In both "the road not taken" and "song of the open road," the "road" is a symbol of

rules and regulations
one's path in life
the destruction of nature
the power of nature

one's path in life

Explanation: In both "The Road Not Taken" and "Song of the Open Road", the "road" is a symbol of one's path in life. In "Song of the Open Road", by Walt Whitman, the narrator says that he is free and healthy and needs no good fortune because he can go where he pleases. He is in charge of his life. In "The Road Not Taken", by Robert Frost, each road represent a different path in life. The narrator took the less traveled one, and for him, this made all the difference.

it is true my friend

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human