken by Robert Frost

           As I read the title: Two Roads Not Taken, I try not to think of the literal meaning, but I immediately think of two actual roads. Then, I read the first line of the poem: "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood", I say to myself, oh, nope, it's actually about two roads. Then I read the next few lines, and I think about the features, like the "yellow wood", or "sorry I could not travel both". They tell me of some sort of fantasy state of mind. Now thinking a little harder, I think maybe he has to choose between two different "roads". Maybe into the future, it'll affect his future. The roads were too long to see to the other side, that indicates the roads leading off to the distant future, if you think about it as a state of mind. The next paragraph talks about the road he took being grassy, and maybe not walked upon for a while. But afterward, I think it talks about the roads seemingly the same, even though he contrasted them earlier. The next paragraph makes me feel like the man stopped in his tracks. It said that "I doubted if I should ever come back", which made me think of a perspective where the man chose his path and now he can't go undo what he's done. In the final paragraph, he tells his story with a disappointed tone. He may have chosen his path incorrectly, differently to others' paths. The man had to chose a way, even though he didn't know what the outcome would be in the future. Now he is suffering because of his choice, it "made all the difference".