The Original Text, Translation and Appreciation of The Road Not Taken

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[modern frost]

the first paragraph

There are two roads in the yellow forest.

Unfortunately, I can't choose both at the same time.

I stood for a long time during the journey.

Watch one of them.

Until it winds its way into the distant Woods.

the second part

I naturally chose another one,

Maybe more attractive.

Because it is full of thorns and needs to be explored;

However, such a brush-off

Didn't cause much change.

the third part

Early that morning, the two paths lay quietly together.

Among the leaves that no one has stepped on

Oh, I left another way for tomorrow!

Knowing that roads are connected with roads,

I don't know if I should turn back.

Section iv

I will sigh gently and describe all this.

Many, many years later:

There are two roads in the Woods, and I-

I chose the one with fewer pedestrians.

It changed my life.

Extended content:

The Road Not Taken is a literary work by Robert Frost, an American poet. 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. This poem is unpretentious, fresh and meaningful, with profound implications. The poem is divided into four paragraphs, the first, third and fourth lines of each paragraph, and the second and fifth lines rhyme respectively, with free rhythm and firmness, full of regret. The whole poem has a beautiful rhythm and conveys an elegant sense of music when read.

Overall appreciation

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.

The poet reproduces the beautiful natural scenery with a subtle and fresh artistic style, and reflects the emotional waves in people's hearts through the description of natural scenery. The poem also pays attention to arousing people's association, and integrates reason and emotion into a short poem, which deepens the meaning of this poem and gives people rich enlightenment. Poets convey philosophy to readers through beautiful artistic conception creation and rich lyric expression.

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.

References:

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