... diverged in a yellow wood". The use of the road suggests life as a journey along a path that we must take. The "two roads diverged" symbolize the points in this journey where one must make choices. The enormity of the decision that one makes is emphasized by the last line, "And that has made all the difference ... - every person must make decisions with the knowledge that going back and changing them is impossible. This is exemplified by the lines, "Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back." With the use of this symbol...

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• Grade Level: High School