Hero's Journal - The Path Ahead

Hero's Journal- The Path Ahead

Poem:

The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost, 1874 - 1963
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.

        What the poem means:

This poem can mean a lot of things to a lot of people in many ways but to me this poem is really special. I have actually read this poem last year during a public speaking class and we had discussed the background of the poem and what we think it meant by actually breaking down the stanza's. From what I have learned Robert Frost was bit of a joker back in the day. Him being a joker had written this poem as a joke and decided to send it to one of his close buddies. When his friend read the poem he had taken the poem really seriously and had decided to go into the army. And sadly a year later he had died which is really sad. Basically to me I think that the poem means that you can always choose what path you want but remember life is too short so don't over think your decisions too much. One of the major life choice that we make is deciding on what we want to be in life..We could either be successful or unsuccessful.

                                                  Destiny Riley-