Robert Frost

1. 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;         5   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,         10   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.         15   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.         20 I want you to read this again: 1. 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;         5   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,         10   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.         15   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.         20 I want you to read the last section again: 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. At first Robert Frost is so conflicted on which road to take because they both look good in their own ways (And sorry I could not travel both). Being that he could only travel one of the roads he took a long hard look down the roads to see what he could see. He took the road that "was grassy and wanted wear," Jesus wants us to walk down his road to wear it down! Satan's road is so traveled and it seems like the "popular" thing and it is in the world's eyes but Robert Frost is talking about swimming against the current in this poem, dare to be different. Take a chance on something that the world isn't. "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Two roads are laid out before you. Which one will you take?