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The literal meaning of this poem by Robert Frost is pretty obvious. A traveler comes to a fork in the road and needs to decide which way to go to continue his journey. After much mental debate, the traveler picks the road "less traveled by.";
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The narrator says that he will be telling the story in years to come that he took the road less travelled, although the narrator also admits that there was no solid evidence that the road was indeed less ... The article, "Robert Frost's Tricky Poem: Analysis of 'The Road Not Taken'" was written by Linda Sue Grimes.
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“I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” ... “When you're travelling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”...
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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. ... "One stanza of 'The Road Not Taken' was written while I was sitting on a sofa in the middle of England: ... The Poetry of Robert Frost...
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"Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim." What made it have the better claim is that "it was grassy and wanted wear." It was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the other path therefore he calls it "the road less travelled by".
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--; I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken; US poet (1874 - 1963)
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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.
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