It becomes a little more confident, not much, but definitely less confused and scared than he was earlier. The first glimpse of this change in tone is in the eighth verse where he says, "because it [the second road] was grassy and wanted wear." It also shows that the speaker may not want to be like everybody else, a follower, but instead, chose a different road and be himself, a leader. This verse also says that the road wanted wear, like he was drawn to the path, not just out of his own desire to be different, but maybe out of some pity. That pity being that the road is traveled less not because it is not appealing, but because people are too afraid to be different. Verse twelve is interesting in that the speaker says, "In leaves no step had trodden black," which the reader could interpret meaning that few people who did choose to take the road less traveled did not come across any difficulties or obstacles. He then goes on to say; "Oh, I kept the first for another day," as to say that it took him a long time to make his decision. Actually, it may have been months or even years before the speaker chose a road. He knew the decision he made would determine the outcome of his life, and that he would have to be devoted to the road he chose. Once he made this decision, he would probably never be able to turn back. .
In the third stanza, the speaker says that both roads lay in leaves that no one had trampled down. In other words, both roads were in about the same condition; it is what the man does with his choice that makes the difference. The tone of the last stanza, then, is simply matter-of-fact rather than self-pitying. One cannot know, when he makes a choice, what the results of his decision will be. Rather than being sorry that he took the less traveled road, the poet seems to be saying that he would probably do the same thing again. The speaker's tone seemed to have changed to one with more confidence.
