For the champions of the Other Frost and for Frost himself, "The Road Not Taken" is a dark joke at the expense of a deluded speaker, as Orr puts it: "The poem is not a A tribute to positive individualism, it is a commentary on the self-deception we practice when we construct the story of our own lives. "Contents. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, originally published, was part of his Mountain Interval collection. The poem explores the theme of choices and their lasting consequences. Frost presents a speaker at a crossroads, faced with a choice between two seemingly equal paths. Eisiminger, Sterling. "Robert Frost's essay 'The Constant Symbol' and its relationship to 'The Road Not Taken'." Ampli American Notes 7 8 1981: 114-116. To print. Finger, Larry L. "Frost's 'The Road Not Taken': The Letter is Revealed." American. 3 1978: 478-480. To print. Frost, Robert.