'And both that morning equally lay, In leaves no step had trodden black.'
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The difference being -the contrast of opinion on which path in life should be taken for one's self.
[ I could not travel both
and be one traveler],
Frost is lost in his curiosity on the decision of which path in life needing to be set in place, wanting to take both, he becomes weary in thinking he may later in life regret living the unknown, losing his opportunity in social diversity. His right due as fact to maintain, he travels the decision not given to him. It says he looked until he saw where the undergrowth had bent, showing that in life and the thought of man be crooked and less than fully grown, looped.
[the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim],
It tolerated the same retaining usefulness proving just as generous of the inroads more civil and straightforward.
[wanted wear],
Charging his action in changing location, decisive, knowing not any traveler would take
[I kept the first for another day! Yet, knowing how way leads on to way,]
He starts to regret the struggle within the choice of not taking the 'trodden' path, but still keeping, or treasuring, his own original thought, from the crowd. He kept his pride in doubting that on returning he would take the same path, being that the choice he made was one lived and filled for himself
So really the poem may be about the decision in life that he has chosen, though tempted or lead astray, veered off in thinking, was for his own self creating what makes it his. Here are words and definitions used in this poem for my notes:
Diverged- Deflect, turn aside- deviate- extend, branch off. Depart, Wander, Veer, Bend, Digress, Ramble, Divide.
Difference- Verb: To cause, make - change in effect on a situation distinctive quality, diversity, disparity, contrast, separation.
Claim/wear (the path)- Gradual impairment being easy or difficult to tolerate- inroads
Worn- to be in fashion; to retain shape, usefulness; diminished through wear
Trodden (black)- Trampled single step, the sound, action of, manner
Way- To put in place, set, apply present or submit. Claim or charge, to cause, form, position.
[ I could not travel both
and be one traveler],
Frost is lost in his curiosity on the decision of which path in life needing to be set in place, wanting to take both, he becomes weary in thinking he may later in life regret living the unknown, losing his opportunity in social diversity. His right due as fact to maintain, he travels the decision not given to him. It says he looked until he saw where the undergrowth had bent, showing that in life and the thought of man be crooked and less than fully grown, looped.
[the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim],
It tolerated the same retaining usefulness proving just as generous of the inroads more civil and straightforward.
[wanted wear],
Charging his action in changing location, decisive, knowing not any traveler would take
[I kept the first for another day! Yet, knowing how way leads on to way,]
He starts to regret the struggle within the choice of not taking the 'trodden' path, but still keeping, or treasuring, his own original thought, from the crowd. He kept his pride in doubting that on returning he would take the same path, being that the choice he made was one lived and filled for himself
So really the poem may be about the decision in life that he has chosen, though tempted or lead astray, veered off in thinking, was for his own self creating what makes it his. Here are words and definitions used in this poem for my notes:
Diverged- Deflect, turn aside- deviate- extend, branch off. Depart, Wander, Veer, Bend, Digress, Ramble, Divide.
Difference- Verb: To cause, make - change in effect on a situation distinctive quality, diversity, disparity, contrast, separation.
Claim/wear (the path)- Gradual impairment being easy or difficult to tolerate- inroads
Worn- to be in fashion; to retain shape, usefulness; diminished through wear
Trodden (black)- Trampled single step, the sound, action of, manner
Way- To put in place, set, apply present or submit. Claim or charge, to cause, form, position.
- Robert Frost
- Individualism
- Symbolism in poetry
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