The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

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At a certain moment in life, a decision was made, and a path was taken, and a man's life was defined.

The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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nomadicrhymer · 02-01-2011, 05:00 PM

Haven't read this in quite a while... I can't help but feel sometimes what there is a quality of the speech in days gone by that reverberates with me so differently than the modern.... I guess I have an old soul. lol!

Lovely introspective read... Are we taking the road less traveled?

Nomad :beasch:

butchiesmom · 02-01-2011, 07:49 PM

I've always thought of this poem as I've gone through life and think I've walked many of these roads. Some have taken me to gentler times yet others have placed many obstacles in my way. I believe a life well lived has knocked down, gone around obstacles and kept going. I've often thought of the last three lines: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--/ I took the one less traveled by,/ And that has made all the difference.

MsJacquiiC · 02-01-2011, 08:34 PM

I think what's so special about this poem is that so many can relate to it. And though our worlds may intersect, our roads don't necessarily. All that "walk a mile in one's shoes" etcetera etcetera...

I know for me though - I feel that since my birth, Fate has set me on a road that many could not set foot on, let alone travel. I'm not sure if I necessarily chose it... Well - yeah - I suppose by virtue of decisions I've made - I chose it... Would certainly have been nice to have a "Walkin This Crazy Azz Road For Dummies" manual - ah...

Interesting love affair = fate (predetermination) & evolution (cause/effect) -- a menage a troi perhaps...

Oh yes - I've taken the road less traveled. But it has proven to be at least an entertaining trip