The Road not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, 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 travelled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost
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Simon
24/7/2023 06:44:40 pm
One of Frost's greatest poems, and alleged to be one that encouraged his friend Edward Thomas to enlist - a decision that quickly cost him his life and us his lovely landscape poetry. I like the way the conclusion to the poem seems so firm and yet, when read carefully, it's is clear that both paths are actually the same and so the conclusion is, in classic Frost style, something quite different to what it at first appears.
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