Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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.

2 comments:

Jo said...

A favorite poem by a favorite poet-- and a powerful message. It's a beautiful choral composition as well, was wondering if you ever sang this in a school chorus?

Swimac said...

This is one of my favorite poems, Susan. It has come to mean even more to me as I have matured. Thank you for the reminder. Praying for you daily!