Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken
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 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 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.
~Robert Frost

I so love reading other peoples poetry! This poem to me, though, was a bit hard for me to understand. I read it for the first time several years ago but then just recently got the chance to read it again. This poem really makes me think......is it because every person has their own road to travel that it was less traveled? Every body has a choice in life to make....that is, what road they will take in life. It may seem less traveled but that is because it is meant for you and you alone. Though, the road you choose to travel if it is in the Lords will it will definately make all the difference! Once you choose your road there is no going back for the next, for road leads to road. Anyways....thats what I think.

1 comment:

  1. Good poetry is timeless and grows with each reading. Frost, in particular, speaks different each time you reread his poetry. Two other poems I recommend are Desert Places and Fire and Ice.

    Poetry begins on the literal level and then seeps its way into the figurative level, where the simplest of images enlarge and engulf the reader.

    I'm glad you are reading some poetry this weekend!

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