The Road Not Taken - Making Choices Along the Road of Life The Road Not Taken can be interpreted in many different ways. Depending on the past, present and future attitude one has at the time one reads it, this determines how the poem can be interpreted. As the title indicates, the central theme of this poem is choices. Most people agree that in the poem Frost expressed the belief that it is the road or path one takes or chooses that makes him the man he is today and will be tomorrow. Everyone is a traveler on the roads of life. In poetry there is never just one path to take. Life is a struggle to decide which path to take, but a choice must be made. A traveler comes across "two roads that lead into a yellow forest". He is at a crossroads in his life. He is unable to take both paths at the same time and must make a decision about which path he would like to take or how to live his life. He has to decide but is regretful because he states "And I'm sorry we couldn't both travel." This decision is always difficult to make because it's impossible not to wonder how much it would cost to take this route instead of that one. He can't help but wonder what he would miss if he chose this path instead of that one. There is remorse before the choice is made. He relaxes that in one life it is impossible to travel down both roads and he has a difficult choice to make and is carefully weighing his options, as well as wondering where each might lead. In attempting to make this decision the traveler "looks down as far as possible", trying to see the future and where this road might lead. Both roads lead to the unknown and even though he tries to see all the way down the road he can't see where it will lead. It is how he chooses that sets him on life's journey and determines where he is going. He makes his decision and chooses "Then he took the other just as far and having perhaps the better claim." This road has a better claim because it was the one that appealed to him the most and "it was grassy and needed some wear and tear.