Robert Frost Poem Choices Are

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better claim". Here he tries to make an excuse for choosing this road over the other - "because it was grassy and wanted wear." But in line 10 he confesses that both roads are, in fact, not different at all - "as for that passing there had worn them really about the same".
In the third stanza the speaker realizes he has to make a decision soon as he can't just stand there forever. But he still can not decide which one of the roads to travel on. "Oh, I kept the first for another day!" the speaker hopes he has more time to decide. And his reason for this indecision is that "knowing how way lead on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back." He knows that once he made a decision there's no turning back.
I like the poem to this point because it really shows the dilemma of making a difficult decision in life. People all make choices that they don't know what the consequences would be. But sooner or later they have to make a decision. The poem shows this dilemma really well. It's sad ...

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