The document provides biographical information about American poet Robert Frost and analyzes his poem "The Road Not Taken." It notes that Frost spent time in England where he befriended writer Edward Thomas. Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" describes a traveler coming to a fork in the road and choosing one path over the other, committing to the "road less traveled." The poem is an exploration of human decision-making and choosing a difficult or unique path in life.

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3. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
• THE ROAD NOT TAKEN BY
ROBERT FROST
• Born Robert Lee
Frost
• March 26, 1874 San
Francisco, California, US
• Died January 29,
1963 (aged 88) IN Boston,
Massachusetts, US ROBERT LEE FROST

4. ABOUT THE POET
•Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29,
1963) was an American poet.
•His work was initially published in England before it was
published in America.
•In 1894 he sold his first poem, "My Butterfly An Elegy“
•In 1960, Frost was awarded a United States
Congressional Gold Medal, "In recognition of his poetry,
which has enriched the culture of the United States and
the philosophy of the world,“
•Died January 29, 1963 (aged 88) IN Boston,
Massachusetts, US

5. • Frost spent the years 1912 to 1915 in England,
where among his acquaintances was the
writer Edward Thomas. Thomas and Frost
became close friends and took many walks
together. After Frost returned to New
Hampshire in 1915, he sent Thomas an
advance copy of "The Road Not Taken."

6. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
"The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert Frost, published in 1916 as the first poem in the collection
Mountain Interval
• 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.

7. SUMMARY
• Robert Frost has in his poem ‘The Road
Not Taken’ profoundly portrayed the
choices that human beings have to make
in crucial moments of their lives.The title is
obviously intended to have a metaphoric
meaning .
• The path or road stands for a direction in
life,a career or a decision .
• The poet says that he came across two
paths and he knew that he had to decide
to take one , as he was just one traveller
.He couldn’t have taken both the roads at
one time,even if he wanted to so he had
to make a choice.He chose the road less
travelled.
• His decision was influenced by his
mind,which wanted him to carve a niche
for himself in society by being different .
• He wanted to learn to face obstacles and
hardship so that he could be a winner.

8. THEME
EASY COME IS EASY GO AND WHAT IS
HARD EARNED IS THE SWEET FRUIT OF
LABOUR

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