Decisions in The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Throughout our lives we face a series of important decisions, decisions that determine an invisible future. The choices, while often virtually identical, lead to different fates and often leave us wondering “what if?” There are not always signs that show us the path to take or the choice to make; we have to discover what awaits us on our own. In his "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost tells the reader about such a choice, symbolic, perhaps, of any major decision in life. The traveler in Frost's poem must blindly decide between two similar paths, and this decision greatly influences his life thereafter. In the opening stanza, Frost takes the reader to a “yellow forest,” setting the scene. Both this location and the time of year are important in describing the traveler's decision. The idea of ​​being in a forest brings to mind towering trees and plants that block everything except the path you travel. This image is a way to demonstrate that even though we are all different, everyone must follow certain guidelines. The traveler then "looked at a [path] as... in the center of the map... and it changed his life. As travelers on the paths of life, we arrive every day at a certain number of forks, and the directions that we choose shape our unique lives. Quoted and consulted Mike Bellah “The Road Not Taken Online,” July 29, 2004. Finger, LL “The Road Not Taken” Letter Comes to Light. American Literature 50. Online. World Wide Web. July 20, 2004. Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." The poetry of Robert Frost. Ed. Edward Connery, Lathem. New York: Hot, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.