“The Road Not Taken”

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.



Which theme statement is most supported by Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken”?

It is best to exercise great caution when making decisions, because there is no way to go back and redo the past.
The only way to be content with decisions we have made is to stop thinking about the past and focus on the future.
Because it is human nature to want to be like others, it is best to make a decision based on others’ opinions.
Even if we are happy with the decisions we have made, it is human nature to wonder “what might have been.”