It made me think of Robert Frost's poem: I took the one (road) less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Since that day, I have been at many crossroads in my life. Sometimes I have made the choice and had to go back to make things right. More often than not, ...
It made me think of Robert Frost's poem: I took the one (road) less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.Since that day, I have been at many crossroads in my life. Sometimes I have made the 38choice and had to go back to make things right. More often than not, ...
“One of America’s best known poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) contributed to the host of Christmas carols sung each Christmas season when he wrote the poem “Christmas Bells” on December 25, 1864. The original poem had seven stanzas but in 1872 John Baptiste Calkin took out ...
Of course it will take a change in behavior to move to a new road and many people are afraid we have run out of time or can’t muster the courage and commitment or even know-how, to “take the road less traveled.” But the change in consciousness required is not only possible, it...
The poem is extremely popular because every reader can relate to the narrator in this regard: having to choose between two paths without having any knowledge of where each road will lead. Moreover, the narrator’s decision to choose the “less traveled” path demonstrates his courage...
This poem is about choices in life. It is popular because every reader can face the same choice without having any knowledge of where each road will lead. Moreover, the writer's decision to choose the "less traveled" path shows his courage. I think the poet is telling us that there ...
Reviewers have had a hard time analyzing the meaning of Robert Frost's poem.To be honest,I would say all of us have a hard time analyzing our wish to travel to faraway places.I am not sure what the answer is to this tricky question.I may not have made any hole-in-ones on the N...
I feel old. Despite a renewed sense of self there remains the feeling that I’m past the halfway point of my life less extraordinary and a desire to DO. Now. To live while I still can. That is the allure of the road less traveled. The well-trodden path? Easier. A slow downslope ...
along with many others. I’m trying to recognize and orient myself to the room I’m standing in and what I am to do there. James Crews’ lines in the above poem ask me to face each fear, doubt, and the wish for my life to be other than it is. How might I embrace the challen...
The first poem to explain is “The Road Not Taken,” which is about life and the choices it offers. “The Road Not Taken” is about an individual going for a walk in the woods and coming across a split path, but the person walking can only take one path. The traveler cannot see ...