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<blockquote data-quote="SDMike" data-source="post: 149221" data-attributes="member: 1385"><p>This is an experiment. (not a trick)</p><p> </p><p>I've often been fascinated by the idea of taking the path less traveled. It has inspired many decisions in my life, and I believe enriched my life quite a bit. Which I imagine is why the poem by Robert Frost called "The Road Not Taken" is so popular. Being the poem that inspired the idea of taking the adventurous route that is off the beaten path. So I decided to look it up and see what other inspiring information Mr. Frost had gifted us with in this poem.</p><p> </p><p>Boy was I surprised when I read the poem, which is quite short, and thought to myself, "This poem is NOT telling people to take the path less traveled, it's telling people that if they DO take that path, in hindsight that decision will look like it made all the difference." The poem actually says that "The passing there had worn them really about the same." It's only years later when recalling this moment in time that you tell yourself you took the "one less traveled by."</p><p> </p><p>I thought I must be mad or not understand poetry because really, who the hell does lol? So I looked up the sparknotes interpretation of the poem and that's EXACTLY what it's about. It is about looking back on decisions you've made and giving more importance to the path you chose to take when really, both looked pretty much equal. </p><p> </p><p>Since I've come to know this I've found the new understanding of this poem to fit so readily in day to day events. Ironically I STILL favor the original interpretation and look at the path less traveled when I have a decision to make, but now I know that the decision is merely a coin flip, and as long as the path I choose doesn't end in tragedy I'll look back on it as the correct decision. With out ever knowing where the other path may have lead.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">And sorry I could not travel both</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">And be one traveler, long I stood</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">And looked down one as far as I could</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To where it bent in the undergrowth; <em> 5</em></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Then took the other, as just as fair,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">And having perhaps the better claim,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Because it was grassy and wanted wear;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Though as for that the passing there</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Had worn them really about the same, <em> 10</em></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">And both that morning equally lay</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In leaves no step had trodden black.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Oh, I kept the first for another day!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Yet knowing how way leads on to way,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I doubted if I should ever come back. <em> 15</em></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I shall be telling this with a sigh</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Somewhere ages and ages hence:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I took the one less traveled by,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">And that has made all the difference.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SDMike, post: 149221, member: 1385"] This is an experiment. (not a trick) I've often been fascinated by the idea of taking the path less traveled. It has inspired many decisions in my life, and I believe enriched my life quite a bit. Which I imagine is why the poem by Robert Frost called "The Road Not Taken" is so popular. Being the poem that inspired the idea of taking the adventurous route that is off the beaten path. So I decided to look it up and see what other inspiring information Mr. Frost had gifted us with in this poem. Boy was I surprised when I read the poem, which is quite short, and thought to myself, "This poem is NOT telling people to take the path less traveled, it's telling people that if they DO take that path, in hindsight that decision will look like it made all the difference." The poem actually says that "The passing there had worn them really about the same." It's only years later when recalling this moment in time that you tell yourself you took the "one less traveled by." I thought I must be mad or not understand poetry because really, who the hell does lol? So I looked up the sparknotes interpretation of the poem and that's EXACTLY what it's about. It is about looking back on decisions you've made and giving more importance to the path you chose to take when really, both looked pretty much equal. Since I've come to know this I've found the new understanding of this poem to fit so readily in day to day events. Ironically I STILL favor the original interpretation and look at the path less traveled when I have a decision to make, but now I know that the decision is merely a coin flip, and as long as the path I choose doesn't end in tragedy I'll look back on it as the correct decision. With out ever knowing where the other path may have lead. [FONT=Times New Roman]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; [I] 5[/I] 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, [I] 10[/I] 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] 15[/I] 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.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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