Sunday 5 January 2014

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 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.

Robert Frost

4 comments:

  1. For another woodland poem, look up "The Way Through The Woods" by Rudyard Kipling. I'd be fascinated to see how you chose to illustrate it!

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  2. I love Robert Frost. He's one of my favorites. This and "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" are two of my favorite poems in the whole world. Looks as though we share yet another interest! Loved this so much. Thanks for sharing :))

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  3. thanks I enjoyed this poem, will follow up on the ones mentioned by Starr and Rachel too

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  4. I do like the R L Stevenson quote at the top too - it is very positive for the New year.

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