The Clog from OzRobert Frost - The Road Not Taken
May 19th 2006 00:00
“Two roads diverge in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” - Robert Frost
I studied this quote from the famous poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost in year 11 at school. I loved it, Frost has beautiful poetry and I always found it interesting how this poem had a hidden meaning, like most, I suppose.
Our teacher told us that the persona in the poem was that of a middle-aged man (in the Autumn of his life, as the first line of this poem is ‘Two roads diverged in a
yellow wood’). He has a choice to make and chooses the most interesting, less popular road – the ‘road less travelled by’. This makes ‘all the difference’, presumably changing the latter years of his life for the better by not following the conventional road.
I encourage you to read the full poem here -
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717
I studied this quote from the famous poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost in year 11 at school. I loved it, Frost has beautiful poetry and I always found it interesting how this poem had a hidden meaning, like most, I suppose.
Our teacher told us that the persona in the poem was that of a middle-aged man (in the Autumn of his life, as the first line of this poem is ‘Two roads diverged in a
Frost, not yet in his Autumn years..
I encourage you to read the full poem here -
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717
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