ce in life. In the first stanza, the emphasis is on the road that was not traveled, but he cannot and be one traveler(3) on both paths. The speaker has a difficult choice to make and is carefully considering his options, but he must choose one of the roads to travel.The second stanza shows the difficulty of making choices. The speaker tries to differentiate one road from another as he describes one road as "having perhaps the better claim"(7). Here he tries to make an excuse for choosing this road over the other because it was grassy and wanted wear.(8) However, in line 10 he confesses that both roads are, in fact, not different at all as for that passing there had worn them really about the same. He takes the other road that is grassy and wanted wear;(8) indeed, the road he chooses has a better claim because it is the road that is less traveled on. By taking this road, a clue to Frosts personality is exposed. He is the type of person that wants to try something new and different. He makes the choice based on who he is and what choices he has made in the past. This choice might again change his life and bring him new experiences.In the third stanza the speaker realizes he has to make a decision soon, because he just cannot stand there forever. However, he still cannot decide which one of the roads to travel on. The leaves that cover the ground have not been stepped on and no step had trodden black,(12) indicates that no one has traveled down the road since the leaves haven fallen. Oh, I kept the first for another day!(13) The speaker anticipates he has more time to decide. His reason for this indecision is that knowing how way lead on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.(14) He knows that once he makes a decision there's no turning back. This is where the reader makes his choice. Here, he knows he is bound by that choice. He wants to hold on to the other possibility, but knows this cannot be possible. His choic...
