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The backstory clears things up greatly. Thank you for posting this!

• LoSboccacc 11y ago
  however, if I were to ignore the backstory just for fun and apply the law of logic to the poem wording, given the information the road not taken are both, since the poem state he's taken the less used road and the two road ahead are equally worn, he got back to the road he came from. (and by necessity more people went to the crossroad from the other two roads and left on the other road without going to the road the writer is coming from)
  • chippy 11y ago
    ahh but the poem does not state that he took the less used road. It states that in the future the man will state that the road he took was less used.
    • jack9 11y ago
      He imagines that he will face the choice again, which is unlikely via: Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.
  • copsarebastards 11y ago
    Eh, this debate has been over in literary criticism circles, not because anybody has particularly convinced everyone, but because the debate isn't that interesting. You're taking the perspective of T.S. Eliot and other New Critics. See here for a survey of ideas on the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorial_intent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorial_intent