Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken - poem

The Road Not Taken
Mountain Interval. 1920.
by Robert Frost (1874--1963).

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Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 -- January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of the rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.
His work frequently employed themes from the early 1900s rural life in New England, using the setting to examine complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes.




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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[FilmPoems]

This poem is so universal, and shows what an amazing poet Frost was. I think he is was the greatest American poet of the 20th century.

[Morgana0x]

Thank you for posting this beautiful poem.

[RandomCatLover100]

lmao its obviously about him confused about his sexuality!

[MrJflj11]

This is gay, ur all gay

[heato82]

@jccoolisback Yes actually it was. I didn't particularly care for the poem and my professor completely disagreed with my interpretation of the poem even though almost the entire class agreed with me. And it was supposed to just be how i interpreter the poem. It is what it is but i didn't care for it. To each their own.

[jccoolisback]

@heato82 Why would you think this is garbage??! I just want to know, is it because it's one of your homework assignments?? I think Robert Frost is the best American poet of all time, and YES, I've had his works as assignments myself.

[maurice2002]

I shouldn't have listened to this tonight, Just finished reading 'Death of a Salesman' for the first time. Life is so many choices; but those choices are so shaped by past (generation before generation) that it's daunting. Anyway to contribute to life's happy cycle - I've just uploaded a reading of George Sterling's 1906 masterpiece 'A Wine of Wizardry'. Feel free to check it out (follow username or just search), if you haven't read/hear it - it's like stumbling upon Camus or Foster-Wallace.

[Coolguy66ish]

two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry i could not travel both and be one travler, long i stood.and looked down the other as far as i could to where it bent into the undergrowth. then took the other as just as fair and perhaps having the better claim. because it was grassy and wanted wear though as for that the passing theirhad worn them about the same.and both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodded black.

[ijreilly01]

@ijreilly01 *traveled* and *led*. yuck.

[ijreilly01]

This poem isn't about choosing the least travaled path and doing your own thing, it's about retrospection. He's looking back on his life and realizing that a decision he made, at one point in his life, lead him to where he finally got. It evens tells you at the end of the poem. It says, " And I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." He didn't say if the difference was good or bad. He simply said it was different than the other way her could have gone.