The Road Not Taken (2008)

[5UPR4N0V4]

are you canadian?

[divantha2]

This is a good one!! But u should have done this in fall season...

[xXKillaBoiXx]

you just brought it my friend. *snaps

[rebeccasmileyface1]

i luv all ur video ideas especially this one, ur gr8

[mattolay5]

your very cute

and nice video

[wackojacko104]

A very good short film,nicely done..but this poem is widely misinterpreted by readers,it is one of the,if not the most misunderstood poems in America.The poem isn't about the choices of life,and being your own person and being non-conformant.There is eveidence in the poem that highly suggests that it isn't about the choices in life and that he will "tell this with a sigh" because people will wrongly interpret the poems true meaning,which is that in life there maybe no wrong choice

[theazdex]

you could have used a little less pausing in the middle of sentences, but other than that it was great

[TommyInVancouver]

Excellent work. Dont forget your stick.

[margos06]

canadian eh?

[TheBeautifulChelsea]

Good job!!! I love this poem :)

[upliftzippy]

Spok?

[Makesu10]

sry, not feeling it

[Yaaver]

You have made a choice, you actually chose a road, my interpretation of the poem was that Frost had never taken either of the two roads. Why? At the beginning of the poem it states "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" and in the last stanza it states "Two roads diverged in a wood". This shows that he hasn't taken any path and is still stuck at the fork because he is unable to come to a final decision. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[INiiKe]

@Yaaver - yes, he has. In line 18, he take the one less traveled by (the one stated in line 8 as being grassy and wanting wear.

[redhot654]

Could you maybe do the poem Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost? There's a lot of interesting imagery :)

[Andy3612]

Hey man, what i'm getting from this poem is Do something different from everyone else and never look back. is that more or less the message? or have i totally missed the point?

[theazdex]

@Andy3612 this poem is about the choices in life. you could take the easy way that many people have or take the harder path that will get you to a better place

[massni94]

lol are you canadian?

[chordcruncher]

Too many pauses......that's what made the difference.

[chordcruncher]

Too many pauses......that's what made the difference.

[MrRiggsinn]

very few people know how to read poetry. You have done it, and well.

[giuseppedegioia66]

good job mate...!



[giuseppedegioia66]

good job mate...!

[AFatolahi]

I'm working on a Persian translation of this poem and I'm linking from my blog to this video. I found it very beautiflly worked, simple and yet expressive. Thanks a lot

[gecko9271]

nice work u guys!! everything was gr8!! descriptive... and creative :)

[gecko9271]

nice work u guys!

[WJWilliamJohnson]

*-* WONDERFUL!

[moonlandingwasfake]

This video contains content from TV Tokyo, who has blocked it on copyright grounds

WFT NIPTV?????????????

[fuck602]

hahaha gay!! robert frost is a G!

[evaluna0]

Luv it. Great rendition of Robert Frost's poems. Is great that younger people can enjoy the poems of such and ancient man. Hope one day when I get older or when I'm no longer here people can like and read my poems. Evelyn Lallave (Poems From a Gypsy Soul).

[camalot65]

great photography

[mortomom]

Thank you

[7thDayAtheist]

Nice job...just happened upon your vid after discussing the poem briefly with one of my 6th graders. Very good.

[jgoolia2345]

Are you canadian? It seems like you are from the way you said "sorry"

[bobeooo]

Thank you, this actually helped me memorize the poem.

[apples171717]

thank u so much this really helped 4 sch. thanks:D

[JamieB562]

while the film itself is very effective i think you've misunderstood the tempo of the peice... the enjambment employed by Frost is, I think, an attempt to add more flow to areas that you have just left empty...

Still, kudos for the film.

[JayFleurHeart]

This is fantastic :)

[dieBanana]

Really good, I enjoyed it, as well :)

[umbalaba]

I enjoyed this. Thank you.

[zamaraksohsoh]

this is the lamest thing i have ever seen

[stotan88]

thanks glad you liked it!

[yuuichikamikaze]

zamaraksohsoh- You're lame for coming here and replying. Idiot.

[JILLIANxSCREAM]

great job,

i'm performing this poem in my english class.

i hope i can do it as well as you :]

btw, are you Canadian?

hahah. I can totally tell.

[akaFilanachi]

nice, I'm making a video of this poem for my english class

[stotan88]

nice man, best of luck :)

[Humperdink18]

I hate to say it, but you didn't seem to have misinterpreted the gravamen of the first phrase.

It's "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler..."

In other words, one person can't be in two places at once. There should be no pause between "travel both" and "And be one traveler..."

[stotan88]

oohhh very interesting! i definitely see where you're coming from. thank you for that :)

[leatherhead123456789]

awesome man

[shingyangkusho]

i'll be using this video in my literature class. thanks for making and uploading this video :)

[farmer876]

i hope you don't mind this comment:

PERIOD A IS THE BEST ENGLISH PERIOD

[farmer876]

WATCHING THIS IN ENGLISH CLASS!!!!!

[stotan88]

haha awesome :) hope your class likes it!

[farmer876]

yea, we're talking about how you had a happy ending at the end

[stotan88]

yeah people can take this poem in different ways. manyt hink the "sigh" that Frost has at the end of his poem is in sadness, in regret on making the wrong decision, but I personally believe that this poem is about the unknown. Its about not knowing what way will elad on to way, so I chose a happy/optimistic approach to it, and I like to think that making ones own way in life will lead them to their own inner happiness as well :)

[KDIMBG]

i think the "sigh" bit was just that he could not have travelled both. i think what Frost is getting at with this poem is that you don't know whether he is happy with the decision he made or whether he regrets it.

[missdoona]

haha nice!

i've just uploaded this poem too but yours uses better camera skillage haha

check it out?

xx

[ktbcsn]

A beautiful piece and very nicely done... :)

[house25]

the last scene connects with the last two lines of the poem very well- the sunshine being the representation of the contented decision made by the traveler. well done!

[darkthunder07]

beautiful. Absolutely Astonishing

[StephanieVeronica91]

i love this =]

[Itzmeagain411]

That was really good and creative I loved it and your skills RULE!!!!

[jesusgirl4]

This was very good. I hope to see more.The poem makes me think of being a follower of Christ. That it is many times the road less traveled by and it DOES make all the difference!

[clrjkb55]

I never appreciated poetry until i saw it's ambiguities whithin the lines.

My parents named me Robert Frost.

[rooftopjump]

There is just so much hidden meaning in the words - they need to be considered and examined and interpreted. The diverging roads are symbolic of so much in life. I read it as a reflection of life before - choices made, opportunities taken - maybe lost. It is beautiful.

[watchmanproductions]

I don't even know what that was up there. If you are interested in the REAL film based on the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, then look for TWO ROADS the film which will be coming soon to festivals everywhere. tworoadsmovieDOTcom

[innisfree74]

Why did I know this was going to end with the guy smiling?

As if the video wasn't way too literal to have any real merit, the guy doesn't even understand the poem. It's about a guy who's never satisfied, who's anticipating lamenting a meaningless choice as if it, rather than him, is the cause of his unhappiness.

[stotan88]

poetry is meant to be taken in different ways; I chose the optimistic approach, which is most definitely apparent as well.

[innisfree74]

Only if you let the last two lines of the poem override everything that comes before.

People seem to miss the use of the word "sigh", the fact that the poem is titled "the road not taken", not "the road less traveled", and that the speaker admits there really isn't a significant difference in the 2 roads.

Robert Frost once said he thinks not one in ten truly understand the poem. You need to read all the words, not just emphasize the ones that make your point.

[fluffyREDhalo]

true. this is such an ambiguous poem it can be interpreted any way we want! i like your interpretation! there's too much pessimism around today,its good to see abit of optimism :):)

[ashcrimsom0]

i agree, poetry is ment to be taken different ways.

depending on the readers point of view.

just like abstract paintings; 4 people could be looking at the same painting and all see different things :)

i like that you went with the glass half full :)

[bleed003]

haha...i don't expect YouTube has some sort of these xD... a nice visual presentation..and a good video poets like me (^_^) would be fond of..

[eurialoNiso]

nice video

[jennynotjen]

i was searching for a nice visual representation of this poem, and yours really stood out! thank you for the video, it really helped a lot!

[Beatlesfan71]

had to learn this in skool

haha

greeeeeeat job

[jack111213]

n 1986, 354 women were killed by evil clowns in one year, you better comment this to ten videos or a clown with evil red eyes will be staring at you when you wake up with a macheti you have one hour go go go

[Hostiler60]

Thank you for this gift. It was almost as nice as a walk in the woods.

[stotan88]

thank you for the kind words :)

[tko930]

I like this poem i think it has a life meaning or lesson

there will always be more than one path so chose 1 wisely and you can make a difference in your life

[KMRCPproductions]

wow i totally forgot how much i liked this poem last year when everyone in my class had to recite it. i remembered the words as it went on. i remember how my teacher explained it to. it was like it was just yesterday...

[turtleshells77]

Loved it! Nice job

[19agnos19]

I came across two paths and decided to make my own !!

[cniddrie]

EXELLENT

[VideoVisionary1]

he has a great narrating voice. suits the visuals at least!

[ieatmusic1]

I came before two paths, but I took so long deciding which path to take that they both became overgrown.

[oXhugzandkissezXo]

This has always been my favorite poem, and this is a good interpretation of it :)

[tedhead89]

wow.. well done, at first I thought your representation came off a little too literal with the back-pack and everything, but you won me with the sunset!

=]

[mitchallover]

I studied this in school last year :)

[Zoidfest]

I read this poem to my year 11 students today. What a great interpretation of a wonderful poem.

I will now recommend this to my students to watch! Thank you.

[teamkiller99]

I studied it as well, but when i first read it, i thought it was a poem about RAPE!! around an alley way, cause it goes "and that made all the difference" so i was like "oh you have a sore arse now, anyways this poem is about exploring the unknown.

[fr0nage]

Thats a great poem, did it for journeys

[kooijd]

VERY NICE

[georgia2893]

ur hot :)

[haljackey]

Awesome job! I think I know where this was filmed... :-P

[daydreamer198]

Damn, if only I found this last year. xD

[baybehanna]

omgosh i had to analyse this poem in english , makes more sense :L lols

[BelieveInCoexistance]

Great job on your cinematography. Impressive video:)

[wilso666]

I'm studying this in English at the moment. This is awesome dude

[foxler128]

omg! i done this in english!

robert frost is ....AMAZING!

[harvardbminus]

nice video, seriously.

[darcytalbot777]

very nice job

well done

keep it up

thanks

[miltonfriesen]

What is the info on the music in the background?

Who plays it?

[stotan88]

its a royalty-free music track from the program Garageband for Macs.

[RhiannanAR1]

Fantastic video, great effort, loved your visual interpretation - which is what the video is about! 5 stars, faved, & playlisted! LOVE IT!! :_)

[stotan88]

thank you thank you!!!

[Smil3F0rM3]

we did this in English class

one word : POWERFULL

[emmanewf]

The concept of this is quite nice, the photography is beautiful, but the reading of the poem was subpar. You stopped in the wrong places and sounded like you were reading it (which of course you were) but it shouldnt have sounded that way. Poetry should be fluid, not stilted. "And that has made all the difference..." Still, an admirable effort.

[SheilaB52]

it cost you a lot of resourses - emotional, psychological, social and financial....the price you pay is much higher..........But ultimately - you will almost not believe it - but You come to a point where things divulge in all their Glory....and you stare in Disbelief, and you are happy that the more difficult road was the one chosen by You.....To that end, I would have made the video somewhat differently...not so traditional.............It's my all time favourite poem!

[Tradd9]

Lovely poem, but c'mo dude...in the poem, two roads diverge in a YELLOW wood! This is clearly a GREEN wood! Whats the matter? Couldn't find a yellow wood??

[stotan88]

hahah actually i couldn't. this was jsut a forest near my house. it was summer time, so none of the leaves were yellow! lol

[FarhadBa]

what is main point in the poem? is it that exploring new ways could lead to some unexpected surprises.

[SheilaB52]

I see the main point of this poem so differently now at 38. There are times in Life, where you can see clearly there's 2 ways - one is easier than the other, more socially acceptable. U can choose the easy one, which most people would. Or..U can choose the difficult one, since it's your belief...Taking this route is sometimes so difficult, you start to believe that there would be no light in the end....

[RandomLaserGuy]

The narrator spends the first 2 stanzas explaining how he came upon two paths that are *identical*. He finds no feature to distinguish one from the other. In the third stanza, he chooses one, although it is not clear which one he in fact took. Notice the change in tense in the 4th stanza. Looking back on the paths on the roads, he claims that he took the one less travelled. But based on what the poem tells us, is that true? If not, then what does that tell us about the narrator?

[babeygurl06]

one of my favourite poems

[mikenkiller]

this video is very nice

[shellyloves123]

i love stuff

[shellyloves123]

i love u

[JessiiLive]

I did this poem for year 11 adv. english this year.. hehe I didn't know it was so well known.

Good job =]

Oh by the way, after the sunset when you walk away, it looks like a little person's beihind you with it's arm up. ... cute =D

[Katiefoolery]

That was beautifully done - I particularly liked the flare of sun towards the end.

[ThatStupidBlondeBoy]

I know the words off by heart lol had to study it for english

[silentcyanide08]

we just did this poem in english

[splashofme]

I LOVE THIS POEM. ^^

[padmasanaa]

The person that made this video eat's babies...... not lying he seriously does!!

[stotan88]

you caught me!

...

[temptation4life]

that wood is not yellow

[antman910]

OMG I DId THIS EXACT SOME THING LAST YEAR IN MEDIA LOLOOLOL

[Dejaiin]

Well its not a yellow wood :( Still great.

[tash1310]

Nice work! I always liked his other poem 'Nothing gold can stay' aswell... great job!

[fixinmytie]

good job Dan!

[azjeffs]

I studied this poem last year for English... god I miss school

I'm so nostaligic now, thanks alot =P

You did a great job of representing the poem though

[makihikorain]

nipples

[TheFartoholic]

boobeeeeeeez

[healwithmusic]

Hey! The forest, birds singing and music are great, but you do need a little bit more practice reciting the poem as it is too stiff. It was hilarious to hear you say "about" as I immediately knew you were a fellow Canuck!! Great job overall - do another one!

[hellsgate11]

hmmm id guess... mission maybe? i used to live in vancouver bc. livein victoria now

[Grimination]

This is freaky I was writing a essay on this poem today in school

[hereturikoka]

Nice!

More poems would be great! keep it up........

P.S - Your Twist on "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Peo would be interesting.

[xBloodyBeautyx]

one of my favourite poems.

great video :]

[qwertywxyz]

.........the problem is you end up taking way longer than usual to get to where you want to be.

[mallybo0o]

i had to do this shiet poem for my HSC.

[RagingXela]

Haha I had to do it for my HSC as well. Man it was annoying.

[chriscabob]

wicked video stonan88 ;) congratz on the feature, keep up this stuff

[stotan88]

haha thanks hatch...and way to NOT spell my username properly.

come back to london already, jeez! i miss you man!

[Jonathan1839]

Good job! ... You're cute!

[kendallgoossen]

Good job! I think a good poem to reproduce would be "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service. Its kinda long but you have lots of time to film during our long Canadian winters;)

[lucidiquedreams]

good job :) i love this poem, i had to study it back in school. deep, my friend.

[LALALALEESH]

great video, I've always loved that poem.

[Zindalin]

Rawr, This Was Great.

[cherryberry360]

This is a really neat idea, I like it! Definitely my favourite Frost poem.

[xDarkxSoldierx]

anyone who goes to my page and comments nicely and rates the latest vid 5* i will do same for u and subscribe!

[luck21less]

cool idea - real life poetry. Of course we all would make our own changes; that is, to make it our own. But yours is good. Should think about doing the same to other will known poems.

[Tingman513]

For over 50 years I have enjoyed this poem by Robert Frost.

You managed to mess it up in under 3 minutes.

Congradulations. I bet you can screw up a cup of coffee too.

Guess I'll have to find a new poem. This one now reeks thanks to you.

PS: Ever hear of voice lessons?

[Frez121212]

This poem isn't your's, everyone can have their own take on it.

And there is nothing wrong with his voice.

[rbd1956]

*very* sweet. brought a tear to my eye. thank you.

[Broker88]

that was old skold to me.... bring my memory at scholl....

[sheanconnor]

saw this and i'm back to school.. i learned this at school... good job dude..

[WackyMe4eva]

Nicely done, man! Hats off!

[Nezzlicious]

It is supposed to be a 'yellow wood' not a tropical rainforest.

[DanielleMcOrmond]

How on earth is it a Tropical Rain forest?

[stotan88]

hahah good point, this forest is in southern Ontario. and unfortunately i had to make this during the summer so....yellow leaves were out of the question :P

[michaelaaroncox]

I live right by Ontario...but about 1,500 miles away from you

[marcabane]

NEAT TRANSITIONS!

[khoo83]

remind of my school days

[alpkuscu]

Dude it's a nice work except one thing. You'd better train your voice, no offence :)

[justerleo]

WONDERFUL ! Nice acting

[JackReaperZX]

i thought it's in the autumn?

[smartprince23]

wow ! thats so nice ..

[Beatlesfan71]

great job dude

i just learned this in english a month ago

haha

my teacher loves this poem

imma email it to him

[stotan88]

thank you very much! i did this poem in school as well lol

and i also am a huge Beatles fan!! love em :)

[KennedyVESPA07]

This is probably my favorite Youtube video. Actually...It is. It's so basic it's cool, and it's borderline corny without being pretentious. You know what? Favorite You- tube video, ever.  Well done.

[ChristsInstrument]

Great! I love this poem, so thank you. :-)

[stotan88]

no problem, and thanks very much for watching!

[tink5188]

Well done. I enjoyed this

[rbgvaldez]

nothing special yeah.. but cool

[chelseaburnham1989]

i took the road less taken, and it has made all the difference in the world.... a difference is not necessarily a good thing

[reneebenee2001]

excelent .