The Road Not Taken is a literary work by Robert Frost, an American poet. This profound philosophical poem shows people's difficult mood when they are at a crossroads in real life. In poetry, the poet chooses a lonely and thorny road, just as the poet chooses a life of writing poetry, which will not bring rich materials to real life. After the poet made his choice, he regretted that "you can't have your cake and eat it", so he could only choose a road and go on firmly, and he could only sigh and regret in the memories after many years.
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The Road Not Taken is a philosophical lyric poem, which is simple on the surface, but contains profound philosophy. It seems to pour out personal experiences, but in fact it expresses people's feelings. In this poem, Frost captures the concrete image of the fork in the forest, evokes people's rich and vivid associations by metaphor, and sets off the philosophical symbol of the fork in the road in life. The poet chose a common fork in the forest to illustrate his philosophy of life on how to choose the road of life.