![]() ![]() We can’t really see ahead – and what we can see looks exactly the same. There are two paths – that are exactly the same and neither actually have been walked on. it’s robert frost reminding us that the privilege of old age is lying (exaggerating) to your children and your children’s children, that you made the “tough choices in life”…you walked up hill to school both directions in freezing weather….and somehow, we were always kinder, never out past curfew, obeyed our parents, held the door for strangers and always ate our food that mamma prepared….even if we didn’t do any of those things with regularity. Yeah….that’s not what this poem is about. Don’t be a bystander or a passive spectator to your own life, choose wisely and create your own reality. To conclude I will simply say don’t regret the choices you make coz life is toooooooooooo long and you’ll get to make another one tomorrow, with all the experience you have acquired hopefully you’ll make a better one tomorrow. After making the choices, prepare yourself to face the consequences be it good or bad……they may take you to a place of promise or to a land of problems but you’ll be pleased that YOU have written YOUR life’s story. So what difference are we going to choose today? Which path are we going to take we may not always choose the right path……but, at least it will be our own choice. We think that the big choices like life’s decisions, are the most important however, fact is that it’s the small things we do on a daily basis that make all the difference over time. I often hear people nab about ….“ I wish I had become that.” Or “I could have done this.” But, they didn’t do it….never made the choice. You have the choice between being a lost explorer or an accidental tourist of life it is all a matter of perspective. Since life offers no guarantee you might as well take the risk and decide. Every choice will not lead you to happiness. No one knows where a road will lead to until we take it. We often stand on these crossroads not able to decide, which road we will take? Do we have an assurance that we would choose the right one? The answer is there is no assurance. There are roads to contentment and there are roads to melancholy, roads leading to victory and triumph, and roads towards defeat and discontent and just like any other road life also has its corners, detours, and crossroads. In life….there are roads that direct you to recognition and affluence or seclusion and scarcity. This poem brings out three big questions in life what might have occurred, what could have been, and how things would have happened if we would have chosen otherwise. Or otherwise used in any way without the express written permission of the owner.In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” the poet is faced with two roads, two decisions, and two potential alternatives, here “road” symbolizes a path in life, and a choice between the two roads symbolize life decisions…….what we call as CHOICES. The material on this site may not be copied, reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, stored, altered, adapted, Purchasing books through any poet's Amazon links helps to support Your Daily Poem. All rights reserved.Īs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Website Development by Practical Business SystemsĬontents of this web site and all original text and images therein are copyright © by Your Daily Poem. No prizes for guessing this is one of my own faves too, Jayne. With complete justice, one of the most widely-anthologised poems in the language! The universality and aptness of the central metaphor is spot on, and used with perfect poise and balance. "Stopping by Woods." says it all for me, but this one is a close second. Rural life is a consistent theme in Robert's poetry, as is simplistic language that is pleasing to the ear he felt strongly that poetry was best appreciated when read aloud. Robert's interest in poetry started early he published his first poem while in high school, sold his first poem at twenty, and by the age of forty, was one of America's best known and best loved poets. Nonetheless, Robert spent most of his adult life teaching, receiving more than forty honorary degrees, along with four Pulitzer Prizes. Though he attended several prestigious colleges and universities, he never graduated from any of them. Robert Frost (1874-1963) was born in San Francisco, but moved to Massachusetts with his family after his father's death in 1885 and, ultimately, lived in a number of homes and farms throughout New England. Ask for this YDP anthology at your favorite bookstore or order it online today!
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