double meaning of "fair"

Sounds contradictory. Sleep= death? He has a lot to do before he dies, responsibilities etc.

Again, like Santa Claus?

sounds comforting... contrasting the dark undertones of the rest of the poem

This is not a concrete place to rest, they're stopping here momentarily not to recooperate

reminds me of Christmas bells

longest night of the winter?

creepy... he knows where the person lives and is avoiding contact

Is the narrator traveling and resting wherever he can?

wishing he took the other one or wondering how his life might have changed- "inconsequential decisions"

emphasis on repetition

melancholy, regretfully reminiscient

you make one decision and you cannot turn back to change your own history

but he doesn't come back...

both appear to be as traveled as the other, at least in the beginning

justice, equality through personifying the roads

he couldn't travel both as one person? ie. be two places at once OR... come out as one person ie. the two roads could change him as a person?

where are the woods? what is the significance of the color "yellow"

Is this reflective of him killing both the cat and his wife? The use of "hideous" makes him seem regretful of his deed. (Refer back "to the ancient popular notion, which regarded all black cats as witches in disguise" p.1)

How had the killing of Pluto been viewed? Would the neighbors have seen that too?

Is this reflecting on how they thought the best way to get rid of witches, to burn them? Is this the reflection of the evil spirit that haunts his soul, or the rush to get rid of the evidence?

Like a gift?

This was too easy, as if the cellar was made conveniently for this purpose

I'd like to see or do some background research on this!

like the witches were hung on trial