Monday, January 24, 2011

The Road Less Traveled


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 marked 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

16 comments:

  1. I remember this poem. Teacher made us memorize it and recite it in front of the class. Those were the days talaga.

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  2. yeah, i remember as well that the title in our book is "The Road not Taken" haha. Happy Monday-Tuesday!

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  3. hahaha grade 5 ikaw ba yan... wahehhe... congrats sa inyong dalawa ni nimmy sa taba ha.. wahehhe

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  4. I remember the film The Road ni Viggo Mortensen. :)

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  5. @will - kami naman ung "on work" ni khalil gibran. di ko nga magets ung poem na un eh. pati tong poem na to. hahaha.

    @matthew - agree. i think the real title is that. "the road not taken."

    @kikomaxxx - thanks for the nomination!!! i lurvvvveee it. :)

    @desperate houseboy - wow. i need to see that movie too. :)

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  6. i love poetry...gawa ka nman minsan ng sa iyo...:)

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  7. 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. << thats line was so deep... grabe i remember this when i was elementary :D

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  8. @papa soltie - sure. one of these days, gagawa ako ng makabagbag-damdaming tula. :)

    @axl - so true!

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  10. uy, congratulations, winnur pala ang loveteam nyo ni nimmy! may award!

    =)

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  11. This is one of my favorite poems. :)

    Makikicongrats din ako. Congrats sa pagkapanalo ninyo ni Nimmy. :)

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  12. hmmm. salamat sa pagsahre sir leo. unlike mos of you, di ko to alam. hehe

    beautifully written nga sya.

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  13. @ms.chuni-salamat ng marami!!!

    @james m.i.- naging favorite ko na rin siya, thanks sa pag-congratulate!

    @doc ced - thanks! ganda talaga. :)

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  14. naku,, bakit sa amin, hindi ito pina-memorize ni teacher.. hmmm.. pero alam ko meron nitong road less traveled.. hehehe..


    ay,, uu nga pala,, iniba na cguro ung syllabus nung time ko.. LOL

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