THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
BY: Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost
1874-1963

Robert Lee Frost, husband, father of four, and a four time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, has inspired me more times than I can recall, which is why I chose to do my author page on Robert Frost.
Robert Frost lived in Massachusetts for a majority of his childhood.  His interest in poetry began in his high school years.  After graduating high school, Frost enrolled in Dartmouth College and later Harvard, but never earned a degree.  Much of Frost's inspiration sprang from British poets such as Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, and Robert Graves.  His first poem was published in March of 1984, "The Butterfly."  Throughout Frost's life he taught for a short period of time, revising English curriculum for Pinkerton Academy,but Frost eventually took time for his writing.  This is just a brief overview of Frost's life, which inspired his earthy and outdoorsy poetry.

Information on Robert Frost found:
Robert Frost Biographical Information
The Robert Frost Web Site

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This page created by:
Gina Di Figlio
Elmhurst College
Preservice Teacher
May 2003

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