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     "The Untraveled Path" George Harrison's song and Robert Frost's "Any Road" Both the poem and the song, as their titles imply, are about the road, which is a metaphor for our life's journey. "Two paths diverged in a wood, and I— I chose the less traveled by, and that has made all the difference," writes Robert Frost, whereas George Harrison asserts, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will lead you there." The symbol of a road has typically been used to represent life's journey. It does, however, represent both the route and the goal. The poem's prevalent interpretation is that Robert Frost pursues one of the two paths he portrays. The title, on the other hand, emphasizes that Frost did not travel along any of the routes listed. Instead, he takes the middle road. "And sorry I couldn't travel both/ And be one traveler," he says at the opening. His initial judgment is that it isn't possible. He muses about the first path before moving on to the second. He's thought to have taken the second path. He does, however, indicate that the route was worn down from repeated usage, and that he followed the "way less traveled" near the end of the poem. It means that he did not select the second option, which was the most popular. He is adamant that he saved the first for another day. Therefore, he eventually took the middle path. Hence, the title “The Road Not Taken.”