<P> While a case could be made for the sigh being one of satisfaction , the critical `` regret '' analysis supports the interpretation that this poem is about the human tendency to look back and attribute blame to minor events in one 's life , or to attribute more meaning to things than they may deserve . In 1961 , Frost commented that `` The Road Not Taken '' is `` a tricky poem , very tricky '' , implying that people generally misinterpret this poem as evidence of the benefit of free thinking and not following the crowd , while Frost 's intention was to comment about indecision and people finding meaning in inconsequential decisions . A New York Times Sunday book review on Brian Hall 's 2008 biography Fall of Frost states : `` Whichever way they go , they 're sure to miss something good on the other path . '' </P>
<P> While a case could be made for the sigh being one of satisfaction , the critical `` regret '' analysis supports the interpretation that this poem is about the human tendency to look back and attribute blame to minor events in one 's life , or to attribute more meaning to things than they may deserve . In 1961 , Frost commented that `` The Road Not Taken '' is `` a tricky poem , very tricky '' , implying that people generally misinterpret this poem as evidence of the benefit of free thinking and not following the crowd , while Frost 's intention was to comment about indecision and people finding meaning in inconsequential decisions . A New York Times Sunday book review on Brian Hall 's 2008 biography Fall of Frost states : `` Whichever way they go , they 're sure to miss something good on the other path . '' </P>
when was two roads diverged in a yellow wood published
when was two roads diverged in a yellow wood published
1961
1961