Famous Poems : Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

''Road Not Taken'' is a very famous narrative poem by renowned poet, Robert Frost.

Consisting of four stanzas with each having five lines, this historical piece champions following one's path and ideas. Some critics, however, argue that this popular literary work entails expressing disdain towards a particular public idea.

Whatever the case, this famous poem from a brilliant mind urges you to sometimes make decisions that suit you, and not always clinging to popular opinions.

Enjoy this wonderful masterpiece below :

Road Not Taken
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 bends 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 steps 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


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