My son the English major has pointed out that the way “The Road Not Taken” is usually interpreted is just wrong. How many posters, and e-mail sign-offs, and titles of sophomore term papers say “Take the road less traveled” or “I took the road less traveled” or “Be your own person; take the less-traveled road” or whatever? The poem is seen as a paean to independence and freedom, to being your own person. But folks, that ain’t what it says at all!