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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,
Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' explores life's choices, opportunities, and the ensuing lingering regret of untaken paths.
Written in 1915 in England, "The Road Not Taken" is one of Robert Frost's—and the world's—most well-known poems. Although commonly interpreted as a celebration of rugged individualism, the poem actually contains multiple different meanings.
"The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, and later published as the first poem in the 1916 poetry collection, Mountain Interval. Its central theme is the divergence of paths, both literally and figuratively, although its interpretation is noted for being complex ...
The Road Not Taken. Load audio player. Robert Frost. 1874 –. 1963. 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.
Robert Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” as a joke for a friend, the poet Edward Thomas. When they went walking together, Thomas was chronically indecisive about which road they ought to take and—in retrospect—often lamented that they should, in fact, have taken the other one.
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The Road Not Taken. By Robert Frost. Share. 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;
"The Road Not Taken" is the opening poem in Mountain Interval, which may partially explain the poem's tremendous popularity and stature. — Zachary, Owl Eyes Editor The repetition of “I,” accentuated by the long dash and the line break, serves two purposes.
“The Road Not Taken: The Poem Everyone Loves and Everyone Gets Wrong”: In this essay, David Orr discusses the history of Frost’s poem and a common misinterpretation of its meaning. More Essays About Robert Frost: Read more essays by poets—including Carol Frost and John Hollander—engaging with Frost’s work.
