What do you think the message/theme/moral of this poem is? Respond in the comments in 2-4 sentences, and respond constructively to at least one other student's comment!
(You can listen to the poem here: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717)
"The Road Not Taken"
By Robert Frost
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 on 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.
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ReplyDeleteThis poem was about a man that decided to take a new path.The road that was less traveled,it was like new beginning for the man.
ReplyDeleteThis poem relates to the tough choices people have to make when traveling the road of life. The traveler wishes he could take both roads and pick the road he wants to continue on, but he can't.
ReplyDelete(Jaydon)
@foster
ReplyDeletesorry there is no other post so yeaH!
But what post?
@jaydon
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that at first but you i just put something different
@Jaydon, @Kaitlin
ReplyDeleteI think that's a really interesting way to look at it, Jaydon... most people look at this poem from Kaitlin's perspective. I guess the real question is, why does he choose the "road less traveled"?
@kaitlin I agree with yours too, the road less traveled could also be a tougher path in life less traveled because most people want to take the easy way out.
ReplyDelete(Jaydon)
I believe this poem's message is to state that you must make choices in your life that may or may not be tough on you. To just go with the flow and make choices!
ReplyDelete@kaitlin I do believe that you are right in a way. In a way I mean to take a new road as in the road is a choice!
ReplyDelete@Devon
ReplyDeleteIs it right to say, though, that Frost is saying to "go with the flow"? I feel like he is saying that when presented with two choices, the common and the uncommon, those who choose the uncommon choice can face hardship, but also reward!
@Jaydon
ReplyDeleteThat is what I was thinking. It showed a man that had two choices, the easy way(which many had taken) and the hard way(which few had choosen). He decided to take the hardway, the less traveled route. When he said"And that makes all the difference", I think he ment that even though it will be hard there will be something greater at the end of this road then at the end of the easy route.
@Savannah
ReplyDeleteGreat response!
Two questions (ANYONE CAN ANSWER!):
1. What is the something greater? and...
2. What if there is no reward? Is the road less traveled still worth it?
@Matt Foster
ReplyDelete1. It would have to be something like a reward, a lesson you learned, something like that.
2. Yes, the road less traveled still would be worth it.Like to actually be able to keep moving through all of the hardship, to be able to lift your feet one after another and go foward to me is rewarding. The hard route teaches you way more then the easy route. So even if there is no reward at the end you will walk away with more then you would if you took the easy route.
@Matt Foster Yes, I was trying to express that by saying you must make choices even though there would be hardships.
ReplyDeletei belive the poems message is
ReplyDeletethere are hard choices in life and with those choices you can have a terrific life or a tragic life. these choices in life are hard for us so we guess but guessing is what brings us down and we have tragic lives.
The poem means that he wanted to take the harder path, the one that less people traveled. He also wanted a new beginning and wanted a fresh start where there would be less people and where he could start again. Robert Frost is a genius
ReplyDeleteI think that the moral of this poem is that if you don't take the easy way out of a situation it will always benefit you. The hardest choices in life always have a easy way out but we should never take it.
ReplyDeleteThe poem is most likely aboyt how there are multiply paths in your life. You have to choose one path and when you choose that path the people in your life will have to trust your choice.
ReplyDelete@Kmayhew1997
ReplyDeletethat is true that you have to choose a path but the easiest path is not always a good path
@matt foster
ReplyDelete@savannah walker101
1.The gratnest could be what he truely wants most.
2.It should not mater if the reward is there or not it was your choice; if you made that choice on a thought of getting a reward then that was not the right choice.
@vanessa
ReplyDeleteyou have a great prospective of looking at the poem i agree fully with your analysis of the poem.
this poam was about a man you travled differen paths than other people.it is like a new wat of starting a new life.
ReplyDeleteandrew seat
ReplyDeletethere are two roads in life pick the right one and you will be succesful in your life
kenton gillian
ReplyDeletethe moral to this poem is that in life you are going to make decisions,weither stressful or not.
@andrew seat
ReplyDeletethe poem is'nt about roads spesificly,and then the right road makes life much better. it is life wise, not realy choosing a road.