The-Road-Not-Taken未选择的路-分析
Theroadnottaken
《The road not taken》诗歌赏析《The road not taken》是弗罗斯特的一首哲理抒情诗，作于1915年，自问世以来，广为流传，成为美国诗歌中的名篇。
在这首诗里，弗罗斯特抓住林中岔道这一具体形象，用比喻的手法引起人们丰富生动的联想，烘托出人生岔路这样具有哲理寓意的象征。
诗人选择的是人们司空见惯的林中岔道，来阐发如何抉择人生道路这一生活哲理的。
在诗里，弗罗斯特给我们描绘了这样一幅画面，两条路在黄色的树丛中叉开，一条路蜿蜒地进入丛林榛芜；一条路长满茸茸的绿草。
作为过客的诗人在岔路前犹豫、徘徊，因为两条路虽然风格不同，但都美丽、平坦、覆满落叶，以同样的魅力吸引着诗人，等待着踏践，而诗人选择了其中的一条“荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，显得更诱人，更美丽”、“很少留下旅人的足迹”的路，诗人选择的是一条少有人走的路，而不是像大多数人一样，选择那种留下很多旅人足迹的路。
诗人踏上了自己选择的小路，开始了艰难的跋涉。
可这时候诗人心中对于另一条路也是非常留恋的，他知道只能选择一条路，却舍不下另一条路，因为他虽然作出了选择，但心中仍有踌躇，万一这一次的选择是一个错误，将“难以再返回”了。
这里诗人写出了常人都有的一种心理。
如果仅仅是两条路的选择，诗人也不需踌躇再三，在这里“路”有更深的含义，它象征着人生的旅途，诗人面临的是人生道路的选择，他难以举足。
因为无论这种选择是明智还是糊涂，我们都不能回到原来的岔路重新开始。
诗人遥想将来对往事的回顾：在一个小树林中，选择了其中一条路，从此决定了自己一生的路。
这里，诗人并没有沿着第三节的诗意写下去，没有告诉读者他选择的那条路结果怎样，而是写未选择的路，留下想像的空间，让读者自己去体会。
是的，人生的道路，结果谁料得到呢?诗人带着一丝惆怅。
但这样写似乎更接近生活本真状态，更能打动读者的心。
诗人从日常生活中提炼诗情，写得朴实自然，不事雕琢，哲理丰富，读后耐人寻味。
歌诗表面上似乎是在写自然界的道路，但实质上暗示的却是人生之路。
英文诗歌鉴赏-The road not taken
The road not taken1诗歌简介:这首名诗《The Road Not Taken》形式是传统的抑扬格四音步，但音步可变(含有不少抑抑扬的成分);每节的韵式为abaab 。
弗罗斯特写诗最大的特色就是善于运用眼前看似平淡无奇的事物，去表达一个深刻的哲理。
这正如他在一首诗中写的：“黄色的树林里有两条岔开的路/可惜我不能在同一时间走两条路/我选择了少人行走的那条/这就造成了一切的差异。
”诗人选择了诗歌，放下了在一所师范学校教书的职业以及那可能平坦，安稳的生活。
他对自己说：写诗吧，穷就穷吧，于是他们就来了英国，在离伦敦不远的一个村子里找到了一座木板茅屋作为新家。
罗伯特弗罗斯特堪称美国20世纪90年代最受欢迎的诗人之一，是美国非官方的桂冠诗人，他一生致力于诗歌的创作，主要写作并出版了10部诗集，这一首是其第三部诗集《山的间隔》中的名篇。
2诗歌翻译:The Road Not Taken ——Robert Frost 未选择的路罗伯特•弗罗斯特Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 黄色的树林里分出两条路And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同时去涉足And be one traveler, long I stood 我在那路口久久伫立And looked down one as far as I could 我向着一条路极目望去To where it bent in the undergrowth; 直到它消失在丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair, 但我却选择了另外一条路And having perhaps the better claim, 它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 显得更诱人，更美丽Though as for that the passing there 虽然在这两条小路上Had worn them really about the same, 都很少留下旅人的足迹And both that morning equally lay 虽然那天清晨落叶满地In leaves no step had trodden black. 两条路都未经脚印污染Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵，留下一条路等改日再见Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径延绵无尽头I doubted if I should ever come back. 恐怕我难以再回返I shall be telling this with a sigh 也许多少年后在某一个地方Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾Two roads diverged in a wood,and I, 一片森林里分出两条路I took the one less traveled by, 而我却选择了人迹更少的一条And that has made all the difference.从此决定了我一生的道路3诗歌赏析:(1)诗歌特点:全诗共4节，可分两层：1—3节为第一层，在树林里，“我”面临着两条路，而经过思考决定选择了一条人迹罕至的路。
the.road not taken原文赏析
the.road not taken原文赏析
《The Road Not Taken》是美国诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特的一首诗，体现了诗人在人生道路的选择上的思考和决断。
以下是原文赏析及中文翻译。
原文：
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
中文翻译：
在一片森林里，有两条路分岔，我——
选择了少走人的那一条路，
这一选择改变了我的一生。
赏析：
这首诗虽然只有四行，但却令人深感其中的哲理和思考。
诗人面临两条选择，必须要做出决定，但他选择了不同于大多数人的那条路。
他认为，这样的选择改变了他的一生，并让他不同于他人。
诗中的“two roads”可以看作是人生道路的抉择，这是每一个人都必须面对并做出决策的问题。
而诗人选择了不同于他人的那条路，这表达了诗人独立的思想和勇气，他不害怕走不同于他人的道路，他愿意探险和冒险，尝试新的可能性。
诗人说“that has made all the difference”，这说明了他的选择对他的人生产生了深远的影响，他成为了独一无二的存在。
从诗中可以看出，诗人并不认为自己的选择是正确的，但他肯定认为它是自己的选择，并且它使他不同于他人。
这首诗表达了个人的勇气、决心和追寻独立思考的精神。
不惧走不同于大多数人的道路，不断寻找自己的方向和目标。
这是一首鼓舞人心的诗歌，提醒我们要敢于探险并持续前进，从而创造出属于自己的人生。
theroadnottaken翻译及赏析
The Road Not Taken 《未选择的路》罗伯特•弗罗斯特（RobertFrost）生于1874年，卒于1963年，可能要算是20世纪美国最受欢迎和爱戴的一位诗人了。
1912年，他弃农从文，从此成为了一名专业诗人。
他曾在1961年时受邀在约翰•F•肯尼迪总统的就职典礼上朗诵他的诗歌——《The Gift Outrigh t》。
而本次我为大家推荐的《The Road Not Taken》则是他最著名的一首诗歌。
Two roads diverge d in a yellowwood 黄色的树林里分出两条路And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同时去涉足And be one travele r, long I stood 我在那路口久久伫立And lookeddown one as far as I could 我向着一条路极目望去To where it bent in the undergrown 直到它消失在丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair 但我却选了另外一条路And havingperhaps the better claim 它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂Because it was grassyand wantedwear; 显得更诱人、更美丽Thoughas for that the passing there 虽然在这两条小路上Had worn them reallyabout the same 都很少留下旅人的足迹And both that morning equally lay 虽然那天清晨落叶满地In leavesno step had trodden black 两条路都未经脚印污染Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵，留下一条路等改日再见！Y et knowing how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径延绵无尽头I doubted i f I shouldeven come back.恐怕我难以再回返I shall be telling this with a sigh 也许多少年后在某个地方Somewhe re ages and ages hence: 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾Two roads diverge d in a wood, and I--- 一片树林里分出两条路I took the one less travele d by, 而我选了人迹更少的一条And that has made all the differe nce 从此决定了我一生的道路评论1："The Road Not Taken" is a poem by RobertFrost, publish ed in 1916 in the collect ion Mountai n Interva l, it is the first poem in the volumeand is printed in italics. The title is often mistake nly given as "The Road Less Travele d", from the penulti mate line: "I took the one less travele d by".The poem has two recogni zed interpr etatio ns; one is a more literal interpr etatio n, while the other is more ironic.Readers often see the poem literal ly, as an express ion of individ ualism. Critics typical ly view the poem as ironic.[1] – "'The Road Not Taken,' perhaps the most famousexample of Frost's own claimsto conscio us irony and 'the best example in all of America n poetryof a wolf in sheep's clothin g.'"[2] –and Frost himself warned"You have to be careful of that one; it's a trickypoem – very tricky."[3] Frost intende d the poem as a gentlejab at his great friendand fellowpoet EdwardThomaswith whom he used to take walks through the forest(Thomasalwayscomplai ned at the end that they shouldhave taken a differe nt path) and seemedamusedat this certain interpr etatio n of the poem as inspira tional.Literal interpr etatio nAccordi ng to the literal(and more common)interpr etatio n, the poem is inspira tional, a paean to individ ualism and non-conform ism.The poem consist s of four stanzas. In the first stanza,the speaker describ es his positio n. He has been out walking in the woods and comes to two roads, and he standslooking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubtshe could do that, so therefo re he continu es to look down the roads for a long time tryingto make his decisio n about which road to take.Ironicinterpr etatio nThe ironicinterpr etatio n, widelyheld by critics,[1][5] is that the poem is instead about regretand persona l myth-making,rationa lizing our decisio ns.In this interpr etatio n, the final two lines:I took the one less travele d by,And that has made all the differe nce.are ironic: the choicemade littleor no differe nce at all, the speaker's protest ations to the contrar y. The speaker admitsin the secondand third stanzas that both paths may be equally worn and equally leaf-covered, and it is only in his futurerecolle ctionthat he will call one road "less travele d by".The sigh, widelyinterpr eted as a sigh of regret,might also be interpr eted ironica lly: in a 1925 letterto Cristin e Yates of Dickson, Tenness ee, askingabout the sigh, Frost replied: "It was my ratherprivate jest at the expense of those who might think I would yet live to be sorry for the way I had taken in life."Everyon e is a travele r, choosin g the roads to followon the map of their continu ous journey, life. There is never a straigh t path that leavesone with but a sole directi on in which to head. Regardl ess of the origina l message that RobertFrost had intende d to convey, his poem, "The Road Not Taken", has left its readers with many differe nt interpr etatio ns. It is one's past, present and the attitud e with which he looks upon his futurethat determi nes the shade of the light that he will see the poem in. In any case however, this poem clearly demonst ratesFrost's beliefthat it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. "And sorry I could not travelboth..." It is alwaysdifficu lt to make a decisio n because it is impossi ble not to wonderabout the opportu nity cost, what will be missedout on. There is a strongsense of regretbeforethe choiceis even made and it lies in the knowled ge that in one lifetim e, it is impossi ble to traveldown every path. In an attempt to make a decisio n, the travele r "looks down one as far as I could". The road that will be chosenleads to the unknown, as does any choicein life. As much he may strainhis eyes to see as far the road stretch es, eventua lly it surpass es his visionand he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. "Then took the other, just as fair, and havingperhaps the betterclaim." What made it have the betterclaim is that "it was grassla nd wantedwear." It was somethi ng that was obvious ly not for everyon e because it seemedthat the majorit y of peopletook the other path therefo re he calls it "the road less travele d by". The fact that the travele r took this path over the more popular, secureone indicat es the type of persona lity he has, one that does not want to necessa rily followthe crowd but do more of what has never been done, what is new and differe nt. "And both that morning equally lay in leavesno step had trodden black." The leaveshad covered the groundand since the time they had fallenno one had yet to pass by on this road. Perhaps Frost does this because each time a personcomes to the point where they have to make a choice, it is new to them, somewhe re they have never been and they tend to feel as thoughno one else had ever been there either. "I kept the first for another day!" The desireto traveldown both paths is express ed and is not unusual, but "knowing how way leads on to way", the speaker of this poem realize s that the decisio n is not just a tempora ry one and he "doubted if I shouldever come back." This is his commonsense speakin g and acknowl edging that what he chooses now will affectevery other choicehe makes afterwa rd. Once you have perform ed an act or spokena word that crystal lizeswho you are, there is no turning back and it cannotbe undone. Once again at the end of the poem the regrethangs over the travele r like a heavy cloud about to burst. He realize s that at the end of his life, "somewhe re ages and ages hence", he will have regrets about havingnever gone back and traveli ng down the roads he did not take. Yet he remains proud of his decisio n and he recogni zes that it was this path that he chose that made him turn out the way and he did and live his life the way in which he lived. "I took the road less travele d by and that had made all the differe nce." To this man, what was most importa nt, what reallymade the differe nce, is that he did what he wanted, even if it meant takingthe road less travele d. If he hadn't, he wouldn't be the same man he is now. There are many equally valid meaning s to this poem and RobertFrost may have intende d this. He may have been tryingto achieve a univers al underst anding. In other words, there is no judgmen t, no specifi city, no moral. There is simplya narrato r who makes a decisio n in his life that had changed the directi on of his life from what it may have otherwi se been. It allowsall readers from all differe nt experie nces to relateto the poem.RobertFrost is one of the finestof rural New England’s20th century pastora l poets. His poems are great combina tion of wisdom, harmony and serenit y. They are simpleat first sight, but demandreaders for deep reading to grasp further meaning beyondsurface.The famouspoem of Frost The Road Not Taken is my favorit e. This poem consist s of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme schemeis ABAAB. the rhymesare strictand masculi ne, with notable excepti on of the last line. There are four stresse d syllabl es each line, varying on iambictetrame ter base.The Road Not Taken tells about life choice.Man’slifeismetapho ricall y related to a journey filledwith twistsand turns. One has to conside r a lot beforemakinga wise choice. Thoughthe diverge d roads seem identic al, they actuall y lead to differe nt directi ons, which symboli ze differe nt fates.A less than rigorou s look at the poem may lead one to believethatFrost’smoralisembodie d in those lines. The poem is taken as a call to indepen dence,preachi ng origina lity and Emerson ian self-relianc e. The poem deconst ructsits conclus ion stanzaby stanza.At the beginni ng of this poem, the poet shows the inabili ty of human beingsto foresee the future, especia lly the results of choices. At the split in the road, the speaker looks far down both the two paths to see what each of the paths will bring. However, his sight is limited; his eyes can only see the path until it bendsinto―theundergr owth‖. Man is free to choose, but doesn’tknowbeforeh and the results of his choice.Both roads divergeintoa―yellowwood‖andappeartobe―aboutthesame‖intheirpurpose s. The first path is a more commonroute. The other is less travele d, which―wasgrassandwantedwear‖. The poet present s a conflic t here—the decisio n between the commoneasy path and excepti onal challen ging path. The two differe nt paths signify two differe nt kinds of lives. Choosin g the commoneasy path, peoplewill feel at ease and live in safety,because the outcome is predict able. However, that kind of life may be less excitin g and lack of novelty. While choosin gthe―lesstravele d‖roadreprese nts the gambleof facinga more difficu lt path in lives. This forms contras t with familia r lives of most people. Peoplehope to achieve r a satisfa ctoryand interes ting life on this road. The wish is good, but reality is full of challen ges and uncerta inties. Nobodycan be sure of the outcome. After vacilla ting between the two roads, the poet finally decidestotaketheroad―lesstravele dby‖and leads a differe nt life from commonpeople.This may indicat e his choiceto be a poet, other than other jobs. The poet makes up his mind to dedicat e himself to poem writing, which is regarde d as a less commoncareer.Once the decisio n is made, there will be no way to returnto the origina l choiceto experie nce the other route. So the poet utters―Yetknowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I shouldever come back.‖Themadechoiceis irrevoc able, so man must be careful and rationa l beforemakingdecisio ns. At the same time, he must be courage ous enoughto shoulde r the resultof his choice, whether it is good or not.Frost present sman’slimitat ion to explorelife’sdiffere nt possibi lities. Thepoet―sighs‖attheendofthepoem. For at the time ofone’schoice, he must give up other choices and miss some other things. At the same time, he―sighs‖withlamenta tion, ponderi ng what he may have missedontheotherpathandthathedoesn’thaveopportu nities to experie nce another kind of life.The Road Not Taken is interpr eted univers ally as a represe ntatio n of two similar choices. At the beginni ng, man may face two identic al forks, which symboli ze the nexus of free choiceand fate. They contras t increas inglywith each other as they diverge in their separat e directi ons. Man is free to choose,butit’sbeyondhis ability to foretel l the consequ ences. Man can choosea commonroute which guarant ees a safe and reliabl e life. He can also choosea less commonone which is unknown, uniqueand standsoutaboveotherelse’s. All in all, man must be respons ible for his choiceand has courage to shoulde r the result. He can never go back to the past and experie nce other possibi lities. It is impossi ble to predict the outcome of decisio ns, so it is essenti al for him to make wise decisio ns after conside ring, selecti ng and questio ning which selecti on will provide him with fulfill ment.The Road Not Taken is full of philoso phical overton es. This poem shouldbe read as a warning. Man shouldconside r a lot beforemakingchoices and reflect over the choices he has made to discove r―allthediffere nces‖.RobertFrost’s―TheRoadNotTaken‖hasbeenoneofthemostanalyze d, quoted, antholo gizedpoems in America n poetry. A wide-spreadinterpr etatio n claimsthat the speaker in the poem is promoti ng individ ualism and non-conform ity.A TrickyPoemFrost claimsthat he wrote this poem about his friendEdwardThomas, with whom he had walkedmany times in the woods near London. Frost has said that while walking they would come to differe nt paths and after choosin g one, Thomaswould alwaysfret wonderi ng what they might have missedby not takingthe other path.About the poem, Frost asserte d, "You have to be careful of that one; it's a trickypoem - very tricky." And he is, of course, correct. The poem has been and continu es to be used as an inspira tional poem, one that to the undisce rningeye seems to be encoura ging self-relianc e, not followi ng where othershave led.But a close reading of the poem provesotherwi se. It does not moraliz e about choice; it simplysays that choiceis inevita ble, but you never know what your choicewill mean until you have lived it.First Stanza– Describ es Situati onThe poem consist s of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describ es his positio n. He has been out walking the woods and comes to two roads, and he standslooking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubtshe could to that, so therefo re he continu es to look down the roads for a long time tryingto make his decisio n about which road to take.SecondStanza– Decides to Take Less-Travele d RoadThe speaker had lookeddownthefirstone―towhereitbentintheundergr owth,‖andinthesecon dstanza, he reports that he decided to take the other path, because it seemedto have less traffic than the first. But then he goes on to say that they actuall y were very similar ly worn. The secondone that he took seems less travele d, but as he thinksabout it, he realize s that theywere―reallyabout the same.‖Notexactlythatsamebutonly―aboutthesame.‖Third Stanza– Continu es Descrip tion of RoadsThe third stanzacontinu es with the cogitat ion about the possibl e differe nces between the two roads. He had noticed that the leaveswere both fresh fallenon them both and had not been walkedon, but then again claimsthat maybe he would come back and also walk the first one sometim e, but he doubted he would be able to, because in life one thing leads to another and time is short.Also on Suite101Frost's Snow and WoodsRobertFrost's "Stoppin g by Woods on a Snowy Evening" seems simple, but its nuanced phrase, "And miles to go beforeI sleep," offersmuch about which to specula te.FourthStanza– Two TrickyWordsThe fourthstanzaholds the key to the trickin ess of the poem:I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhe re ages and ages hence:Two roads diverge d in a wood, and I—I took the one less travele d by,And that has made all the differe nce.Those who interpr et this poem as suggest ing non-conform itytaketheword―differe nce‖tobeapositiv e differe nce. But there is nothing in the poem that suggest s that this differe nce signals a positiv e outcome. The speaker could not offer such informa tion, becausehehasnotlivedthe―differe nce‖yet.The other word that leads readers astrayistheword―sigh.‖Bytaking―differe nce‖tomeanapositiv e differe nce, they think that the sigh is one of nostalg ic relief; however, a sigh can also mean regret.Thereisthe―oh, dear‖kindofsigh, but also the ―whatarelief‖kindofsigh.Whichoneisit?If it is the reliefsigh, then the differe nce means the speaker is glad he took the road he did; if it is the regretsigh, then the differe nce would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. But the plain fact is that the poem does not identif ythe natureof that sigh. The speaker of the poem does not even know the natureof that sigh, because that sigh and his evaluat ion of the differe nce his choicewill make are still in the future. It is a truismthat any choicean indiviu al make is goingtomake―allthediffere nce‖inhowourfutureturns out.Careful ReadersWon’tBeTrickedSo Frost was absolut ely correct; his poem is tricky—very tricky. In this poem, it is importa nt to be careful with the time frame. When the speaker says he will be reporti ng sometim e in the futurehow his road choiceturnedout, he clearly statesthat he cannotassignmeaningto―sigh‖and―differe nce‖yet, because he cannotknow how his choicewill affecthis future, until after he has lived it.评论4：1．Introdu ctionAs is well known to people, RobertFrost is one of the most famousnationa l poets of America. Thoughcontemp orarywith moderni sts like T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, RobertFrost is often regarde d as a traditi onal poet of nature.He rejecte d the revolut ionary poeticprincip les of his contemp orary. On the contrar y, hechose―theold- fashion ed way to be new and urged poets to use the idiomsof spokenEnglish and, when possibl e, to rely on commonp lace and even rusticimagery. And he saw natureas a storeho use of analogy and symbol.However, unlikeother poets of nature, he depicte d natureas somethi ng in constan t conflic ts with human beingsand bring a deep sense of uncerta inty and even tragedy to them. Simpleas they seem, his poems are often profoun d in meaning between the lines. Most of his poems are charact erized with an unusual sense of tragedy and reflect weaknes s of human beingsin the face of vast, imperso nal force.Additio nally,the poem reflect sFrost’sownpersona l tragedy and his miserab le, sorrowf ul inner feeling s exactly. When it comes to this, his persona l life experie nce has to be taken into conside ration. Famousand popular as he became, but he suffera lot duringall his life. He lost his fatheras a young boy, and he was bereave d of his beloved wife in his middleage. What is worse, all of his childre n ended up dying young or sufferi ng from mentaldisease. For him, life seemedto keep playing trickson him and made his life miserab le. As a result, many poems compose d by him, not only this one, are feature d with an exoticsense of tragicbeauty.2. Analysi sIn this poem, the speaker, a travele r in the wood faced with the choiceof two roads. The roads bear two connota tions: the materia l roads and the roads of life. Now, let me give some specifi c analysi s.2.1 See over one roadIn part one, the speaker faced with two roads in the autumna l wood and feel puzzled over which one to choose.―Tworoadsdiverge d in a yellowwood‖, He stood there for a long time and mused on one of them, which was taken by many people. Unfortu nately, he was unableto find out which place the，road would take him to, for it is far beyondhis ability to know where the road would lead. However, he must chooseto take.2.2. The other oneIn part two, he stepped on the other road, ―Thentooktheother, asjustasfair‖, It was grassyand not taken. His choicewould affectevery other subsequ ent choice, and there was no turning back. From his choicefor the less trodden road, it could be conclud ed that he did not like to followthe steps of other people, he wantedhis own life choired by himself.2.3 Helples sIn part three, he decided to choosethe less travele d one, but he was aware that he could never have a chanceto returnto the first road. ―Idoubted if I shouldnevercomeback‖showedhe is helples s.2.4 Chose the less travele d roadIn part four, ―Ishallbetellingthiswithasign‖, he articul ated why he chose the less travele d road, for he expecte d his life to be unusual and differe nt. But there was no way to foretel l the consequ encesof his choice.All in all, for the speaker, the road of life was acciden t and mystica l, and his very choicewas crucial in determi ning the consequ encesof his life. The ordinar y peoplefollowother’schoice, while the excepti onal ones choosetheir uniqueroads oflife.3. Conclus ion3.1 Everyon e is a travele rEveryon e is a travele r, choosin g the roads to followon the map of their continu ous journey. There is never a straigh t path but a sole directi on in which to head. It is one's past, present and the attitud e with which he looks upon his futurethat determi nes the shade of the light.In any case however, this poem clearly explain ed Frost's beliefthat it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. It is alwaysdifficu lt to make a decisio n because it is impossi ble not to wonderabout the opportu nity cost, what will be missedout on. It is impossi ble to traveldown every path. The road that will be chosenleads to the unknown, as does any choicein life. As much he may strainhis eyes to see as far the road stretch es, eventua lly it surpass es his visionand he can never see where it is going to lead.It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. It was somethi ng that was obvious ly not for everyon e because it seemedthat the majorit y of peopletook the other path. There is simplya narrato r who makes a decisio n in his life that had changed the directi on of his life from what it may have otherwi se been. It allowsall readers from all differe nt experie nces to relateto the poem.3.2 Human beingsare so weakIn a word, the poem The Road Not Taken is a very beautif ul and excelle nt poem. It is set in a rural natural environ ment where alwaysinspire the speaker to think of life. It is based on a metapho r in which the journey through life is compare d to a journey on a road. And the speaker of the poem has to chooseone path instead of another. Even thoughthe two paths look equally attract ive, the speaker knows that his choiceat this momentmay have a signifi cant influen ce on his future. He does make a decisio n, hopingthat he may be able to visit this place again, yet realizi ng that such an opportu nity is impossi ble. He imagine s himself in the futuretelling the story of his life, and claimin g that his decisio n to take the road less travele d by, the road few other peoplehave taken, has made all the differe nce.This thesisintends to exploreFrost’sownviewoflife. He told us that human beingsare so weak when compare d with natureand the destiny. Thoughhuman beingshave made great progres s in the past several centuri es, there will forever exist somethi ng that is far beyondtheir control. For human, it is unableto do anythin g usefulwhen he is in conflic t with the imperso nal force. Andit’salsounableto control his own destiny; on the contrar y, his fate and destiny are in the chargeof somethi ng mysteri ous beyondhim. In this sense, life is a tragedy to human. So it could be said that Frost conveye d his sense of tragedy commonto human through this simplebut beautif ul poem. It is simplein form but profoun d in meaning.评论5：SummaryThe speaker standsin the woods, conside ring a fork in the road. Both ways are equally worn and equally overlai d withun-trodden leaves. The speaker chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. Yet he knows it is unlikel y that he will have the opportu nity to do so. And he admitsthat someday in the futurehe will recreat e the scene with a slighttwist: He will claim that he took the less-travele d road.From“TheRoadNotTaken‖consist s of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme schemeis ABAAB; the rhymesare strictand masculi ne, with the notable excepti on of the last line (we do not usually stressthe -ence of differe nce). There are four stresse d syllabl es per line, varying on an iambictetrame ter base.Comment aryThis has got to be among the best-known, most-often-misunde rstood poems on the planet.Several generat ions of careles s readers have turnedit into a piece of Hallmar k happy-graduat ion-son, seize-the-futurepuffery. Cursedwith a perfect marriag e of form and content, arresti ng phrasewrought from simplewords, and resonan t metapho r, itseemsasif―TheRoadNotTaken‖getsmemoriz ed without reallybeing read. For this it has died the cliché’sun-death of trivial immorta lity.But you yoursel f can resurre ct it from zombie-hood by reading it—not with imagina tion, even, but simplywith accurac y. Of the two roads the speakersays―thepassing there / Had worn them reallyaboutthesame.‖Infact, bothroads―thatmorning lay / In leavesno step had trodden black.‖Meaning: Neither of the roads is less travele d by. These are the facts; we cannotjustifi ably ignorethe reverbe ration s they send through the easy aphoris ms of the last two stanzas.One of the attract ions of the poem is its archety pal dilemma, one that we instant ly recogni ze because each of us encount ers it innumer able times, both literal ly and figurat ively.Paths in the woods and forks in roads are ancient and deep-seatedmetapho rs for the lifelin e, its crisesand decisio ns. Identic al forks, in particu lar, symboli ze for us the nexus of free will and fate: We are free to choose,but we do not reallyknow beforeh and what we are choosin g between. Our route is, thus, determi ned by an accreti on of choiceand chance, and it is impossi ble to separat e the two.This poem does not advise. It does not say, ―Whenyoucometoaforkintheroad, study the footpri nts and take the road less travele dby‖ (or even, as Yogi Berra enigmat ically quipped, ―Whenyoucometoaforkintheroad, takeit‖). Frost’sfocusismore complic ated. First, there is no less-travele d road in this poem; itisn’tevenanoption.Next, the poem seems more concern ed with the questio n of how the concret e present (yellowwoods, grassyroads covered in fallenleaves) will look from a futurevantage point.The ironictone is inescap able: ―Ishallbetelling this with a sigh / Somewhe reagesandageshence.‖The speaker anticip ates his own futureinsince rity—his need, later on in life, to rearran ge the facts and injecta dose of Lone Rangerinto the account. He knows that he will be inaccur ate, at best, or hypocri tical, at worst, when he holds his life up as an example. In fact, he predict s that his futureself will betraythis momentof decisio n as if the betraya l were inevita ble. This realiza tion is ironicand poignan tly patheti c. Butthe―sigh‖iscritica l. The speaker will not, in his old age, merelygatherthe youth about him and say, ―DowhatIdid, kiddies. I stuck to my guns, took the road less travele d by, and that has made all the differe nce.‖Rather, he may say this, but he will sigh first; forhewon’tbelieve it himself. Somewhe re in the back of his mind will remainthe image of yellowwoods and two equally leafy paths.Ironicas it is, this is also a poem infused with the anticip ationof remorse. Itstitleisnot―TheRoadLessTravele d‖but―TheRoad Not Taken.‖Evenashemakesachoice(a choicehe is forcedto make if does not want to stand forever in the woods, one for which he has no real guide or definit ive basis for decisio n-making), the speaker knows that he will second-guess himself somewhe re down the line—or at the very least he will wonderat what is irrevoc ably lost: the impossi ble, unknowa ble Other Path. But the natureof the decisio n is such that there is no Right Path—just the chosenpath and the other path. What are sighedfor ages and ages hence are not so much the wrong decisio ns as the moments of decisio n themsel ves—moments that, one atop the other, mark the passing of a life. This is the more primalstrainof remorse.Thus, to add a further level of irony, the theme of the poem may, after all, be―seizetheday.‖Butamorenuanced carpe diem, if you please.。
Appreciation of The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost 《未选择的路》赏析
Abstract:The Rod Not Taken is one of the best known poems by Robert Frost, simple and beautiful in form and its meaning is deep. There are many different opinions on the theme of The Road Not Taken. Most of them think that people should not follow in other’s footsteps and should be brave in research, choose the road less travelled. This paper tries to analyses the form and the meaning of The Rod Not Taken.Key words: form; meaning; poem《未选择的路》赏析摘要：《未选择的路》是一首最有名的诗之一，由罗伯特•弗罗斯特写的。
它的形式简单，美好而且意义深远。
对于这首诗人们有不同的看法，大多数人认为这首诗告诉我们不要随波逐流，要勇于探索，选择人走得少的道路。
本文将从诗的形式和意义来分析《未选择的路》。
关键词：形式；意义; 诗1.Introduction1.1 The Information about the Poet, Robert FrostRobert Frost (1874-1963) was born in San Francisco, California, where he spent his childhood. In 1885, after his father died of tuberculosis, the Frosts moved to Massachusetts. There, Robert graduated from high school sharing top honors with a student he would later marry Elinor White. In his spare time, he wrote poetry. Disappointed with the scant attention his poems received, he moved with his wife to Great Britain to present his work to readers there. Publishers liked his work and printed his first book of poems, A Boy’s Will, in 1913, and a second poetry collection, North of Boston, in 1914. The latter book was published in the United States in 1915. Having established his reputation, Frost returned to the United States in 1915 and bought a small farm in Franconia, N.H. To supplement his income from the farm and his poetry, he taught at universities. Between 1916 and 1923, he published two more books of poetry—the second one, New Hampshire, winning the 1923 Pulitzer Prize. He went on to win three more Pulitzer Prizes and was invited to recite his poem “The Gift Outright” at President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in January 1961. Frost died in Boston two years later. One may regard him as among the greatest poets of his generationRobert Lee Frost was a famous American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. He does different jobs in rural areas in New England in the early twentieth century, and writes poems by using his personal life experiences. His poems examine complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.1.2 The Background of this PoemRobert Frost was born in a teacher family, spent his childhood in the western United States. After graduating from high school, he graduated from Harvard University after two years of study. He worked as a weaver, teachers and farm. His life journey is not smooth at all. He has moved to different places and has had many different jobs. Meanwhile he began to write poetry. But his poe ms didn’t bring to the attention of the American.In 1912, Frost was 38 years old. This year he made an important choice: give up his teaching in a normal school, so he had to give up the flat and stable life. He chose the poetry. He said to himself: "though I’m poor, I would keep writing."The Rod Not Taken is one of the best known poems by Robert Frost. It was published in 1915, in the collection Mountain Interval. He put his thoughts and feelings into the poem. His poetic style is simple and meaningful. This poem is a fine example, its language is Concise fluent and simple, and it is easy to understand.2.Analysis of the Poem2.1 FormThe form of this poem is: four stanzas of five lines each; all lines are capitalized, flush left, and of approximately the same length. The rhyming scheme is so rhythmical and familiar to readers that it sounds like music when the poem is read. The poem has 4 stanzas. They can be divided into two layers. The 1-3 stanzas are the first layer. In a yellow wood, I’m facing two roads. After thinking deeply, I decided to choose the road less travel. In this layer, the poet describes the selection is not a hasty decision. He goes through a complex psychological process. On the road of life, he arrives at a point where he must decide which of two equally appealing (or equally intimidating) choices is the better one. He examines one choice as best he can, but the future prevents him from seeing where it leads. He selects the road that appears at first glance to be less worn and therefore less traveled. It suggests that he has an independent spirit and does not wish to follow the crowd. After a moment, he concludes that both roads are about equally worn. Leaves cover both roads equally. No one on this morning has yet taken either road, for the leaves lie undisturbed. The speaker remains committed to his decision to take the road he had previously selected, saying that he will save the other road for another day. He observes, however, that he probably will never pass this way again and thus will never have an opportunity to take the other road.The stanza4 is the second layer. It is the author's feelings many years later. He wants to telling others about the choice he made. While doing so, he will sigh either with relief that he made the right choice or with regret that he made the wrong choice.Whether right or wrong, the choice will have had a significant impact on his life. This tells us that in everyone’s life, he or she may face a lot of options, we must make decision, and we must consider a lot. In some degree nobody can judge which one is the right and which is the wrong one. The problem is that, once we make a choice, and take a road, we cannot come back. When we recall our choice after many years, we will know that everything began to change the moment we took the road. Every choice will have an impact on life; Choose a different road, the fate would be different.2.2 MeaningThe Road Not Taken centers on the concept of choice. The road that the speaker is walking on is splitting in two directions, and he has to decide which way to go. This road is not just in the woods, but also represents a decision in his life. Something in his life is changing, forcing him to make a choice. Yet he has a really hard time deciding – one moment, he thinks one way is better, the next, both paths are about the same. Whether or not he has a reason why the choice he makes is better, he has to make it. And that choice changes his life.Although the poet wrote the road he chose, but the focus is the road which he didn’t select. The subject also shows this. So choice is very important. But why the poet focus on the road he didn’t choose? In fact, not choose is just a kind of choice. In the life, people usually didn’t satisfy their choices. So it made people to miss the road they didn’t choose. So in this poem, the poet remained the road that not be chose in his mind. This is a true meaning of life.In the life, there are many roads that people can choose. But one person can only choose one way. People have to give up many other choice, because the life is to short to everyone. Choosing the road of life has a lot of contingency and randomness. Those roads people have not chosen made people more miss. The poets did not write the chosen path, while focusing on the road not taken. It drew the readers’ attention to think of life, to think deeply about the choice. Selection is inevitable. No matter which way you choose, you never know what it means unless you go over, and we don’t need to regret what we don’t choose.3.ConclusionIn a word, The Road Not Taken is a very beautiful and excellent poem. It is simple in form but profound in meaning. This poem depicts a man and the attitude when he facing the choice. But the poet didn’t write the thing he has to choose. Everyone can find his own experience like the poem said. It gives a lot of space to think. Everyone has such a complex psychological experience, Frost wrote it into a well-known masterpiece. The poem conveys the common feelings of human.Works CitedDrabble, Margaret: The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Oxford University Press, 2005.Frost, Robert. The Collective Poems[M]. New York: 1975.Li Zhengshuan. Studies on American Poetry. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2007. 方平. 《一条未走的路》. 上海: 上海译文出版社, 1988.黄家修. 《美国文学阅读与欣赏》. 武汉: 武汉大学出版社, 2007.刘守兰. 《英美名诗解读》. 上海: 上海外语教育出版社, 2003.。
英文诗歌鉴赏-The-road-not-taken
And be one traveler, long I stood我在那路口久久伫立
And looked down one as far as I could我向着一条路极目望去
To where it bent in the undergrowth;直到它消失在丛林深处
(2)弗罗斯特在诗歌风格上的一个最大特点是朴素无华，含义隽永，把深刻的思考和哲理寓于平淡无奇的内容和简洁朴实的诗句之中。本诗堪称是这方面的典范。这首诗的语言质朴自然，但在构思上却非常巧妙。我们不难看出，诗歌中所描写的岔路就是人生岔路的象征。它说明，在人生的旅途中，我们时常必须要在两条道路、两种思想或两种行动中做出选择，不同的选择将决定不同的人生方向。面对选择时，我们往往会变得犹豫不决，反复权衡，拿不定主意。最后，我们终究会选择其中的一条路。这首诗，描绘的是一个面临选择的人和他进行选择时的心态，至于选择的具体内容并没有写出，诗人的着眼点是选择本身。每一个读者都能够在这首诗中发现自己的生活体验，体味其中的哲理。因为这首诗具有丰富的内涵，给读者留下了想像的空间，从而受到触动，引发深深的思索。这种每个人都有过的复杂的心理体验，被弗罗斯特敏感地捕捉到了，并谱写成一首脍炙人口的佳作.
罗伯特弗罗斯特堪称美国20世纪90年代最受欢迎的诗人之一，是美国非官方的桂冠诗人，他一生致力于诗歌的创作，主要写作并出版了10部诗集，这一首是其第三部诗集《山的间隔》中的名篇。
2诗歌翻译:
The Road Not Taken——Robert Frost未选择的路罗伯特•弗罗斯特
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,黄色的树林里分出两条路
The Road Not Taken译文赏析
The Road Not Taken译文赏析作者：赵晴来源：《校园英语·中旬》2016年第07期【摘要】The Road Not Taken是美国著名诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特的著名诗篇，这首诗朴实无华却寓意深刻，从古至今，一直受到中外译者的青睐，有多个译本，各具千秋，本文试对其中两个译本进行赏析。
【关键词】风格主题思想韵脚罗伯特·弗罗斯特译文一：未选择的路黄色的树林里分出两条路可惜我不能同时去涉足我在那路口久久伫立我向着一条路极目望去直到它消失在丛林深处但我却选择了另外一条路它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂显得更诱人，更美丽虽然在这条小路上很少留下旅人的足迹那天清晨落叶满地两条路都未经脚印污染呵，留下一条路等改日再见但我知道路径延绵无尽头恐怕我难以再回返也许多少年后在某个地方，我将轻声叹息将往事回顾：一片树林里分出两条路——而我选择了人迹更少的一条，从此决定了我一生的道路。
译文二：殊途金秋密林，展开二条小路，遗憾满怀，无法同时踏足，孤独旅人，良久伫立踟蹰。
极目远眺，道路蜿蜒何处，弯弯曲曲，出没林间灌木。
二择其一，选择这条小路，于我而言，或许就是坦途，杂草萋萋，期待旅人光顾。
设想两途，皆是行者无数，人流如织，彼此有何异殊。
清晨林间，铺展二条小路，人迹杳茫，缤纷落叶密布，留下其一，期待来日再补。
了然于胸，此路已向它途，扪心自问，能否回到当初。
一声叹息，昨日历历在目，年复一年，不知身在何处，茂密林间，方向由我选出。
向往孤旅，人烟稀少为主，回首往事，选择决定归宿！第一章译文一赏析题目译作《未选择的路》，字字对译，第一部分前两句采用直译的方法，第三句省略了“and be one traveler”，直接说“我在那路口久久伫立”，完整的表达出诗人的中心思想，在译文风格上也与原作保持一致，既做到了字字对译，又能在文字处理上严谨而细腻，“涉足”、“伫立”、“极目”等词可见译者深厚的文学功底。
第二部分的翻译与原诗出入较大，第一句“as just as fair” 和第二句“And having perhaps the better claim”直接省略不译，第四句的“grassy”译为“荒草萋萋”，“wanted wear” 译为“十分幽寂”，可见用词之斟酌。
英文诗歌翻译与赏析
我是生物工程专业学生###,虽然我是理科生,但是我也同样喜欢文学,喜欢语言,喜欢诗歌,因此选了学习这门课,我经常用这句话来激励自己:沧海横流,方显英雄本色;说真心话,做真心人;只要是合理的,就没有做不到的事.二. the road not taken1诗歌简介:这首名诗《The Road NotTaken》形式是传统的抑扬格四音步，但音步可变（含有不少抑抑扬的成分）；每节的韵式为abaab 。
弗罗斯特写诗最大的特色就是善于运用眼前看似平淡无奇的事物，去表达一个深刻的哲理。
这正如他在一首诗中写的：“黄色的树林里有两条岔开的路／可惜我不能在同一时间走两条路／我选择了少人行走的那条／这就造成了一切的差异。
”诗人选择了诗歌，放下了在一所师范学校教书的职业以及那可能平坦，安稳的生活。
他对自己说：写诗吧，穷就穷吧，于是他们就来了英国，在离伦敦不远的一个村子里找到了一座木板茅屋作为新家。
罗伯特弗罗斯特堪称美国20世纪90年代最受欢迎的诗人之一，是美国非官方的桂冠诗人，他一生致力于诗歌的创作，主要写作并出版了10部诗集，这一首是其第三部诗集《山的间隔》中的名篇。
2诗歌翻译:The Road Not Taken Robert Frost 未选择的路罗伯特•弗罗斯特Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 黄色的树林里分出两条路And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同时去涉足And be one traveler, long I stood 我在那路口久久伫立And looked down one as far as I could 我向着一条路极目望去To where it bent in the undergrowth; 直到它消失在丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair, 但我却选择了另外一条路And having perhaps the better claim, 它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 显得更诱人，更美丽Though as for that the passing there虽然在这两条小路上Had worn them really about the same, 都很少留下旅人的足迹And both that morning equally lay 虽然那天清晨落叶满地In leaves no step had trodden black. 两条路都未经脚印污染Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵，留下一条路等改日再见Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径延绵无尽头I doubted if I should ever come back. 恐怕我难以再回返I shall be telling this with a sigh 也许多少年后在某一个地方Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾Two roads diverged in a wood,and I—一片森林里分出两条路I took the one less traveled by, 而我却选择了人迹更少的一条And that has made al lthe difference.从此决定了我一生的道路3诗歌赏析:(1)诗歌特点: 全诗共4节，可分两层：1—3节为第一层，在树林里，“我”面临着两条路，而经过思考决定选择了一条人迹罕至的路。
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The Road Not Taken未选择的路Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 黄叶林中出条岔路，And sorry I could not travel both无奈一人难于兼顾，And be one traveler, long I stood顺着一条婉蜒小路，And looked down one as far as I could久久伫立极目远眺，To where it bent in the undergrowth; 只见小径拐进灌木。
Then took the other, as just as fair, 接着选择了另一条，And having perhaps the better claim, 同样清楚似乎更好，Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 引人踩踏铺满茂草，Though as for that the passing there踏在其间难分彼此，Had worn them really about the same, 尽管真有两条道。
And both that morning equally lay清晨里躺着两条路，In leaves no step had trodden black. 一样叶被无人踏脏，Oh, I kept the first for another day! 愿将第一条来日补，Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 但知条条相连远途，I doubted if I should ever come back. 怀疑日后怎能回返。
I shall be telling this with a sigh在很久以后某一地，Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我将叹息诉说于人，Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—两路岔开在树林里，I took the one less traveled by, 我选的那条足迹稀，And that has made all the differece而一切差别由此起罗伯特．弗罗斯特(1874一1963)是在马萨诸塞州劳伦斯上的中学，也在达特第斯学院和哈佛大学读过一段时间。
获得诗名之前，弗罗斯特时而务农，时而到中学教希腊语和拉丁语。
他的第一部诗集出版于1913年。
1916年后，他一直在著名学府任职，通常的身份是“住校诗人”。
弗罗斯特的诗歌备受喜爱，原因之一是未受过多少学校教育的人都看得懂。
当许多诗人热衷于搞诗歌试验时，他却坚持使用日常语言，描写自己观察入微的日常事件。
弗罗斯特的许多诗歌反映了他与大自然的贴近。
他通过自然来表达一种象征意义，而不是什么田园式的思乡情调。
《未选择的路》是弗罗斯特的一首名诗，作于1915年。
Summery"The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert Frost, published in 1916 in his collection Mountain Interval. It is the first poem in the volume, and the first poem Frost had printed in italics. The title is often misremembered as "The Road Less Traveled", from the penultimate line: "I took the one less traveled by".InterpretationThe poem admits two common interpretations, which turn on how one interprets the last lines –either literally or ironically.It is popularly interpreted literally, as inspirational and individualist, but critics universally interpret it as ironic – "'The Road Not Taken,' perhaps the most famous example of Frost's own claims to conscious irony and 'the best example in all of American poetry of a wolf in sheep's clothing.'" – and Frost himself warned "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem –very tricky.""Frost intended the poem as a gentle jab at his great friend and fellow poet Edward Thomas, and seemed amused at this certain interpretation of the poem as inspirational."Literal interpretationAccording to the literal interpretation, the poem is inspirational, a paean to individualism and non-conformism.The poem's last lines, where the narrator declares that taking the road "less traveled by" has "made all the difference," can be seen as a declaration of the importance of independence and personal freedom. "The Road Not Taken" seems to illustrate that once one takes a certain road, there is no turning back. Although one might change paths later on, the past cannot be changed. It can be seen as showing that choice is very important, and is a thing to be considered.This interpretation is connected with misremembering the title as "The Road Less Traveled", since it places emphasis on the choice made, not the opportunities foregone.Ironic interpretationThe ironic interpretation, widely held by critics, is that the poem is instead about regret and personal myth-making, rationalizing our decisions.In this interpretation, the final two lines:I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.are ironic – the choice made little or no difference at all, the speaker's protestations to the contrary. The narrator admits in the second and third stanzas that both paths may be equally worn and equally leaf-covered, and it is only in his future recollection that he will call one road "less traveled by".The sigh, widely interpreted as a sigh of regret, might also be interpreted ironically: in a 1925 letter to Crystine Yates of Dickson, Tennessee, asking about the sigh, Frost replied: "It was my rather private jest at the expense of those who might think I would yet live to be sorry for the wayI had taken in life."3. Study QuestionsDiscuss the anticipation or remorse in "The Road Not Taken."There is a fair amount of irony to be found here, but this is also a poem infused with the anticipation of remorse. Its title is not "The Road Less Traveled" but "The Road Not Taken." Even as he makes a choice (a choice he is forced to make if he does not want to stand forever in the woods, one for which he has no real guide or definitive basis for decision-making), the speaker knows that he will second-guess himself somewhere down the line--or at the very least he will wonder at what is irrevocably lost: the impossible, unknowable Other Path. But the nature of the decision is such that there is no Right Path--just the chosen path and the other path. The Road Less Traveled is a fiction the speaker will later invent, an attempt to polarize his past and give himself, retroactively, more agency than he really had. What are sighed for ages and ages hence are not so much the wrong decisions as the moments of decision themselves--moments that, one atop the other, mark the passing of a life. This is the more primal strain of remorse.The road not taken1诗歌简介:这首名诗《The Road Not Taken》形式是传统的抑扬格四音步，但音步可变(含有不少抑抑扬的成分);每节的韵式为abaab 。