Both the roads were worn out just the same. After taking the road, he realizes that the grassy road had been trodden on equally like the other road. It seems more appealing to him as it was grassy and thereby thinks it is the better option. The poet then decides to take the road which many people had not walked on. Metaphor: The road is a metaphor for the choices we make in life. Metaphor: The word undergrowth stands for the future into which the poet cannot see.Įnjambment: Lines 3, 4, and 5 have a continuous flow with any punctuation mark. The yellow wood also symbolises the ripe age at which the poet has to make decisions for himself.Ĭonsonance: Repetition of 'd' sound in the words 'roads', 'diverged' and 'wood'Īnaphora: Repetition of 'And' at the beginning of lines 2, 3, and 4. Symbolism: The road is a representation for the journey or the life choice that the poet makes. Similarly, we can compare this in our lives when we are facing a difficult decision to choose between two paths or options.Īssonance: There is a repetition of the 'o' sound in the words 'roads' and 'yellow'. So he stands and looks down one road as far as it bends in the undergrowth. Being a single traveler, he can take only one path.
There are two paths that he now has to choose from. The poet has come to a diversion in the road.