What are some good themes regarding the poem, “The Road Not Taken”?
bmadnick Teacher High School – 11th Grade Editor Expert $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); Mainly, the poem is about the choices we make in life and how these choices affect our lives. The speaker in the poem comes upon two separate roads and must choose which one to go down. At first, he thinks one road is preferable over the other, but then he decides they are pretty much the same. Since he can only choose one road, he says he will return one day and go down the other road later on. The speaker, with sadness and regret, considers what he will think of the choice he made in the future. He feels by choosing the “road less traveled,” he will regret his choice. He will then spend the rest of his life wondering what would have been if he had chosen the other road. Another theme could be the regret we feel as a result of our poor choices in life. Unless we’re able to go down both roads, we’l