He describes the wood as a ‘yellow wood’ which could represent bright and cheerful emotions as yellow is a bright colour but also indecisive which maintains his idea of uncertainty with the problem he is faced. As he has to decide and cannot travel both he is therefore regretful ‘sorry I could not travel both’. The fact that there are two could suggest that there are different and many choices available.
The Road Not Taken can also be applied to a person’s life as the diverged road that he comes to on his travels could represent two choices that a person may have in life, like in After Apple Picking. In line 6, ‘done with apple picking’ also suggests acceptance as even if there was something he wanted to change like a chance that he did or didn’t have, he is unable to change it now so the only option that he has is to accept the options that he took when he did have the chance. The concept of uncertainty and indecision is reinforced in line 4 with the modal verb ‘may’ showing that though there maybe choices that he didn’t take that perhaps he should have or he still might be thankful that he didn’t, as they may not have been as valuable or as benefiting to him as where he is now. ‘And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill’ on line 3 which gives the impression of an unfulfilled life where he has clear examples of situations where not everything has been done. This is also the same in The Road Not Taken as one of the tones of the poem could be regret due to choices not taken, as he could only go down one road, therefore would have to make a decision one way or another, with either leading to regret as he may never know where the other could have taken him, as in choices in life.įiguratively both poems can be applied to a persons life in After Apple Picking he now claims to be ‘done with apple picking’ showing he know feels he has come to the end of his life or is near it and doesn’t feel as though he has any more choices left in life to take, therefore he is reflective of what he has and hasn’t done in life.
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