And be one traveler, long i stood.

That so many people misinterpret this line has become famous in itself.

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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Though as for that the passing there

Again, however, frost refuses to allow the title to have a single meaning:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry i could not travel both.

the road not taken is a narrative poem by robert frost, first published in the august 1915 issue of the atlantic monthly, [ 1] and later published as the first poem in the 1916 poetry collection, mountain interval.

The road not taken, poem by robert frost, published in the atlantic monthly in august 1915 and used as the opening poem of his collection mountain interval (1916).

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry i could not travel both.

The road not taken.

The road not taken, poem by robert frost, published in the atlantic monthly in august 1915 and used as the opening poem of his collection mountain interval (1916).

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry i could not travel both.

The road not taken.

Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear;

And looked down one as far as i could.

The poem moves from a fantasy of staving off choice to a statement of division.

Or you know its moves, its progression of steps forth and looks back, the way you half remember a joke:

Regularly recited at important rites of passage, the poem has repeatedly been misinterpreted as a celebration of the courage required to take the path “less traveled” (line 19).

“the road not taken” also evokes “the road less traveled,” the road most people did not take.

And be one traveler, long i stood.

Written in iambic tetrameter, it employs an abaab rhyme scheme in each of its four stanzas.

And looked down one as far as i could.

The poem moves from a fantasy of staving off choice to a statement of division.

Or you know its moves, its progression of steps forth and looks back, the way you half remember a joke:

Regularly recited at important rites of passage, the poem has repeatedly been misinterpreted as a celebration of the courage required to take the path “less traveled” (line 19).

“the road not taken” also evokes “the road less traveled,” the road most people did not take.

And be one traveler, long i stood.

Written in iambic tetrameter, it employs an abaab rhyme scheme in each of its four stanzas.

And looked down one as far as i could.

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Because the poem isn’t “the road less traveled. ” it’s “the road not taken. ” and the road not taken, of course, is the road one didn’t take—which means that the title passes over the “less traveled” road the speaker claims to have followed in order to foreground the road he never tried.

And be one traveler, long i stood.

Written in iambic tetrameter, it employs an abaab rhyme scheme in each of its four stanzas.

And looked down one as far as i could.

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Because the poem isn’t “the road less traveled. ” it’s “the road not taken. ” and the road not taken, of course, is the road one didn’t take—which means that the title passes over the “less traveled” road the speaker claims to have followed in order to foreground the road he never tried.

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Because the poem isn’t “the road less traveled. ” it’s “the road not taken. ” and the road not taken, of course, is the road one didn’t take—which means that the title passes over the “less traveled” road the speaker claims to have followed in order to foreground the road he never tried.