The poem ‘the road not taken’ by Robert Frost is a reflection on a journey once taken through a “yellow wood” and how choosing the road “less travelled by” has “made all the difference”. ‘The Road Not taken’ can be said to be an extended metaphor for life, stating that all decisions that we make in life will have consequences, and that we will be the ones who pay the price for our choices. It also states that in life, you cannot change your decisions once they have already been made, “I doubted if I should ever come back”, and that although a wrong choice can leave you wistful “I shall be telling this with a sigh”, there is nothing you can do about it but go on with your chosen path.  By using rhyme in his poem “wood….stood, both….undergrowth” etc, Robert Frost also creates a sense of fluidity, indicating that life is one constant motion that cannot be stopped.