"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler,
long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Source: Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011. How would a formal interpretation differ from a biographical interpretation of this poem? Explain how you would interpret this poem from either theoretical point of view.
The response should indicate an awareness that a formal interpretation would focus on the structure, literary elements, and devices in the poem, while a biographical interpretation would focus on the author's life and movitations.
