Name a poem about a road.

[notfred]

My boss was talking about how his daughter got stuck trying to find a poem about a road on google today.

I was wondering why she needed to google for it at all, as there was a certain poem about a road that I only heard about a million times in junior high and high school.

I want to see if everyone else thinks of the same poem I did, so I'm not going to name it until after I get some responses.

 

[nageov3t]

the road not taken?

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: loki8481
the road not taken?

i thought it was less traveled

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: loki8481
the road not taken?

i thought it was less traveled

road not taken

i read it just last month in english class

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: loki8481
the road not taken?

i thought it was less traveled

incorrect, but common mistake.

http://frost.freehosting.net/coll1.htm

the title "the road not taken," draws attention to the fact that the poem is about regret, not avoiding conformity.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: loki8481
the road not taken?

i thought it was less traveled

incorrect, but common mistake.

http://frost.freehosting.net/coll1.htm

the title "the road not taken," draws attention to the fact that the poem is about regret, not avoiding conformity.

:beer: I will not at this point, let everyone know that I was an English Major

 

[sisq0kidd]

How the I Love Thee Road. Let me count the ways.

 

[chrisms]

There once was a toad, he sat on the road
His back was as wet as could be
A man was sick, and gave toady a lick
Now bright colors is all he can see

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: loki8481
the road not taken?

i thought it was less traveled

incorrect, but common mistake.

http://frost.freehosting.net/coll1.htm

the title "the road not taken," draws attention to the fact that the poem is about regret, not avoiding conformity.

However, he does say "the road less traveled" in the poem itself.

The Road Not Taken

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 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.

edit: So I might argue that it is still about non-conformity. I think a good case can be made.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: datalink7
However, he does say "the road less traveled" in the poem itself.

The Road Not Taken

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 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.

it's like the way we tell ourselves that the big decisons in our life are... well, big. we place a lot of importance on them, but really, there's no way of knowing. but we look back and blame our successes or failures on those choices.

also note how he doesn't say whether the difference was positive or negative.