This profound philosophical poem shows people's difficult mood when they are at a crossroads in real life. In poetry, the poet chooses a lonely and thorny road, just as the poet chooses a life of writing poetry, which will not bring rich materials to real life.
After the poet made his choice, he regretted that "you can't have your cake and eat it", so he could only choose a road and go on firmly, and he could only sigh and regret in the memories after many years.
Unselected road
Robert Frost
Original text:
the first paragraph
Two roads diverged in the yellow forest,
I'm sorry I can't go both.
As a traveler, I stood for a long time.
Look down as much as I can.
It bends in the bushes.
the second part
And took the other one, and to be fair,
Maybe there's a better way to put it,
Because it is covered with grass and needs to be worn;
Although, for the passage there
I'm almost dressed.
the third part
That morning, both of them were lying down.
There are no black footprints in the leaves.
Oh, I saved the first one for the next day!
But knowing how the road leads to the road,
I doubt whether I will come back.
Section iv
I will tell it with a sigh.
Age somewhere 12 and beyond:
Two roads diverged in the Woods, and I-
I chose the less traveled one,
This makes everything different.
Translation:
There are two roads in the yellow forest.
Unfortunately, I can't participate at the same time.
I stood at that intersection for a long time,
I looked at a road that I could see,
Until it disappeared into the jungle.
But I chose another path,
It's lush and lonely,
More charming and beautiful,
Although on these two paths,
Few travelers leave footprints,
Although the leaves fell to the ground that morning,
Neither road is polluted by footprints.
Ah, leave a way, see you another day!
But I know this road has no end,
I'm afraid I can't go back.
Maybe in a few years, somewhere,
I will sigh gently and look back,
The two roads diverged in the forest,
I chose a lonely one,
So I walked out of this different journey.
Extended data:
The Road Not Taken is a philosophical lyric poem, which is simple on the surface, but contains profound philosophy. It seems to pour out personal experiences, but in fact it expresses people's feelings. In this poem, Frost captures the concrete image of the fork in the forest, evokes people's rich and vivid associations by metaphor, and sets off the philosophical symbol of the fork in the road in life. The poet chose a common fork in the forest to illustrate his philosophy of life on how to choose the road of life.
The first three paragraphs of this poem seem to only describe the difference between two roads in the forest, but they contain great metaphorical significance. In the fourth quarter, the poet changed his pen and jumped from the road in the forest to the road of describing life. "And I chose the one with fewer footprints, and then it decided that my life would be different from now on." This sentence contains the poet's infinite feelings about life, which is deeply symbolic and philosophical.
In this poem, the poet expresses his thoughts on life with simple and natural language and rhythm. This unpretentious style makes this poem like a cool and soft wind on a summer night, full of fresh and natural interest, giving people a refreshing feeling.
This poem describes a person's mentality when facing a choice, but does not write the specific content of the choice. The poet is concerned with the choice itself. Every reader can find his own life experience and appreciate the philosophical content in this poem.
Because this poem has the openness of connotation, it is like a huge framework, and its content needs readers to fill in, in which they can review their life trajectory, thus being touched and causing deep thought.
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