CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Robert Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” as a joke for a friend, the poet Edward Thomas. When they went walking together, Thomas was chronically indecisive about which road they ought to take and-in retrospect-often lamented that they should, in fact, have taken the other one.

Detailed explanation-2: -“The Road Not Taken” is a narrative poem, meaning it is a poem that tells a story. It was written in 1915 as a joke for Frost’s friend, Edward Thomas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is often interpreted as an anthem of individualism and nonconformity, seemingly encouraging readers to take the road less traveled. This interpretation has long been propagated through countless song lyrics, newspaper columns, and graduation speeches.