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1998 "The Road Not Taken" Rather Than "The Road Taken?" A Title, A Choice The title of a poem often reflects the author's theme. In his poem "The Road Not Taken" Frost's theme is about choices. He had two roads to chose from and wonders what would have happened had he taken the other road. His title reflects this. The first three lines, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel …

…so much a regretful sigh but a speculative one. He is resolving himself to the fact that even when "ages and ages" pass, he will still wonder what if he had taken the other road. This poem is about choices. But more than that, it is about the choices not made and the idea of wondering about them. The title of this poem "The Road Not taken" gives us insight to and reflects this theme.