Perhaps one of the best-known poems in modern America is a work by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken. This poem consists of four stanzas that describe the story of the narrator traveling through the woods early in the morning and coming to a fork in the path, where he wandered for a while before deciding on one of the two paths, wishing he could take it. both, but knowing otherwise, being told about this experience in the future. Frost uses several literary devices in this short account, such as imagery, personification, metaphor, and alliteration. Descriptions of “yellow wood,” depicting an autumn forest, and “no steps [in the leaves] trampled in black,” indicating a recently unexplored fresh and natural environment, are included to create an image in the reader's mind and make the situation more vivid. real and easily relatable. It is possible that Frost purposely used the word “yellow” to indicate diverging paths. (“Cummings Study Guides”) When describing the two paths, the narrator mentions that one “was grassy and wanted to be worn,” using personification to make it seem like that path called him to walk it. In the same sentence Frost also uses alliteration to draw attention to the calling of the first path. (“The Use of Literary Devices in The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost) The overall theme of the entire poem is one of choices. The concept of “two diverging roads,” or a fork in the road, is a metaphor that represents a choice the narrator must make. Being "sorry [he] can't both travel... [being] a traveler" shows that although he wishes he could see the results of both choices, as seen in him saying he "looked as far as possible where folded, "is but a person... in the middle of the paper....... Mountain range." Bartleby.com: Great books online - Quotes, poems, novels, classics and hundreds of others . Web. April 3, 2011. "The Road Not Taken: A Study Guide by Cummings, n.d. Web. April 3, 2011. "The Topic of Exploring the Road Not Taken. Teacher Resources April 2011. "The Topic of Dreams, Hopes, and Plans on the Road." .com April 3 2011 .