Is there a hyperbole in the road not taken?

Answer 1

The Road Not Taken is a very inspirational poem, especially, for the youngsters who are usually in a dilemma regarding what to choose as a career. One may find himself on the crossroads of "what they are passionate about" and "what is more practical". The poet, Robert Frost, finds himself in a similar situation and instead of following the crowd, he takes the road that he wants to experience. He says- "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
This 'difference' may be in the form of success, contentment or happiness.

Answer 2

1. The Road Not Taken

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;

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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,

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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.

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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.

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One of the figures of speech used in the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is symbolism. The line, "Two roads diverge in a yellow wood," symbolize a choice that has to be made. The whole poem is basically talking about how both options look good, but he has to choose. He says that "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." He isn't saying that he is regretting taking one path, he is just stating that he will always wonder what would have happened if he had taken the other road.

Answer 3

They are the same, but that isn't the point of the poem. The poem is about not going where everyone else travels but to take the road not used by others. To find your own path and to seek a road that is different from others.

Answer 4

No, but there is an idiom.