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The poet while travelling on foot in the woods reaches a junction where two roads diverge and he has to choose one among them He stands there for long. On the road of life, the speaker arrives at a point where he must decide which of two equally appealing choices is the better one. Then he decides to choose the road, which was grassy and needed ‘to wear’. He feels this choice will make all the difference to his future life. He decides to try the other road, some other time, knowing fully well that he will not get a chance to go back to it. Later he wishes that he had taken the other road. The speaker selects the road that appears at first glance to be less worn and therefore less traveled. This selection suggests that he has an independent spirit and does not wish to follow the crowd. This is the irony of life, we cannot travel on all the available roads, no matter howsoever we may wish to. The poet feels that after ages from now he would be looking at this decision with a ‘sigh’. He would tell that since he had taken the road less travelled, it made all the difference. Leaves cover both roads equally. No one on this morning has yet taken either road, for the leaves lie undisturbed. The speaker remains committed to his decision to take the road he had previously selected, saying that he will save the other road for another day. The poet speaks of the basic problems of making the right choice. Many alternatives are available at the time of choice but man has to select one. It is only the future that will reveal, whether the decision is wrong or not. The speaker says, he will be telling others about the choice he made. Whether right or wrong, the choice will have had a significant impact on his life.