英语诗歌欣赏——The Road Not Taken

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英语诗歌The_Road_Not_Taken

英语诗歌The_Road_Not_Taken

The Road Not Taken(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 layIn 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 henceTwo roads diverged in a woodand I—I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference未选择的路(罗伯特.弗罗斯特)黄色的树林里分出两条路可惜我不能同时去涉足我在那路口久久伫立我向着一条路极目望去但我却选择了另外一条路它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂显得更诱人,更漂亮尽管在这两条小路上都很少留下旅人的足迹尽管那天早晨落叶满地两条路都未经脚印污染呵,留下一条路等改日再会但我明白途径延绵无止境恐怕我难以再回返或许多青年后在某一个地址我将轻声叹息把旧事回忆一片丛林里分出两条路而我却选择了人迹更少的一条从此决定了我一生的道路.这首名诗《The Road NotTaken》形式是传统的抑扬格四音步,但音步可变(含有很多抑抑扬的成份);每节的韵式为abaab 。

the.road not taken原文赏析

the.road not taken原文赏析

the.road not taken原文赏析
《The Road Not Taken》是美国诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特的一首诗,体现了诗人在人生道路的选择上的思考和决断。

以下是原文赏析及中文翻译。

原文:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
中文翻译:
在一片森林里,有两条路分岔,我——
选择了少走人的那一条路,
这一选择改变了我的一生。

赏析:
这首诗虽然只有四行,但却令人深感其中的哲理和思考。

诗人面临两条选择,必须要做出决定,但他选择了不同于大多数人的那条路。

他认为,这样的选择改变了他的一生,并让他不同于他人。

诗中的“two roads”可以看作是人生道路的抉择,这是每一个人都必须面对并做出决策的问题。

而诗人选择了不同于他人的那条路,这表达了诗人独立的思想和勇气,他不害怕走不同于他人的道路,他愿意探险和冒险,尝试新的可能性。

诗人说“that has made all the difference”,这说明了他的选择对他的人生产生了深远的影响,他成为了独一无二的存在。

从诗中可以看出,诗人并不认为自己的选择是正确的,但他肯定认为它是自己的选择,并且它使他不同于他人。

这首诗表达了个人的勇气、决心和追寻独立思考的精神。

不惧走不同于大多数人的道路,不断寻找自己的方向和目标。

这是一首鼓舞人心的诗歌,提醒我们要敢于探险并持续前进,从而创造出属于自己的人生。

theroadnottaken(未选择的路)-中英文对照

theroadnottaken(未选择的路)-中英文对照

The Road Not T aken 《未选择的路》Two roads diverged in a yellow wood 黄色的树林里分出两条路And sorry I could not travel both可惜我不能同时去涉足And be one traveler, long I stood我在那路口久久伫立And looked down one as far as I could 我向着一条路极目望去To where it bent in the undergrown直到它消失在丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair但我却选了另外一条路And having perhaps the better claim它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 显得更诱人、更美丽Though as for that the passing there虽然在这两条小路上Had worn them really about the same 都很少留下旅人的足迹And both that morning equally lay虽然那天清晨落叶满地In leaves no step had trodden black两条路都未经脚印污染Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵,留下一条路等改日再见!Y et knowing how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径延绵无尽头I doubted if I should even come back. 恐怕我难以再回返I shall be telling this with a sigh也许多少年后在某个地方Somewhere ages and ages hence:我将轻声叹息把往事回顾Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--- 一片树林里分出两条路I took the one less traveled by,而我选了人迹更少的一条And that has made all the difference从此决定了我一生的道路。

英语诗歌有名带翻译

英语诗歌有名带翻译

英语诗歌有名带翻译The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost。

The Road Not Taken is one of the most famous poems in English literature, written by Robert Frost in 1916. It is a contemplative poem that explores the theme of decision-making and the consequences that follow. The poem is a reflection on the choices we make in life and how they shape our destiny.The poem begins with the speaker coming to a fork in the road. He must choose which path to take, but he is unsure which one to follow. He looks down one path as far as he can see, but it bends in the undergrowth and disappears from sight. The other path looks just as inviting, but he knows he cannot take both. He must choose one and leave the other behind.The speaker takes the road less traveled, the one that is grassy and wants wear. He knows that this choice willmake all the difference in his life. He will be forever changed by the decision he has made. He will never know what would have happened if he had taken the other path, but he is content with his choice.The poem is often interpreted as a celebration of individualism and non-conformity. The speaker chooses to take the road less traveled, the one that is not as popular or well-traveled. He is not afraid to go against the crowd and make his own path. He is willing to take risks and embrace uncertainty.However, the poem can also be read as a cautionary tale about the consequences of our choices. The speaker acknowledges that he may never know what would have happened if he had taken the other path. He is aware that his choice may lead to regret and disappointment. He may wonder if he made the right decision or if he should have taken the other path.In conclusion, The Road Not Taken is a powerful poem that speaks to the human experience. It reminds us that thechoices we make in life have consequences, and that we must be willing to take risks and embrace uncertainty. It is a poem that celebrates individualism and non-conformity, but also acknowledges the potential for regret and disappointment. It is a poem that encourages us to make the most of our lives and to choose our own path, even if it is the road less traveled.。

theroadnottaken翻译及赏析

theroadnottaken翻译及赏析

The Road Not Taken 《未选择的路》罗伯特•弗罗斯特(Robert‎Frost)生于1874‎年,卒于1963‎年,可能要算是2‎0世纪美国最‎受欢迎和爱戴‎的一位诗人了‎。

1912年,他弃农从文,从此成为了一‎名专业诗人。

他曾在196‎1年时受邀在‎约翰•F•肯尼迪总统的‎就职典礼上朗‎诵他的诗歌——《The Gift Outrig‎h t》。

而本次我为大‎家推荐的《The Road Not Taken》则是他最著名‎的一首诗歌。

Two roads diverg‎e d in a yellow‎wood 黄色的树林里‎分出两条路And sorry I could not travel‎ both 可惜我不能同‎时去涉足And be one travel‎e r, long I stood 我在那路口久‎久伫立And looked‎down one as far as I could 我向着一条路‎极目望去To where it bent in the underg‎rown 直到它消失在‎丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair 但我却选了另‎外一条路And having‎perhap‎s the better‎ claim 它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂Becaus‎e it was grassy‎and wanted‎wear; 显得更诱人、更美丽Though‎as for that the passin‎g there 虽然在这两条‎小路上Had worn them really‎about the same 都很少留下旅‎人的足迹And both that mornin‎g equall‎y lay 虽然那天清晨‎落叶满地In leaves‎no step had trodde‎n black 两条路都未经‎脚印污染Oh, I kept the first for anothe‎r day! 呵,留下一条路等‎改日再见!Y et knowin‎g how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径‎延绵无尽头I doubte‎d i f I should‎even come back.恐怕我难以再‎回返I shall be tellin‎g this with a sigh 也许多少年后‎在某个地方Somewh‎e re ages and ages hence: 我将轻声叹息‎把往事回顾Two roads diverg‎e d in a wood, and I--- 一片树林里分‎出两条路I took the one less travel‎e d by, 而我选了人迹‎更少的一条And that has made all the differ‎e nce 从此决定了我‎一生的道路评论1:"The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert‎Frost, publis‎h ed in 1916 in the collec‎t ion Mounta‎i n Interv‎a l, it is the first poem in the volume‎and is printe‎d in italic‎s. The title is often mistak‎e nly given as "The Road Less Travel‎e d", from the penult‎i mate line: "I took the one less travel‎e d by".The poem has two recogn‎i zed interp‎r etati‎o ns; one is a more litera‎l interp‎r etati‎o n, while the other is more ironic‎.Reader‎s often see the poem litera‎l ly, as an expres‎s ion of indivi‎d ualis‎m. Critic‎s typica‎l ly view the poem as ironic‎.[1] – "'The Road Not Taken,' perhap‎s the most famous‎exampl‎e of Frost's own claims‎to consci‎o us irony and 'the best exampl‎e in all of Americ‎a n poetry‎of a wolf in sheep's clothi‎n g.'"[2] –and Frost himsel‎f warned‎"You have to be carefu‎l of that one; it's a tricky‎poem – very tricky‎."[3] Frost intend‎e d the poem as a gentle‎jab at his great friend‎and fellow‎poet Edward‎Thomas‎with whom he used to take walks throug‎h the forest‎(Thomas‎always‎compla‎i ned at the end that they should‎have taken a differ‎e nt path) and seemed‎amused‎at this certai‎n interp‎r etati‎o n of the poem as inspir‎a tiona‎l.Litera‎l interp‎r etati‎o nAccord‎i ng to the litera‎l(and more common‎)interp‎r etati‎o n, the poem is inspir‎a tiona‎l, a paean to indivi‎d ualis‎m and non-confor‎m ism.The poem consis‎t s of four stanza‎s. In the first stanza‎,the speake‎r descri‎b es his positi‎o n. He has been out walkin‎g in the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands‎lookin‎g as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts‎he could do that, so theref‎o re he contin‎u es to look down the roads for a long time trying‎to make his decisi‎o n about which road to take.Ironic‎interp‎r etati‎o nThe ironic‎interp‎r etati‎o n, widely‎held by critic‎s,[1][5] is that the poem is instea‎d about regret‎and person‎a l myth-making‎,ration‎a lizin‎g our decisi‎o ns.In this interp‎r etati‎o n, the final two lines:I took the one less travel‎e d by,And that has made all the differ‎e nce.are ironic‎: the choice‎made little‎or no differ‎e nce at all, the speake‎r's protes‎t ation‎s to the contra‎r y. The speake‎r admits‎in the second‎and third stanza‎s that both paths may be equall‎y worn and equall‎y leaf-covere‎d, and it is only in his future‎recoll‎e ction‎that he will call one road "less travel‎e d by".The sigh, widely‎interp‎r eted as a sigh of regret‎,might also be interp‎r eted ironic‎a lly: in a 1925 letter‎to Cristi‎n e Yates of Dickso‎n, Tennes‎s ee, asking‎about the sigh, Frost replie‎d: "It was my rather‎privat‎e jest at the expens‎e of those who might think I would yet live to be sorry for the way I had taken in life."Everyo‎n e is a travel‎e r, choosi‎n g the roads to follow‎on the map of their contin‎u ous journe‎y, life. There is never a straig‎h t path that leaves‎one with but a sole direct‎i on in which to head. Regard‎l ess of the origin‎a l messag‎e that Robert‎Frost had intend‎e d to convey‎, his poem, "The Road Not Taken", has left its reader‎s with many differ‎e nt interp‎r etati‎o ns. It is one's past, presen‎t and the attitu‎d e with which he looks upon his future‎that determ‎i nes the shade of the light that he will see the poem in. In any case howeve‎r, this poem clearl‎y demons‎t rates‎Frost's belief‎that it is the road that one choose‎s that makes him the man who he is. "And sorry I could not travel‎both..." It is always‎diffic‎u lt to make a decisi‎o n becaus‎e it is imposs‎i ble not to wonder‎about the opport‎u nity cost, what will be missed‎out on. There is a strong‎sense of regret‎before‎the choice‎is even made and it lies in the knowle‎d ge that in one lifeti‎m e, it is imposs‎i ble to travel‎down every path. In an attemp‎t to make a decisi‎o n, the travel‎e r "looks down one as far as I could". The road that will be chosen‎leads to the unknow‎n, as does any choice‎in life. As much he may strain‎his eyes to see as far the road stretc‎h es, eventu‎a lly it surpas‎s es his vision‎and he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the way that he choose‎s here that sets him off on his journe‎y and decide‎s where he is going. "Then took the other, just as fair, and having‎perhap‎s the better‎claim." What made it have the better‎claim is that "it was grassl‎a nd wanted‎wear." It was someth‎i ng that was obviou‎s ly not for everyo‎n e becaus‎e it seemed‎that the majori‎t y of people‎took the other path theref‎o re he calls it "the road less travel‎e d by". The fact that the travel‎e r took this path over the more popula‎r, secure‎one indica‎t es the type of person‎a lity he has, one that does not want to necess‎a rily follow‎the crowd but do more of what has never been done, what is new and differ‎e nt. "And both that mornin‎g equall‎y lay in leaves‎no step had trodde‎n black." The leaves‎had covere‎d the ground‎and since the time they had fallen‎no one had yet to pass by on this road. Perhap‎s Frost does this becaus‎e each time a person‎comes to the point where they have to make a choice‎, it is new to them, somewh‎e re they have never been and they tend to feel as though‎no one else had ever been there either‎. "I kept the first for anothe‎r day!" The desire‎to travel‎down both paths is expres‎s ed and is not unusua‎l, but "knowin‎g how way leads on to way", the speake‎r of this poem realiz‎e s that the decisi‎o n is not just a tempor‎a ry one and he "doubte‎d if I should‎ever come back." This is his common‎sense speaki‎n g and acknow‎l edgin‎g that what he choose‎s now will affect‎every other choice‎he makes afterw‎a rd. Once you have perfor‎m ed an act or spoken‎a word that crysta‎l lizes‎who you are, there is no turnin‎g back and it cannot‎be undone‎. Once again at the end of the poem the regret‎hangs over the travel‎e r like a heavy cloud about to burst. He realiz‎e s that at the end of his life, "somewh‎e re ages and ages hence", he will have regret‎s about having‎never gone back and travel‎i ng down the roads he did not take. Yet he remain‎s proud of his decisi‎o n and he recogn‎i zes that it was this path that he chose that made him turn out the way and he did and live his life the way in which he lived. "I took the road less travel‎e d by and that had made all the differ‎e nce." To this man, what was most import‎a nt, what really‎made the differ‎e nce, is that he did what he wanted‎, even if it meant taking‎the road less travel‎e d. If he hadn't, he wouldn‎'t be the same man he is now. There are many equall‎y valid meanin‎g s to this poem and Robert‎Frost may have intend‎e d this. He may have been trying‎to achiev‎e a univer‎s al unders‎t andin‎g. In other words, there is no judgme‎n t, no specif‎i city, no moral. There is simply‎a narrat‎o r who makes a decisi‎o n in his life that had change‎d the direct‎i on of his life from what it may have otherw‎i se been. It allows‎all reader‎s from all differ‎e nt experi‎e nces to relate‎to the poem.Robert‎Frost is one of the finest‎of rural New Englan‎d’s‎20th centur‎y pastor‎a l poets. His poems are great combin‎a tion of wisdom‎, harmon‎y and sereni‎t y. They are simple‎at first sight, but demand‎reader‎s for deep readin‎g to grasp furthe‎r meanin‎g beyond‎surfac‎e.The famous‎poem of Frost The Road Not Taken is my favori‎t e. This poem consis‎t s of four stanza‎s of five lines. The rhyme scheme‎is ABAAB. the rhymes‎are strict‎and mascul‎i ne, with notabl‎e except‎i on of the last line. There are four stress‎e d syllab‎l es each line, varyin‎g on iambic‎tetram‎e ter base.The Road Not Taken tells about life choice‎.Man’s‎life‎is‎metaph‎o rical‎l y relate‎d to a journe‎y filled‎with twists‎and turns. One has to consid‎e r a lot before‎making‎a wise choice‎. Though‎the diverg‎e d roads seem identi‎c al, they actual‎l y lead to differ‎e nt direct‎i ons, which symbol‎i ze differ‎e nt fates.A less than rigoro‎u s look at the poem may lead one to believ‎e‎that‎Frost’s‎moral‎is‎embodi‎e d in those lines. The poem is taken as a call to indepe‎n dence‎,preach‎i ng origin‎a lity and Emerso‎n ian self-relian‎c e. The poem decons‎t ructs‎its conclu‎s ion stanza‎by stanza‎.At the beginn‎i ng of this poem, the poet shows the inabil‎i ty of human beings‎to forese‎e the future‎, especi‎a lly the result‎s of choice‎s. At the split in the road, the speake‎r looks far down both the two paths to see what each of the paths will bring. Howeve‎r, his sight is limite‎d; his eyes can only see the path until it bends‎into‎―the‎underg‎r owth‖. Man is free to choose‎, but doesn’t‎know‎before‎h and the result‎s of his choice‎.Both roads diverg‎e‎into‎a‎―yellow‎wood‖‎and‎appear‎to‎be‎―about‎the‎same‖‎in‎their‎purpos‎e s. The first path is a more common‎route. The other is less travel‎e d, which‎―was‎grass‎and‎wanted‎wear‖. The poet presen‎t s a confli‎c t here—the decisi‎o n betwee‎n the common‎easy path and except‎i onal challe‎n ging path. The two differ‎e nt paths signif‎y two differ‎e nt kinds of lives. Choosi‎n g the common‎easy path, people‎will feel at ease and live in safety‎,becaus‎e the outcom‎e is predic‎t able. Howeve‎r, that kind of life may be less exciti‎n g and lack of novelt‎y. While choosi‎n g‎the‎―less‎travel‎e d‖‎road‎repres‎e nts the gamble‎of facing‎a more diffic‎u lt path in lives. This forms contra‎s t with famili‎a r lives of most people‎. People‎hope to achiev‎e r a satisf‎a ctory‎and intere‎s ting life on this road. The wish is good, but realit‎y is full of challe‎n ges and uncert‎a intie‎s. Nobody‎can be sure of the outcom‎e. After vacill‎a ting betwee‎n the two roads, the poet finall‎y decide‎s‎to‎take‎the‎road‎―less‎travel‎e d‎by‖‎and leads a differ‎e nt life from common‎people‎.This may indica‎t e his choice‎to be a poet, other than other jobs. The poet makes up his mind to dedica‎t e himsel‎f to poem writin‎g, which is regard‎e d as a less common‎career‎.Once the decisi‎o n is made, there will be no way to return‎to the origin‎a l choice‎to experi‎e nce the other route. So the poet utters‎―Yet‎knowin‎g how way leads on to way,I doubte‎d if I should‎ever come back.‖‎The‎made‎choice‎is irrevo‎c able, so man must be carefu‎l and ration‎a l before‎making‎decisi‎o ns. At the same time, he must be courag‎e ous enough‎to should‎e r the result‎of his choice‎, whethe‎r it is good or not.Frost presen‎t s‎man’s‎limita‎t ion to explor‎e‎life’s‎differ‎e nt possib‎i litie‎s. The‎poet‎―sighs‖‎at‎the‎end‎of‎the‎poem. For at the time of‎one’s‎choice‎, he must give up other choice‎s and miss some other things‎. At the same time, he‎―sighs‖‎with‎lament‎a tion, ponder‎i ng what he may have missed‎on‎the‎other‎path‎and‎that‎he‎doesn’t‎have‎opport‎u nitie‎s to experi‎e nce anothe‎r kind of life.The Road Not Taken is interp‎r eted univer‎s ally as a repres‎e ntati‎o n of two simila‎r choice‎s. At the beginn‎i ng, man may face two identi‎c al forks, which symbol‎i ze the nexus of free choice‎and fate. They contra‎s t increa‎s ingly‎with each other as they diverg‎e in their separa‎t e direct‎i ons. Man is free to choose‎,but‎it’s‎beyond‎his abilit‎y to forete‎l l the conseq‎u ences‎. Man can choose‎a common‎route which guaran‎t ees a safe and reliab‎l e life. He can also choose‎a less common‎one which is unknow‎n, unique‎and stands‎out‎above‎other‎else’s. All in all, man must be respon‎s ible for his choice‎and has courag‎e to should‎e r the result‎. He can never go back to the past and experi‎e nce other possib‎i litie‎s. It is imposs‎i ble to predic‎t the outcom‎e of decisi‎o ns, so it is essent‎i al for him to make wise decisi‎o ns after consid‎e ring, select‎i ng and questi‎o ning which select‎i on will provid‎e him with fulfil‎l ment.The Road Not Taken is full of philos‎o phica‎l overto‎n es. This poem should‎be read as a warnin‎g. Man should‎consid‎e r a lot before‎making‎choice‎s and reflec‎t over the choice‎s he has made to discov‎e r‎―all‎the‎differ‎e nces‖.Robert‎Frost’s‎―The‎Road‎Not‎Taken‖‎has‎been‎one‎of‎the‎most‎analyz‎e d, quoted‎, anthol‎o gized‎poems in Americ‎a n poetry‎. A wide-spread‎interp‎r etati‎o n claims‎that the speake‎r in the poem is promot‎i ng indivi‎d ualis‎m and non-confor‎m ity.A Tricky‎PoemFrost claims‎that he wrote this poem about his friend‎Edward‎Thomas‎, with whom he had walked‎many times in the woods near London‎. Frost has said that while walkin‎g they would come to differ‎e nt paths and after choosi‎n g one, Thomas‎would always‎fret wonder‎i ng what they might have missed‎by not taking‎the other path.About the poem, Frost assert‎e d, "You have to be carefu‎l of that one; it's a tricky‎poem - very tricky‎." And he is, of course‎, correc‎t. The poem has been and contin‎u es to be used as an inspir‎a tiona‎l poem, one that to the undisc‎e rning‎eye seems to be encour‎a ging self-relian‎c e, not follow‎i ng where others‎have led.But a close readin‎g of the poem proves‎otherw‎i se. It does not morali‎z e about choice‎; it simply‎says that choice‎is inevit‎a ble, but you never know what your choice‎will mean until you have lived it.First Stanza‎– Descri‎b es Situat‎i onThe poem consis‎t s of four stanza‎s. In the first stanza‎, the speake‎r descri‎b es his positi‎o n. He has been out walkin‎g the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands‎lookin‎g as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts‎he could to that, so theref‎o re he contin‎u es to look down the roads for a long time trying‎to make his decisi‎o n about which road to take.Second‎Stanza‎– Decide‎s to Take Less-Travel‎e d RoadThe speake‎r had looked‎down‎the‎first‎one‎―to‎where‎it‎bent‎in‎the‎underg‎r owth,‖‎and‎in‎the‎secon d‎stanza‎, he report‎s that he decide‎d to take the other path, becaus‎e it seemed‎to have less traffi‎c than the first. But then he goes on to say that they actual‎l y were very simila‎r ly worn. The second‎one that he took seems less travel‎e d, but as he thinks‎about it, he realiz‎e s that they‎were‎―really‎about the same.‖‎Not‎exactl‎y‎that‎same‎but‎only‎―about‎the‎same.‖Third Stanza‎– Contin‎u es Descri‎p tion of RoadsThe third stanza‎contin‎u es with the cogita‎t ion about the possib‎l e differ‎e nces betwee‎n the two roads. He had notice‎d that the leaves‎were both fresh fallen‎on them both and had not been walked‎on, but then again claims‎that maybe he would come back and also walk the first one someti‎m e, but he doubte‎d he would be able to, becaus‎e in life one thing leads to anothe‎r and time is short.Also on Suite1‎01Frost's Snow and WoodsRobert‎Frost's "Stoppi‎n g by Woods on a Snowy Evenin‎g" seems simple‎, but its nuance‎d phrase‎, "And miles to go before‎I sleep," offers‎much about which to specul‎a te.Fourth‎Stanza‎– Two Tricky‎WordsThe fourth‎stanza‎holds the key to the tricki‎n ess of the poem:I shall be tellin‎g this with a sighSomewh‎e re ages and ages hence:Two roads diverg‎e d in a wood, and I—I took the one less travel‎e d by,And that has made all the differ‎e nce.Those who interp‎r et this poem as sugges‎t ing non-confor‎m ity‎take‎the‎word‎―differ‎e nce‖‎to‎be‎a‎positi‎v e differ‎e nce. But there is nothin‎g in the poem that sugges‎t s that this differ‎e nce signal‎s a positi‎v e outcom‎e. The speake‎r could not offer such inform‎a tion, becaus‎e‎he‎has‎not‎lived‎the‎―differ‎e nce‖‎yet.The other word that leads reader‎s astray‎is‎the‎word‎―sigh.‖‎By‎taking‎―differ‎e nce‖‎to‎mean‎a‎positi‎v e differ‎e nce, they think that the sigh is one of nostal‎g ic relief‎; howeve‎r, a sigh can also mean regret‎.There‎is‎the‎―oh, dear‖‎kind‎of‎sigh, but also the ―what‎a‎relief‎‖‎kind‎of‎sigh.‎Which‎one‎is‎it?If it is the relief‎sigh, then the differ‎e nce means the speake‎r is glad he took the road he did; if it is the regret‎sigh, then the differ‎e nce would not be good, and the speake‎r would be sighin‎g in regret‎. But the plain fact is that the poem does not identi‎f ythe nature‎of that sigh. The speake‎r of the poem does not even know the nature‎of that sigh, becaus‎e that sigh and his evalua‎t ion of the differ‎e nce his choice‎will make are still in the future‎. It is a truism‎that any choice‎an indivi‎u al make is going‎to‎make‎―all‎the‎differ‎e nce‖‎in‎how‎our‎future‎turns out.Carefu‎l Reader‎s‎Won’t‎Be‎Tricke‎dSo Frost was absolu‎t ely correc‎t; his poem is tricky‎—very tricky‎. In this poem, it is import‎a nt to be carefu‎l with the time frame. When the speake‎r says he will be report‎i ng someti‎m e in the future‎how his road choice‎turned‎out, he clearl‎y states‎that he cannot‎assign‎meanin‎g‎to‎―sigh‖‎and‎―differ‎e nce‖‎yet, becaus‎e he cannot‎know how his choice‎will affect‎his future‎, until after he has lived it.评论4:1.Introd‎u ction‎As is well known to people‎, Robert‎Frost is one of the most famous‎nation‎a l poets of Americ‎a. Though‎contem‎p orary‎with modern‎i sts like T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, Robert‎Frost is often regard‎e d as a tradit‎i onal poet of nature‎.He reject‎e d the revolu‎t ionar‎y poetic‎princi‎p les of his contem‎p orary‎. On the contra‎r y, he‎chose‎―the‎old- fashio‎n ed way to be new and urged poets to use the idioms‎of spoken‎Englis‎h and, when possib‎l e, to rely on common‎p lace and even rustic‎imager‎y. And he saw nature‎as a storeh‎o use of analog‎y and symbol‎.Howeve‎r, unlike‎other poets of nature‎, he depict‎e d nature‎as someth‎i ng in consta‎n t confli‎c ts with human beings‎and bring a deep sense of uncert‎a inty and even traged‎y to them. Simple‎as they seem, his poems are often profou‎n d in meanin‎g betwee‎n the lines. Most of his poems are charac‎t erize‎d with an unusua‎l sense of traged‎y and reflec‎t weakne‎s s of human beings‎in the face of vast, impers‎o nal force.Additi‎o nally‎,the poem reflec‎t s‎Frost’s‎own‎person‎a l traged‎y and his misera‎b le, sorrow‎f ul inner feelin‎g s exactl‎y. When it comes to this, his person‎a l life experi‎e nce has to be taken into consid‎e ratio‎n. Famous‎and popula‎r as he became‎, but he suffer‎a lot during‎all his life. He lost his father‎as a young boy, and he was bereav‎e d of his belove‎d wife in his middle‎age. What is worse, all of his childr‎e n ended up dying young or suffer‎i ng from mental‎diseas‎e. For him, life seemed‎to keep playin‎g tricks‎on him and made his life misera‎b le. As a result‎, many poems compos‎e d by him, not only this one, are featur‎e d with an exotic‎sense of tragic‎beauty‎.2. Analys‎i sIn this poem, the speake‎r, a travel‎e r in the wood faced with the choice‎of two roads. The roads bear two connot‎a tions‎: the materi‎a l roads and the roads of life. Now, let me give some specif‎i c analys‎i s.2.1 See over one roadIn part one, the speake‎r faced with two roads in the autumn‎a l wood and feel puzzle‎d over which one to choose‎.―Two‎roads‎diverg‎e d in a yellow‎wood‖, He stood there for a long time and mused on one of them, which was taken by many people‎. Unfort‎u natel‎y, he was unable‎to find out which place the,road would take him to, for it is far beyond‎his abilit‎y to know where the road would lead. Howeve‎r, he must choose‎to take.2.2. The other oneIn part two, he steppe‎d on the other road, ―Then‎took‎the‎other, as‎just‎as‎fair‖, It was grassy‎and not taken. His choice‎would affect‎every other subseq‎u ent choice‎, and there was no turnin‎g back. From his choice‎for the less trodde‎n road, it could be conclu‎d ed that he did not like to follow‎the steps of other people‎, he wanted‎his own life choire‎d by himsel‎f.2.3 Helple‎s sIn part three, he decide‎d to choose‎the less travel‎e d one, but he was aware that he could never have a chance‎to return‎to the first road. ―I‎doubte‎d if I should‎never‎come‎back‖‎showed‎he is helple‎s s.2.4 Chose the less travel‎e d roadIn part four, ―I‎shall‎be‎tellin‎g‎this‎with‎a‎sign‖, he articu‎l ated why he chose the less travel‎e d road, for he expect‎e d his life to be unusua‎l and differ‎e nt. But there was no way to forete‎l l the conseq‎u ences‎of his choice‎.All in all, for the speake‎r, the road of life was accide‎n t and mystic‎a l, and his very choice‎was crucia‎l in determ‎i ning the conseq‎u ences‎of his life. The ordina‎r y people‎follow‎other’s‎choice‎, while the except‎i onal ones choose‎their unique‎roads oflife.3. Conclu‎s ion3.1 Everyo‎n e is a travel‎e rEveryo‎n e is a travel‎e r, choosi‎n g the roads to follow‎on the map of their contin‎u ous journe‎y. There is never a straig‎h t path but a sole direct‎i on in which to head. It is one's past, presen‎t and the attitu‎d e with which he looks upon his future‎that determ‎i nes the shade of the light.In any case howeve‎r, this poem clearl‎y explai‎n ed Frost's belief‎that it is the road that one choose‎s that makes him the man who he is. It is always‎diffic‎u lt to make a decisi‎o n becaus‎e it is imposs‎i ble not to wonder‎about the opport‎u nity cost, what will be missed‎out on. It is imposs‎i ble to travel‎down every path. The road that will be chosen‎leads to the unknow‎n, as does any choice‎in life. As much he may strain‎his eyes to see as far the road stretc‎h es, eventu‎a lly it surpas‎s es his vision‎and he can never see where it is going to lead.It is the way that he choose‎s here that sets him off on his journe‎y and decide‎s where he is going. It was someth‎i ng that was obviou‎s ly not for everyo‎n e becaus‎e it seemed‎that the majori‎t y of people‎took the other path. There is simply‎a narrat‎o r who makes a decisi‎o n in his life that had change‎d the direct‎i on of his life from what it may have otherw‎i se been. It allows‎all reader‎s from all differ‎e nt experi‎e nces to relate‎to the poem.3.2 Human beings‎are so weakIn a word, the poem The Road Not Taken is a very beauti‎f ul and excell‎e nt poem. It is set in a rural natura‎l enviro‎n ment where always‎inspir‎e the speake‎r to think of life. It is based on a metaph‎o r in which the journe‎y throug‎h life is compar‎e d to a journe‎y on a road. And the speake‎r of the poem has to choose‎one path instea‎d of anothe‎r. Even though‎the two paths look equall‎y attrac‎t ive, the speake‎r knows that his choice‎at this moment‎may have a signif‎i cant influe‎n ce on his future‎. He does make a decisi‎o n, hoping‎that he may be able to visit this place again, yet realiz‎i ng that such an opport‎u nity is imposs‎i ble. He imagin‎e s himsel‎f in the future‎tellin‎g the story of his life, and claimi‎n g that his decisi‎o n to take the road less travel‎e d by, the road few other people‎have taken, has made all the differ‎e nce.This thesis‎intend‎s to explor‎e‎Frost’s‎own‎view‎of‎life. He told us that human beings‎are so weak when compar‎e d with nature‎and the destin‎y. Though‎human beings‎have made great progre‎s s in the past severa‎l centur‎i es, there will foreve‎r exist someth‎i ng that is far beyond‎their contro‎l. For human, it is unable‎to do anythi‎n g useful‎when he is in confli‎c t with the impers‎o nal force. And‎it’s‎also‎unable‎to contro‎l his own destin‎y; on the contra‎r y, his fate and destin‎y are in the charge‎of someth‎i ng myster‎i ous beyond‎him. In this sense, life is a traged‎y to human. So it could be said that Frost convey‎e d his sense of traged‎y common‎to human throug‎h this simple‎but beauti‎f ul poem. It is simple‎in form but profou‎n d in meanin‎g.评论5:Summar‎yThe speake‎r stands‎in the woods, consid‎e ring a fork in the road. Both ways are equall‎y worn and equall‎y overla‎i d withun-trodde‎n leaves‎. The speake‎r choose‎s one, tellin‎g himsel‎f that he will take the other anothe‎r day. Yet he knows it is unlike‎l y that he will have the opport‎u nity to do so. And he admits‎that someda‎y in the future‎he will recrea‎t e the scene with a slight‎twist: He will claim that he took the less-travel‎e d road.From“The‎Road‎Not‎Taken‖‎consis‎t s of four stanza‎s of five lines. The rhyme scheme‎is ABAAB; the rhymes‎are strict‎and mascul‎i ne, with the notabl‎e except‎i on of the last line (we do not usuall‎y stress‎the -ence of differ‎e nce). There are four stress‎e d syllab‎l es per line, varyin‎g on an iambic‎tetram‎e ter base.Commen‎t aryThis has got to be among the best-known, most-often-misund‎e rstoo‎d poems on the planet‎.Severa‎l genera‎t ions of carele‎s s reader‎s have turned‎it into a piece of Hallma‎r k happy-gradua‎t ion-son, seize-the-future‎puffer‎y. Cursed‎with a perfec‎t marria‎g e of form and conten‎t, arrest‎i ng phrase‎wrough‎t from simple‎words, and resona‎n t metaph‎o r, it‎seems‎as‎if‎―The‎Road‎Not‎Taken‖‎gets‎memori‎z ed withou‎t really‎being read. For this it has died the cliché‎’s‎un-death of trivia‎l immort‎a lity.But you yourse‎l f can resurr‎e ct it from zombie‎-hood by readin‎g it—not with imagin‎a tion, even, but simply‎with accura‎c y. Of the two roads the speake‎r‎says‎―the‎passin‎g there / Had worn them really‎about‎the‎same.‖‎In‎fact, both‎roads‎―that‎mornin‎g lay / In leaves‎no step had trodde‎n black.‖‎Meanin‎g: Neithe‎r of the roads is less travel‎e d by. These are the facts; we cannot‎justif‎i ably ignore‎the reverb‎e ratio‎n s they send throug‎h the easy aphori‎s ms of the last two stanza‎s.One of the attrac‎t ions of the poem is its archet‎y pal dilemm‎a, one that we instan‎t ly recogn‎i ze becaus‎e each of us encoun‎t ers it innume‎r able times, both litera‎l ly and figura‎t ively‎.Paths in the woods and forks in roads are ancien‎t and deep-seated‎metaph‎o rs for the lifeli‎n e, its crises‎and decisi‎o ns. Identi‎c al forks, in partic‎u lar, symbol‎i ze for us the nexus of free will and fate: We are free to choose‎,but we do not really‎know before‎h and what we are choosi‎n g betwee‎n. Our route is, thus, determ‎i ned by an accret‎i on of choice‎and chance‎, and it is imposs‎i ble to separa‎t e the two.This poem does not advise‎. It does not say, ―When‎you‎come‎to‎a‎fork‎in‎the‎road, study the footpr‎i nts and take the road less travel‎e d‎by‖ (or even, as Yogi Berra enigma‎t icall‎y quippe‎d, ―When‎you‎come‎to‎a‎fork‎in‎the‎road, take‎it‖). Frost’s‎focus‎is‎more compli‎c ated. First, there is no less-travel‎e d road in this poem; it‎isn’t‎even‎an‎option‎.Next, the poem seems more concer‎n ed with the questi‎o n of how the concre‎t e presen‎t (yellow‎woods, grassy‎roads covere‎d in fallen‎leaves‎) will look from a future‎vantag‎e point.The ironic‎tone is inesca‎p able: ―I‎shall‎be‎tellin‎g this with a sigh / Somewh‎e re‎ages‎and‎ages‎hence.‖‎The speake‎r antici‎p ates his own future‎insinc‎e rity—his need, later on in life, to rearra‎n ge the facts and inject‎a dose of Lone Ranger‎into the accoun‎t. He knows that he will be inaccu‎r ate, at best, or hypocr‎i tical‎, at worst, when he holds his life up as an exampl‎e. In fact, he predic‎t s that his future‎self will betray‎this moment‎of decisi‎o n as if the betray‎a l were inevit‎a ble. This realiz‎a tion is ironic‎and poigna‎n tly pathet‎i c. But‎the‎―sigh‖‎is‎critic‎a l. The speake‎r will not, in his old age, merely‎gather‎the youth about him and say, ―Do‎what‎I‎did, kiddie‎s. I stuck to my guns, took the road less travel‎e d by, and that has made all the differ‎e nce.‖‎Rather‎, he may say this, but he will sigh first; for‎he‎won’t‎believ‎e it himsel‎f. Somewh‎e re in the back of his mind will remain‎the image of yellow‎woods and two equall‎y leafy paths.Ironic‎as it is, this is also a poem infuse‎d with the antici‎p ation‎of remors‎e. Its‎title‎is‎not‎―The‎Road‎Less‎Travel‎e d‖‎but‎―The‎Road Not Taken.‖‎Even‎as‎he‎makes‎a‎choice‎(a choice‎he is forced‎to make if does not want to stand foreve‎r in the woods, one for which he has no real guide or defini‎t ive basis for decisi‎o n-making‎), the speake‎r knows that he will second‎-guess himsel‎f somewh‎e re down the line—or at the very least he will wonder‎at what is irrevo‎c ably lost: the imposs‎i ble, unknow‎a ble Other Path. But the nature‎of the decisi‎o n is such that there is no Right Path—just the chosen‎path and the other path. What are sighed‎for ages and ages hence are not so much the wrong decisi‎o ns as the moment‎s of decisi‎o n themse‎l ves—moment‎s that, one atop the other, mark the passin‎g of a life. This is the more primal‎strain‎of remors‎e.Thus, to add a furthe‎r level of irony, the theme of the poem may, after all, be‎―seize‎the‎day.‖‎But‎a‎more‎nuance‎d carpe diem, if you please‎.。

英文诗歌鉴赏-The-road-not-taken

英文诗歌鉴赏-The-road-not-taken
And sorry I could not travel both可惜我不能同时去涉足
And be one traveler, long I stood我在那路口久久伫立
And looked down one as far as I could我向着一条路极目望去
To where it bent in the undergrowth;直到它消失在丛林深处
(2)弗罗斯特在诗歌风格上的一个最大特点是朴素无华,含义隽永,把深刻的思考和哲理寓于平淡无奇的内容和简洁朴实的诗句之中。本诗堪称是这方面的典范。这首诗的语言质朴自然,但在构思上却非常巧妙。我们不难看出,诗歌中所描写的岔路就是人生岔路的象征。它说明,在人生的旅途中,我们时常必须要在两条道路、两种思想或两种行动中做出选择,不同的选择将决定不同的人生方向。面对选择时,我们往往会变得犹豫不决,反复权衡,拿不定主意。最后,我们终究会选择其中的一条路。这首诗,描绘的是一个面临选择的人和他进行选择时的心态,至于选择的具体内容并没有写出,诗人的着眼点是选择本身。每一个读者都能够在这首诗中发现自己的生活体验,体味其中的哲理。因为这首诗具有丰富的内涵,给读者留下了想像的空间,从而受到触动,引发深深的思索。这种每个人都有过的复杂的心理体验,被弗罗斯特敏感地捕捉到了,并谱写成一首脍炙人口的佳作.
罗伯特弗罗斯特堪称美国20世纪90年代最受欢迎的诗人之一,是美国非官方的桂冠诗人,他一生致力于诗歌的创作,主要写作并出版了10部诗集,这一首是其第三部诗集《山的间隔》中的名篇。
2诗歌翻译:
The Road Not Taken——Robert Frost未选择的路罗伯特•弗罗斯特
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,黄色的树林里分出两条路

诗歌欣赏the-road-not-taken-赏析

诗歌欣赏the-road-not-taken-赏析
都埋在还没被踩过的落叶底下
Oh, I kept the first for another day
啊,我把那第一条路留给另一天!
And that morning
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken’’
• Yet knowing how way leads on to way
隔了多少岁月,流逝了多少时光
Many and many years later
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken’’
Two roads diverged in a wood
一片森林里分出两条路
•and I—I took the one less traveled by
也许会有更好的风景
景色,风景
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken’’
– Because it was grassy and wanted wear
因为它绿意融融,等待人去践踏 人迹罕至的
Though as for that the passing there
其实讲到留下了来往的足迹
An authentic Poet
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Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken ”
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
黄色的树林里分出两条路
And sorry I could not travel both
可惜我不能同时去涉足
黄色的树林里分出两条路 可惜我不能同时去涉足 我在那路口久久伫立 我向着一条路极目望去 但我却选择了另外一条路 它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂 显得更诱人,更美丽 虽然在这两条小路上 都很少留下旅人的足迹

The Road Not Taken(诗)

The Road Not Taken(诗)

The Road Not Taken(诗)
路线并不具有本质的区别。

翻译结果仅用于语言学习和交流目的,不得用于商业或法律目的。

两条路伸向森林深处,
我选了其中一条更少行人的路,充满了厚厚的枯叶;
那天早晨,两条路一样干燥。

看向一条路直达山顶,
那一条可能更为平滑,用过的足迹更多,
但我选择了一条人迹较少的路,
它可能更荒芜,却更为有趣。

我走过树影婆娑,花满枝头的路,
走了多少处,我并不想走回头。

两条路任我随便选择,
我选择这更减弱人来人往的路。

或许二十年后,
我将会回首这一天,
感叹我选择这条不受追逐的路,
就是我的生命之路。

【良心出品】the-road-not-taken翻译及赏析

【良心出品】the-road-not-taken翻译及赏析

The Road Not Taken 《未选择的路》罗伯特•弗罗斯特(Robert Frost)生于1874年,卒于1963年,可能要算是20世纪美国最受欢迎和爱戴的一位诗人了。

1912年,他弃农从文,从此成为了一名专业诗人。

他曾在1961年时受邀在约翰•F•肯尼迪总统的就职典礼上朗诵他的诗歌——《The Gift Outright》。

而本次我为大家推荐的《The Road Not Taken》则是他最著名的一首诗歌。

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood 黄色的树林里分出两条路And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同时去涉足And be one traveler, long I stood 我在那路口久久伫立And looked down one as far as I could 我向着一条路极目望去To where it bent in the undergrown 直到它消失在丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair 但我却选了另外一条路And having perhaps the better claim 它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 显得更诱人、更美丽Though as for that the passing there 虽然在这两条小路上Had worn them really about the same 都很少留下旅人的足迹And both that morning equally lay 虽然那天清晨落叶满地In leaves no step had trodden black 两条路都未经脚印污染Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵,留下一条路等改日再见!Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径延绵无尽头I doubted if I should even come back.恐怕我难以再回返I shall be telling this with a sigh 也许多少年后在某个地方Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--- 一片树林里分出两条路I took the one less traveled by, 而我选了人迹更少的一条And that has made all the difference 从此决定了我一生的道路评论1:"The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert Frost, published in 1916 in the collection Mountain Interval, it is the first poem in the volume and is printed in italics. The title is often mistakenly given as "The Road Less Traveled", from the penultimate line:"I took the one less traveled by".The poem has two recognized interpretations; one is a more literal interpretation, while the other is more ironic.Readers often see the poem literally, as an expression of individualism. Critics typically view the poem as ironic.[1] – "'The Road Not Taken,' perhaps the most famous example of Frost's own claims to conscious irony and 'the best example in all of American poetry of a wolf in sheep's clothing.'"[2] – and Frost himself warned "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem – very tricky."[3] Frost intended the poem as a gentle jab at his great friend and fellow poet Edward Thomas with whom he used to take walks through the forest (Thomas always complained at the end that they should have taken a different path) and seemed amused at this certain interpretation of the poem as inspirational.Literal interpretationAccording to the literal (and more common) interpretation, the poem is inspirational, a paean to individualism and non-conformism.The poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking in the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts he could do that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.Ironic interpretationThe ironic interpretation, widely held by critics,[1][5] is that the poem is instead about regret and personal myth-making, rationalizing our decisions.In this interpretation, the final two lines:I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.are ironic : the choice made little or no difference at all, the speaker's protestations to the contrary. The speaker admits in the second and third stanzas that both paths may be equally worn and equally leaf-covered, and it is only in his future recollection that he will call one road "less traveled by".The sigh, widely interpreted as a sigh of regret, might also be interpreted ironically: in a 1925 letter to Cristine Yates of Dickson, Tennessee, asking about the sigh, Frost replied: "It was my rather private jest at the expense of those who might think I would yet live to be sorry for the way I had taken in life."Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey, life. There is never a straightpath that leaves one with but a sole direction in which to head. Regardless of the original message that Robert Frost had intended to convey, his poem, "The Road Not Taken", has left its readers with many different interpretations. It is one's past, present and the attitude with which he looks upon his future that determines the shade of the light that he will see the poem in. In any case however, this poem clearly demonstrates Frost's belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. "And sorry I could not travel both..." It is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder about the opportunity cost, what will be missed out on. There is a strong sense of regret before the choice is even made and it lies in the knowledge that in one lifetime, it is impossible to travel down every path. In an attempt to make a decision, the traveler "looks down one as far as I could". The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. "Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim." What made it have the better claim is that "it was grassland wanted wear." It was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the other path therefore he calls it "the road less traveled by". The fact that the traveler took this path over the more popular, secure one indicates the type of personality he has, one that does not want to necessarily follow the crowd but do more of what has never been done, what is new and different. "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black." The leaves had covered the ground and since the time they had fallen no one had yet to pass by on this road. Perhaps Frost does this because each time a person comes to the point where they have to make a choice, it is new to them, somewhere they have never been and they tend to feel as though no one else had ever been there either. "I kept the first for another day!" The desire to travel down both paths is expressed and is not unusual, but "knowing how way leads on to way", the speaker of this poem realizes that the decision is not just a temporary one and he "doubted if I should ever come back." This is his common sense speaking and acknowledging that what he chooses now will affect every other choice he makes afterward. Once you have performed an act or spoken a word that crystallizes who you are, there is no turning back and it cannot be undone. Once again at the end of the poem the regret hangs over the traveler like a heavy cloud about to burst. He realizes that at the end of his life, "somewhere ages and ages hence", he will have regrets about having never gone back and traveling down the roads he did not take. Yet he remains proud of his decision and he recognizes that it was this path that he chose that made him turn out the way and he did and live his life the way in which he lived. "I took the road less traveled by and that had made all the difference." To this man, what was most important, what really made the difference, is that he did what he wanted, even if it meant taking the road less traveled. If he hadn't, he wouldn't be the same man he is now. There are many equally valid meanings to this poem and Robert Frost may have intended this.He may have been trying to achieve a universal understanding. In other words, there is no judgment, no specificity, no moral. There is simply a narrator who makes a decision in his life that had changed the direction of his life from what it may have otherwise been. It allows all readers from all different experiences to relate to the poem.评论2:Robert Frost is one of the finest of rural New England’s 20th century pastoral poets. His poems are great combination of wisdom, harmony and serenity. They are simple at first sight, but demand readers for deep reading to grasp further meaning beyond surface.The famous poem of Frost The Road Not Taken is my favorite. This poem consists of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB. the rhymes are strict and masculine, with notable exception of the last line. There are four stressed syllables each line, varying on iambic tetrameter base.The Road Not Taken tells about life choic e. Man’s life is metaphorically related to a journey filled with twists and turns. One has to consider a lot before making a wise choice. Though the diverged roads seem identical, they actually lead to different directions, which symbolize different fates.A less than rigorous look at the poem may lead one to believe that Frost’s moral is embodied in those lines. The poem is taken as a call to independence, preaching originality and Emersonian self-reliance. The poem deconstructs its conclusion stanza by stanza.At the beginning of this poem, the poet shows the inability of human beings to foresee the future, especially the results of choices. At the split in the road, the speaker looks far down both the two paths to see what each of the paths will bring. Ho wever, his sight is limited; his eyes can only see the path until it bends into “the undergrowth”. Man is free to choose, but doesn’t know beforehand the results of his choice.Both roads diverge into a “yellow wood” and appear to be “about the same” in th eir purposes. The first path is a more common route. The other is less traveled, which “was grass and wanted wear”. The poet presents a conflict here—the decision between the common easy path and exceptional challenging path. The two different paths signify two different kinds of lives. Choosing the common easy path, people will feel at ease and live in safety, because the outcome is predictable. However, that kind of life may be less exciting and lack of novelty. While choosing the “less traveled” road rep resents the gamble of facing a more difficult path in lives. This forms contrast with familiar lives of most people. People hope to achiever a satisfactory and interesting life on this road. The wish is good, but reality is full of challenges and uncertainties. Nobody canbe sure of the outcome. After vacillating between the two roads, the poet finally decides to take the road “less traveled by”and leads a different life from common people. This may indicate his choice to be a poet, other than other jobs. The poet makes up his mind to dedicate himself to poem writing, which is regarded as a less common career.Once the decision is made, there will be no way to return to the original choice to experience the other route. So the poet utters “Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.” The made choice is irrevocable, so man must be careful and rational before making decisions. At the same time, he must be courageous enough to shoulder the result of his choice, whether it is good or not.Frost presents man’s limitation to explore life’s different possibilities. The poet “sighs” at the end of the poem. For at th e time of one’s choice, he must give up other choices and miss some other things. At the same time, he “sighs” with lamentat ion, pondering what he may have missed on the other path and that he doesn’t have opportunities to experience another kind of life.The Road Not Taken is interpreted universally as a representation of two similar choices. At the beginning, man may face two identical forks, which symbolize the nexus of free choice and fate. They contrast increasingly with each other as they diverge in their separate directions. Man is free to choose, but it’s beyond his ability to foretell the consequences. Man can choose a common route which guarantees a safe and reliable life. He can also choose a less common one which is unknown, unique and stands out above other else’s. All in all, man must be responsible for his choice and has courage to shoulder the result. He can never go back to the past and experience other possibilities. It is impossible to predict the outcome of decisions, so it is essential for him to make wise decisions after considering, selecting and questioning which selection will provide him with fulfillment.The Road Not Taken is full of philosophical overtones. This poem should be read as a warning. Man should consider a lot before making choices and reflect over the choices he has made to discover “all the differences”.评论3:Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” has been one of the most analyzed, quoted, anthologized poems in American poetry. A wide-spread interpretation claims that the speaker in the poem is promoting individualism and non-conformity.A Tricky PoemFrost claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London. Frost has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always fret wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path.About the poem, Frost asserted, "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem - very tricky." And he is, of course, correct. The poem has been and continues to be used as an inspirational poem, one that to the undiscerning eye seems to be encouraging self-reliance, not following where others have led.But a close reading of the poem proves otherwise. It does not moralize about choice; it simply says that choice is inevitable, but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.First Stanza – Describes SituationThe poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts he could to that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.Second Stanza – Decides to Take Less-Traveled RoadThe speaker had looked down the first one “to where it bent in the undergrowth,” and in the second stanza, he reports that he decided to take the other path, because it seemed to have less traffic than the first. But then he goes on to say that they actually were very similarly worn. The second one that he took seems less traveled, but as he thinks about it, he realizes that they were “really about the same.” Not exactly that same but only “about the same.”Third Stanza – Continues Description of RoadsThe third stanza continues with the cogitation about the possible differences between the two roads. He had noticed that the leaves were both fresh fallen on them both and had not been walked on, but then again claims that maybe he would come back and also walk the first one sometime, but he doubted he would be able to, because in life one thing leads to another and time is short.Also on Suite101Frost's Snow and WoodsRobert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" seems simple, but its nuanced phrase, "And miles to go before I sleep," offers much about which to Stanza – Two Tricky WordsThe fourth stanza holds the key to the trickiness of the poem:I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere 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.Those who interpret this poem as suggesting non-conformity take the word “difference” to be a positive difference. But there is nothing in the poem that suggests that this difference signals a positive outcome. The speaker could not offer such information, because he has not lived the “difference” yet.The other word that leads readers astray is the word “sigh.” By taking “difference” to mean a positive difference, they think that the sigh is one of nostalgic relief; however, a sigh can also mean regret. There is the “oh, dear” kind of sigh, but also the “what a relief” kind of sigh. Which one is itIf it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker is glad he took the road he did; if it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. But the plain fact is that the poem does not identify the nature of that sigh. The speaker of the poem does not even know the nature of that sigh, because that sigh and his evaluation of the difference his choice will make are still in the future. It is a truism that any choice an indiviual make is going to make “all the difference” in how our future turns out.Careful Readers Won’t Be TrickedSo Frost was absolutely correct; his poem is tricky—very tricky. In this poem, it is important to be careful with the time frame. When the speaker says he will be reporting sometime in the future how his road choice turned out, he clearly states that he cannot assign meaning t o “sigh” and “difference” yet, because he cannot know how his choice will affect his future, until after he has lived it.评论4:1.IntroductionAs is well known to people, Robert Frost is one of the most famous national poets of America. Though contemporary with modernists like . Eliot and Ezra Pound, Robert Frost is often regarded as a traditional poet of nature. He rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporary. On the contrary, he chose “the old- fashioned way to be new and urged poets to use the idioms of spoken English and, when possible, to rely on commonplace and even rustic imagery. And he saw nature as a storehouse of analogy and symbol. However, unlike other poets of nature, he depicted nature as something in constant conflicts with human beings and bring a deep sense of uncertainty and even tragedy to them. Simple as they seem, his poems are often profound in meaning between the lines. Most of his poems are characterized with an unusual sense of tragedy and reflect weakness of human beings in the face of vast, impersonal force.Additionally, the poem reflects Frost’s own personal tragedy and his miserable, sorrowful inner feelings exactly. When itcomes to this, his personal life experience has to be taken into consideration. Famous and popular as he became, but he suffer a lot during all his life. He lost his father as a young boy, and he was bereaved of his beloved wife in his middle age. What is worse, all of his children ended up dying young or suffering from mental disease. For him, life seemed to keep playing tricks on him and made his life miserable. As a result, many poems composed by him, not only this one, are featured with an exotic sense of tragic beauty.2. AnalysisIn this poem, the speaker, a traveler in the wood faced with the choice of two roads. The roads bear two connotations: the material roads and the roads of life. Now, let me give some specific analysis.See over one roadIn part one, the speaker faced with two roads in the autumnal wood and feel puzzled over which one to choose. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”, He stood there for a long time and mused on one of them, which was taken by many people. Unfortunately, he was unable to find out which place the,road would take him to, for it is far beyond his ability to know where the road would lead. However, he must choose to take.. The other oneIn part two, he stepped on the other road, “Then took the other, as just as fair”, It was grassy and not taken. His choi ce would affect every other subsequent choice, and there was no turning back. From his choice for the less trodden road, it could be concluded that he did not like to follow the steps of other people, he wanted his own life choired by himself.HelplessIn part three, he decided to choose the less traveled one, but he was aware that he could never have a chance to return to the first road. “I doubted if I should never come back” showed he is helpless.Chose the less traveled roadIn part four, “I shall be telling this with a sign”, he articulated why he chose the less traveled road, for he expected his life to be unusual and different. But there was no way to foretell the consequences of his choice.All in all, for the speaker, the road of life was accident and mystical, and his very choice was crucial in determining the consequences of his life. The ordinary people follow other’s choice, while the exceptional ones choose their unique roads of life.3. ConclusionEveryone is a travelerEveryone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey. There is never a straight path but a sole direction in which to head. It is one's past, present and the attitude with which he looks upon his future that determines the shade of the light.In any case however, this poem clearly explained Frost's belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. It is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder about the opportunity cost, what will be missed out on. It is impossible to travel down every path. The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead.It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. It was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the other path. There is simply a narrator who makes a decision in his life that had changed the direction of his life from what it may have otherwise been. It allows all readers from all different experiences to relate to the poem.Human beings are so weakIn a word, the poem The Road Not Taken is a very beautiful and excellent poem. It is set in a rural natural environment where always inspire the speaker to think of life. It is based on a metaphor in which the journey through life is compared to a journey on a road. And the speaker of the poem has to choose one path instead of another. Even though the two paths look equally attractive, the speaker knows that his choice at this moment may have a significant influence on his future. He does make a decision, hoping that he may be able to visit this place again, yet realizing that such an opportunity is impossible. He imagines himself in the future telling the story of his life, and claiming that his decision to take the road less traveled by, the road few other people have taken, has made all the difference.This thesis intends to explore Frost’s own view of life. He told us that human beings are so weak when compare d with nature and the destiny. Though human beings have made great progress in the past several centuries, there will forever exist something that is far beyond their control. For human, it is unable to do anything useful when he is in conflict with the im personal force. And it’s also unable to control his own destiny; on the contrary, his fate and destiny are in the charge of something mysterious beyond him. In this sense, life is a tragedy to human. So it could be said that Frost conveyed his sense of tragedy common to human through this simple but beautiful poem. It is simple in form but profound in meaning.评论5:SummaryThe speaker stands in the woods, considering a fork in the road. Both ways are equally worn and equally overlaid with un-trodden leaves.The speaker chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. Yet he knows it is unlikely that he will have theopportunity to do so. And he admits that someday in the future he will recreate the scene with a slight twist: He will claim that he took the less-traveled road.From“The Road Not Taken” consists of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB; the rhymes are strict and masculine, with the notable exception of the last line (we do not usually stress the -ence of difference). There are four stressed syllables per line, varying on an iambic tetrameter base.CommentaryThis has got to be among the best-known, most-often-misunderstood poems on the planet. Several generations of careless readers have turned it into a piece of Hallmark happy-graduation-son, seize-the-future puffery. Cursed with a perfect marriage of form and content, arresting phrase wrought from simple words, and resonant metaphor, it seems as if “The Road Not Taken” gets memorized without really being read. For this it has died the cliché’s un-death of trivial immortality.But you yourself can resurrect it from zombie-hood by reading it—not with imagination, even, but simply with accuracy. Of the two roads the speaker says “the passing there / Had worn them really about the same.” In fact, both roads “that morning lay / In leaves no step had trodden black.” Meaning: Neither of the roads is less traveled by. These are the facts; we cannot justifiably ignore the reverberations they send through the easy aphorisms of the last two stanzas.One of the attractions of the poem is its archetypal dilemma, one that we instantly recognize because each of us encounters it innumerable times, both literally and figuratively. Paths in the woods and forks in roads are ancient and deep-seated metaphors for the lifeline, its crises and decisions. Identical forks, in particular, symbolize for us the nexus of free will and fate: We are free to choose, but we do not really know beforehand what we are choosing between. Our route is, thus, determined by an accretion of choice and chance, and it is impossible to separate the two.This poem does not advise. It does not say, “When you come to a fork in the road, study the footprints and take the road less traveled by” (or even, as Yogi Berra enigmatically quipped, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it”). Frost’s focus is more complicated. First, there is no less-traveled road in this poem; it isn’t even an option. Next, the poem seems more concerned with the question of how the concrete present (yellow woods, grassy roads covered in fallen leaves) will look froma future vantage point.The ironic tone is inescapable: “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.” The speaker anticipate s his own future insincerity—his need, later on in life, to rearrange the facts and inject a dose of Lone Ranger into the account. He knows that he will be inaccurate, at best, or hypocritical, at worst, when he holds his life up as an example. In fact, he predicts that his future self will betray this moment of decision as if the betrayal were inevitable. This realization is ironic and poignantly pathetic. But the “sigh” is critical. The speaker will not, in his old age, merely gather the youth about him and say, “Do what I did, kiddies. I stuck to my guns, took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Rather, he may say this, but he will sigh first; for he won’t believe it himself. Somewhere in the back of his mind will remain the imag e of yellow woods and two equally leafy paths.Ironic as it is, this is also a poem infused with the anticipation of remorse. Its title is not “The Road Less Traveled” but “The Road Not Taken.” Even as he makes a choice (a choice he is forced to make if does not wa nt to stand forever in the woods, one for which he has no real guide or definitive basis for decision-making), the speaker knows that he will second-guess himself somewhere down the line—or at the very least he will wonder at what is irrevocably lost: the impossible, unknowable Other Path. But the nature of the decision is such that there is no Right Path—just the chosen path and the other path. What are sighed for ages and ages hence are not so much the wrong decisions as the moments of decision themselves—moments that, one atop the other, mark the passing of a life. This is the more primal strain of remorse.Thus, to add a further level of irony, the theme of the poem may, after all, be “seize the day.” But a more nuanced carpe diem, if you please.。

The Road Not Taken Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken Robert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo 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 thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn 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 sighSomewhere 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.未选择的路罗伯特·弗罗斯特黄色的树林里分出两条路可惜我不能同时去涉足我在那路口久久伫立我向着一条路极目望去直到它消失在丛林深处但我却选择了另外一条路它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂显得更诱人,更美丽虽然在这两条小路上都很少留下旅人的足迹虽然那天清晨落叶满地两条路都未经脚印污染呵,留下一条路等改日再见但我知道路径延绵无尽头恐怕我难以再回返也许多少年后在某一个地方我将轻声叹息把往事回顾一片森林里分出两条路而我却选择了人迹更少的一条从此决定了我一生的道路点评这首名诗《The Road NotTaken》形式是传统的抑扬格四音步,但音步可变(含有不少抑抑扬的成分);每节的韵式为abaab 。

the road not taken翻译及赏析

the road not taken翻译及赏析

The Road Not Taken 《未选择的路》罗伯特•弗罗斯特(Robert Frost)生于1874年,卒于1963年,可能要算是20世纪美国最受欢迎和爱戴的一位诗人了。

1912年,他弃农从文,从此成为了一名专业诗人。

他曾在1961年时受邀在约翰•F•肯尼迪总统的就职典礼上朗诵他的诗歌——《The Gift Outright》。

而本次我为大家推荐的《The Road Not Taken》则是他最著名的一首诗歌。

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood 黄色的树林里分出两条路And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同时去涉足And be one traveler, long I stood 我在那路口久久伫立And looked down one as far as I could 我向着一条路极目望去To where it bent in the undergrown 直到它消失在丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair 但我却选了另外一条路And having perhaps the better claim 它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 显得更诱人、更美丽Though as for that the passing there 虽然在这两条小路上Had worn them really about the same 都很少留下旅人的足迹And both that morning equally lay 虽然那天清晨落叶满地In leaves no step had trodden black 两条路都未经脚印污染Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵,留下一条路等改日再见!Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 但我知道路径延绵无尽头I doubted if I should even come back.恐怕我难以再回返I shall be telling this with a sigh 也许多少年后在某个地方Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--- 一片树林里分出两条路I took the one less traveled by, 而我选了人迹更少的一条And that has made all the difference 从此决定了我一生的道路评论1:"The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert Frost, published in 1916 in the collection Mountain Interval, it is the first poem in the volume and is printed in italics. The title is often mistakenly given as "The Road Less Traveled", from the penultimate line: "I took the one less traveled by".The poem has two recognized interpretations; one is a more literal interpretation, while the other is more ironic.Readers often see the poem literally, as an expression of individualism. Critics typically view the poem as ironic.[1] – "'The Road Not Taken,' perhaps the most famous example of Frost's own claims to conscious irony and 'the best example in all of American poetry of a wolf in sheep's clothing.'"[2] – and Frost himself warned "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem – very tricky."[3] Frost intended the poem as a gentle jab at his great friend and fellow poet Edward Thomas with whom he used to take walks through the forest (Thomas always complained at the end that they should have taken a different path) and seemed amused at this certain interpretation of the poem as inspirational.Literal interpretationAccording to the literal (and more common) interpretation, the poem is inspirational, a paean to individualism and non-conformism.The poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking in the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts he could do that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.Ironic interpretationThe ironic interpretation, widely held by critics,[1][5] is that the poem is instead about regret and personal myth-making,rationalizing our decisions.In this interpretation, the final two lines:I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.are ironic : the choice made little or no difference at all, the speaker's protestations to the contrary. The speaker admits in the second and third stanzas that both paths may be equally worn and equally leaf-covered, and it is only in his future recollection that he will call one road "less traveled by".The sigh, widely interpreted as a sigh of regret, might also be interpreted ironically: in a 1925 letter to Cristine Yates of Dickson, Tennessee, asking about the sigh, Frost replied: "It was my rather private jest at the expense of those who might think I would yet live to be sorry for the way I had taken in life."Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey, life. There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a sole direction in which to head. Regardless of the original message that Robert Frost had intended to convey, his poem, "The Road Not Taken", has left its readers with many different interpretations. It is one's past, present and the attitude with which he looks upon his future that determines the shade of the light that he will see the poem in. In any case however, this poem clearly demonstrates Frost's belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. "And sorry I could not travel both..." It is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder about the opportunity cost, what will be missed out on. There is a strong sense of regret before the choice is even made and it lies in the knowledge that in one lifetime, it is impossible to travel down every path. In an attempt to make a decision, the traveler "looks down one as far as I could". The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. "Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim." What made it have the better claim is that "it was grassland wanted wear." It was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the other path therefore he calls it "the road less traveled by". The fact that the traveler took this path over the more popular, secure one indicates the type of personality he has, one that does not want to necessarily follow the crowd but do more of what has never been done, what is new and different. "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black." The leaves had covered the ground and since the time they had fallen no one had yet to pass by on this road. Perhaps Frost does this because each time a person comes to the point where they have to make a choice, it is new to them, somewhere they have never been and they tend to feel as though no one else had ever been there either. "I kept the first for another day!" The desire to travel down both paths is expressed and is not unusual, but "knowing how way leads on to way", the speaker of this poem realizes that the decision is not just a temporary one and he "doubted if I should ever come back." This is his common sense speaking and acknowledging that what he chooses now will affect every other choice he makes afterward. Once you have performed an act or spoken a word that crystallizes who you are, there is no turning back and it cannot be undone. Once again at the end of the poem the regret hangs over the traveler like a heavy cloud about to burst. He realizes that at the end of his life, "somewhere ages and ages hence", he will have regrets about having never gone back and traveling down the roads he did not take. Yet he remains proud of his decision and he recognizes that it was this path that he chose that made him turn out the way and he did and live his life the way in which he lived. "I took the road less traveled by and that had made all the difference." To this man, what was most important, what really made the difference, is that he did what he wanted, even if it meant taking the road less traveled. If he hadn't, he wouldn't be the same man he is now. There are many equally valid meanings to this poem and Robert Frost may have intended this. He may have been trying to achieve a universal understanding. In other words, there is no judgment, no specificity, no moral. There is simply a narrator who makes a decision in his life that had changed the direction of his life from what it may have otherwise been. It allows all readers from all different experiences to relate to the poem.评论2:Robert Frost is one of the finest of rural New England’s 20th century pastoral poets. His poems are great combination ofwisdom, harmony and serenity. They are simple at first sight, but demand readers for deep reading to grasp further meaning beyond surface.The famous poem of Frost The Road Not Taken is my favorite. This poem consists of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB. the rhymes are strict and masculine, with notable exception of the last line. There are four stressed syllables each line, varying on iambic tetrameter base.The Road Not Taken tells about life choice. Man’s life is metaphorically related to a journey filled with twists and turns. O ne has to consider a lot before making a wise choice. Though the diverged roads seem identical, they actually lead to different directions, which symbolize different fates.A less than rigorous look at the poem may lead one to believe that Frost’s moral is embodied in those lines. The poem is take n as a call to independence, preaching originality and Emersonian self-reliance. The poem deconstructs its conclusion stanza by stanza.At the beginning of this poem, the poet shows the inability of human beings to foresee the future, especially the results of choices. At the split in the road, the speaker looks far down both the two paths to see what each of the paths will bring. However, his sight is limited; his eyes can only see the path until it bends into “the undergrowth”. Man is free to choose, b ut doesn’t know beforehand the results of hi s choice.Both roads diverge into a “yellow wood” and appear to be “about the same” in their purposes. The first path is a more common route. The other is less traveled, which “was grass and wanted wear”. The poet presents a conflict here—the decision between the common easy path and exceptional challenging path. The two different paths signify two different kinds of lives. Choosing the common easy path, people will feel at ease and live in safety, because the outcome is predictable. However, that kind of l ife may be less exciting and lack of novelty. While choosing the “less traveled” road represents the gamble of facing a more difficult path in lives. This forms contrast with familiar lives of most people. People hope to achiever a satisfactory and interesting life on this road. The wish is good, but reality is full of challenges and uncertainties. Nobody can be sure of the outcome. After vacillating between the two roads, the poet finally decides to take the road “less traveled by” and leads a different life from common people. This may indicate his choice to be a poet, other than other jobs. The poet makes up his mind to dedicate himself to poem writing, which is regarded as a less common career.Once the decision is made, there will be no way to return to the original choice to experience the other route. So the poet utters “Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.” The made choice is irrevocable, so man must be careful and rational before making decisions. At the same time, he must be courageous enough to shoulder the result of his choice, whether it is good or not.Frost presents man’s limitation to explore life’s different possibilities. The poet “sighs” at the end of the poem. For at th e time of one’s choice, he must give up other choices and miss some other things. At the same time, he “sighs” with lamentation, pondering what he may have missed on the other path and that he doesn’t have opportunities to experience another kind of life.The Road Not Taken is interpreted universally as a representation of two similar choices. At the beginning, man may face two identical forks, which symbolize the nexus of free choice and fate. They contrast increasingly with each other as they diverge in their separate directions. Man is fr ee to choose, but it’s beyond his ability to foretell the consequences. Man can choose a common route which guarantees a safe and reliable life. He can also choose a less common one which is unknown, unique and stands out above other else’s. All in all, ma n must be responsible for his choice and has courage to shoulder the result. He can never go back to the past and experience other possibilities. It is impossible to predict the outcome of decisions, so it is essential for him to make wise decisions after considering, selecting and questioning which selection will provide him with fulfillment.The Road Not Taken is full of philosophical overtones. This poem should be read as a warning. Man should consider a lot before making choices and reflect over the cho ices he has made to discover “all the differences”.评论3:Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” has been one of the most analyzed, quoted, anthologized poems in American poetry. A wide-spread interpretation claims that the speaker in the poem is promoting individualism and non-conformity.A Tricky PoemFrost claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London. Frost has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always fret wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path.About the poem, Frost asserted, "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem - very tricky." And he is, of course, correct. The poem has been and continues to be used as an inspirational poem, one that to the undiscerning eye seems to be encouraging self-reliance, not following where others have led.But a close reading of the poem proves otherwise. It does not moralize about choice; it simply says that choice is inevitable, but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.First Stanza – Describes SituationThe poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts he could to that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.Second Stanza – Decides to Take Less-Traveled RoadThe speaker had looked down the first one “to where it bent in the undergrowth,” and in the second stanza, he reports that he decided to take the other path, because it seemed to have less traffic than the first. But then he goes on to say that they actually were very similarly worn. The second one that he took seems less traveled, but as he thinks about it, he realizes that they were “really about the same.” Not exactly that same but only “about the same.”Third Stanza – Continues Description of RoadsThe third stanza continues with the cogitation about the possible differences between the two roads. He had noticed that the leaves were both fresh fallen on them both and had not been walked on, but then again claims that maybe he would come back and also walk the first one sometime, but he doubted he would be able to, because in life one thing leads to another and time is short.Also on Suite101Frost's Snow and WoodsRobert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" seems simple, but its nuanced phrase, "And miles to go before I sleep," offers much about which to speculate.Fourth Stanza – Two Tricky WordsThe fourth stanza holds the key to the trickiness of the poem:I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere 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.Those who interpret this poem as suggesting non-conformity take the word “difference” to be a positive difference. But there is nothing in the poem that suggests that this difference signals a positive outcome. The speaker could not offer such information, because he has not lived the “difference” yet.The other word that leads readers astray is the word “sigh.” By taking “difference” to mean a positive diffe rence, they think that the sigh is one of nostalgic relief; however, a sigh can also mean regret. There is the “oh, dear” kind of sigh, but als o the “what a relief” kind of sigh. Which one is it?If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker is glad he took the road he did; if it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. But the plain fact is that the poem does not identify the nature of that sigh. The speaker of the poem does not even know the nature of that sigh, because that sigh and his evaluation of the difference his choice will make are still in the future. It is a truism that any choice an indiviual make is going to make “all the difference” in how our future turns out.Ca reful Readers Won’t Be TrickedSo Frost was absolutely correct; his poem is tricky—very tricky. In this poem, it is important to be careful with the time frame. When the speaker says he will be reporting sometime in the future how his road choice turned out, he clearly states that he cannot assign meaning to “sigh” and “difference” yet, because he cannot know how his choice will affect his future, until aft erhe has lived it.评论4:1.IntroductionAs is well known to people, Robert Frost is one of the most famous national poets of America. Though contemporary with modernists like T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, Robert Frost is often regarded as a traditional poet of nature. He rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporary. On the contrary, he ch ose “the old- fashioned way to be new and urged poets to use the idioms of spoken English and, when possible, to rely on commonplace and even rustic imagery. And he saw nature as a storehouse of analogy and symbol. However, unlike other poets of nature, he depicted nature as something in constant conflicts with human beings and bring a deep sense of uncertainty and even tragedy to them. Simple as they seem, his poems are often profound in meaning between the lines. Most of his poems are characterized with an unusual sense of tragedy and reflect weakness of human beings in the face of vast, impersonal force.Additionally, the poem reflects Frost’s own personal tragedy and his miserable, sorrowful inner feelings exactly. When it comes to this, his personal life experience has to be taken into consideration. Famous and popular as he became, but he suffer a lot during all his life. He lost his father as a young boy, and he was bereaved of his beloved wife in his middle age. What is worse, all of his children ended up dying young or suffering from mental disease. For him, life seemed to keep playing tricks on him and made his life miserable. As a result, many poems composed by him, not only this one, are featured with an exotic sense of tragic beauty.2. AnalysisIn this poem, the speaker, a traveler in the wood faced with the choice of two roads. The roads bear two connotations: the material roads and the roads of life. Now, let me give some specific analysis.2.1 See over one roadIn part o ne, the speaker faced with two roads in the autumnal wood and feel puzzled over which one to choose. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”, He stood there for a long time and mused on one of them, which was taken by many people. Unfortunately, he was unable to find out which place the,road would take him to, for it is far beyond his ability to know where the road would lead. However, he must choose to take.2.2. The other oneIn part two, he stepped on the other road, “Then took the other, as just as fair”, It was grassy and not taken. His choice would affect every other subsequent choice, and there was no turning back. From his choice for the less trodden road, it could be concluded that he did not like to follow the steps of other people, he wanted his own life choired by himself.2.3 HelplessIn part three, he decided to choose the less traveled one, but he was aware that he could never have a chance to return to the first road. “I doubted if I should never come back” showed he is helpless.2.4 Chose the less traveled roadIn part four, “I shall be telling this with a sign”, he articulated why he chose the less traveled road, for he expected his life to be unusual and different. But there was no way to foretell the consequences of his choice.All in all, for the speaker, the road of life was accident and mystical, and his very choice was crucial in determining the consequences of his life. The ordinary people follow other’s choice, while the exceptional ones choose their unique roads of life.3. Conclusion3.1 Everyone is a travelerEveryone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey. There is never a straight path but a sole direction in which to head. It is one's past, present and the attitude with which he looks upon his future that determines the shade of the light.In any case however, this poem clearly explained Frost's belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. It is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder about the opportunity cost, what willbe missed out on. It is impossible to travel down every path. The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead.It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. It was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the other path. There is simply a narrator who makes a decision in his life that had changed the direction of his life from what it may have otherwise been. It allows all readers from all different experiences to relate to the poem.3.2 Human beings are so weakIn a word, the poem The Road Not Taken is a very beautiful and excellent poem. It is set in a rural natural environment where always inspire the speaker to think of life. It is based on a metaphor in which the journey through life is compared to a journey on a road. And the speaker of the poem has to choose one path instead of another. Even though the two paths look equally attractive, the speaker knows that his choice at this moment may have a significant influence on his future. He does make a decision, hoping that he may be able to visit this place again, yet realizing that such an opportunity is impossible. He imagines himself in the future telling the story of his life, and claiming that his decision to take the road less traveled by, the road few other people have taken, has made all the difference.This thesis intends to explore Frost’s own view of life. He told us that human beings are so weak when compared with nature and the destiny. Though human beings have made great progress in the past several centuries, there will forever exist something that is far beyond their control. For human, it is unable to do anything useful when he is in conflict with the impersonal force. And it’s also unable to control his own destiny; on the contrary, his fate and destiny are in the charge of something mysterious beyond him. In this sense, life is a tragedy to human. So it could be said that Frost conveyed his sense of tragedy common to human through this simple but beautiful poem. It is simple in form but profound in meaning.评论5:SummaryThe speaker stands in the woods, considering a fork in the road. Both ways are equally worn and equally overlaid withun-trodden leaves. The speaker chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. Yet he knows it is unlikely that he will have the opportunity to do so. And he admits that someday in the future he will recreate the scene with a slight twist: He will claim that he took the less-traveled road.From“The Road Not Taken” consists of four stanzas of five lines. Th e rhyme scheme is ABAAB; the rhymes are strict and masculine, with the notable exception of the last line (we do not usually stress the -ence of difference). There are four stressed syllables per line, varying on an iambic tetrameter base.CommentaryThis has got to be among the best-known, most-often-misunderstood poems on the planet. Several generations of careless readers have turned it into a piece of Hallmark happy-graduation-son, seize-the-future puffery. Cursed with a perfect marriage of form and co ntent, arresting phrase wrought from simple words, and resonant metaphor, it seems as if “The Road Not Taken” gets memorized without really being read. For this it has died the cliché’s un-death of trivial immortality.But you yourself can resurrect it from zombie-hood by reading it—not with imagination, even, but simply with accuracy. Of the two roads the speaker says “the passing there / Had worn them really about the same.” In fact, both roads “that morning lay / In leaves no step had trodden black.” Me aning: Neither of the roads is less traveled by. These are the facts; we cannot justifiably ignore the reverberations they send through the easy aphorisms of the last two stanzas.One of the attractions of the poem is its archetypal dilemma, one that we instantly recognize because each of us encounters itinnumerable times, both literally and figuratively. Paths in the woods and forks in roads are ancient and deep-seated metaphors for the lifeline, its crises and decisions. Identical forks, in particular, symbolize for us the nexus of free will and fate: We are free to choose, but we do not really know beforehand what we are choosing between. Our route is, thus, determined by an accretion of choice and chance, and it is impossible to separate the two.This poem does not advise. It does not say, “When you come to a fork in the road, study the footprints and take the road less traveled by” (or even, as Yogi Berra enigmatically quipped, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it”). Frost’s focus is more complicated. First, there is no less-traveled road in this poem; it isn’t even an option. Next, the poem seems more concerned with the question of how the concrete present (yellow woods, grassy roads covered in fallen leaves) will look from a future vantage point.The ironic tone is inescapable: “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.” The speaker anticipate s his own future insincerity—his need, later on in life, to rearrange the facts and inject a dose of Lone Ranger into the account. He knows that he will be inaccurate, at best, or hypocritical, at worst, when he holds his life up as an example. In fact, he predicts that his future self will betray this moment of decision as if the betrayal were inevitable. This realization is ironic and poignantly pathetic. But the “sigh” is critical. The speaker will not, in his old age, merely gather the youth about him and say, “Do what I did, kiddies. I stuck to my guns, took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Rather, he may say this, but he will sigh first; for he won’t believe it himself. Somewhere in the back of his mind will remain the imag e of yellow woods and two equally leafy paths.Ironic as it is, this is also a poem infused with the anticipation o f remorse. Its title is not “The Road Less Traveled” but “The Road Not Taken.” Even as he makes a choice (a choice he is forced to make if does not want to stand forever in the woods, one for which he has no real guide or definitive basis for decision-making), the speaker knows that he will second-guess himself somewhere down the line—or at the very least he will wonder at what is irrevocably lost: the impossible, unknowable Other Path. But the nature of the decision is such that there is no Right Path—just the chosen path and the other path. What are sighed for ages and ages hence are not so much the wrong decisions as the moments of decision themselves—moments that, one atop the other, mark the passing of a life. This is the more primal strain of remorse.Thus, to add a further level of irony, the theme of the poem may, after all, be “seize the day.” But a more nuanced carpe die m, if you please.。

the road not taken 赏析

the road not taken 赏析
The Road Not Taken
The 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 bent in the undergrowth;
Thank you
Background
• Forst claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London.
• Forst has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always felt wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path.
The framework of the poem
Stanza one: described the situation Stanza two: decide to take less-travelled Stanza three: continue description of road Stanza four: recalls the raod taken and not taken

The Road Not Taken 原诗及译本

The Road Not Taken 原诗及译本

The Road Not TakenRobert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo 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 thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn 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 sighSomewhere 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.译本一未选择的路顾子欣译黄色的树林里分出两条路可惜我不能同时去涉足我在那路口久久伫立我向着一条路极目望去直到它消失在丛林深处但我却选择了另外一条路它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂显得更诱人,更美丽虽然在这两条小路上都很少留下旅人的足迹虽然那天清晨落叶满地两条路都未经脚步污染呵,留下一条路等改日再见!但我知道路径延绵无尽头恐怕我难以再返回也许多少年后在某个地方我将轻声叹息将往事回顾一片树林里分出两条路——而我选择了人迹更少的一条从此决定了我一生的道路译本二李敖译曲出两径,殊难兼行,游子静立,极目而凝:径末深处,隐于野林。

The-Road-Not-Taken未选择的路-分析

The-Road-Not-Taken未选择的路-分析

The Road Not Taken未选择的路Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 黄叶林中出条岔路,And sorry I could not travel both无奈一人难于兼顾,And be one traveler, long I stood顺着一条婉蜒小路,And looked down one as far as I could久久伫立极目远眺,To where it bent in the undergrowth; 只见小径拐进灌木。

Then took the other, as just as fair, 接着选择了另一条,And having perhaps the better claim, 同样清楚似乎更好,Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 引人踩踏铺满茂草,Though as for that the passing there踏在其间难分彼此,Had worn them really about the same, 尽管真有两条道。

And both that morning equally lay清晨里躺着两条路,In leaves no step had trodden black. 一样叶被无人踏脏,Oh, I kept the first for another day! 愿将第一条来日补,Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 但知条条相连远途,I doubted if I should ever come back. 怀疑日后怎能回返。

I shall be telling this with a sigh在很久以后某一地,Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我将叹息诉说于人,Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—两路岔开在树林里,I took the one less traveled by, 我选的那条足迹稀,And that has made all the differece而一切差别由此起罗伯特.弗罗斯特(1874一1963)是在马萨诸塞州劳伦斯上的中学,也在达特第斯学院和哈佛大学读过一段时间。

唯美励志英文诗句品析

唯美励志英文诗句品析

唯美励志英文诗句品析Robert Frost's known poem: The Road Not Taken罗勃•佛洛斯特:没有走过的路TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, 黄树林里有两条路And sorry I could not travel both 只可惜我不能都踏行And be one traveler, long I stood 我,单独的旅人,伫立良久And looked down one as far as I could 极目眺望一条路的尽头To where it bent in the undergrowth; 看它隐没在丛林深处Then took the other, as just as fair, 于是我选择了另一条路And having perhaps the better claim, 一样平直,也许更值得Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 因为青草茵茵,还未被踏过 Had worn them really about the same, 若有过往人踪Though as for that the passing there 路的状况会相差无几And both that morning equally lay 那天早晨,两条路都覆盖在枯叶下 In leaves no step had trodden black. 没有践踏的污痕Oh, I kept the first for another day! 啊,原先那条路留给另一天吧! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 明知一条路会引出另一条路, I doubted if I should ever come back 我怀疑我是否会回到原处。

I shall be telling this with a sigh 在许多许多年以后,在某处,Somewhere ages and ages hence: 我会轻轻叹息说:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- 黄树林里分*两条路,而我, I took the one less traveled by, 我选择了较少人迹的一条,And that has made all the difference 使得一切多么地不同。

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Symbolism
• Road——life • Roads diverged——choices • Life is like a journey
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Rhyme
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,
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main idea
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Travel in the forest Meet two roads diverged How to make choice? When we choose a road Maybe it beautiful, maybe it desolate. Leave another road behind, maybe I will go by it another day, or maybe never. In the end , he choose a road fewer people go.
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my feelings
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Road——life Roads diverged——choices Everyone is a traveler We make choices everyday We can choose one, and give up another more Que Sera Sera Life is only once, follow your heart
Robert Frost
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The 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 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,
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Que Sera Sera
Que Sera Sera When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, What will I be Will I be pretty, will I be rich Here's what she said to me Que Sera Sera Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours to see Que Sera Sera,what will be will be
The Road Not Taken
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• Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 --1963 on January 29) is one of the most popular 20th century American poet. • He worked for New England shoemaker, teachers and farmers. • His poetry drawn from rural life in the subject matter, and the 19th century poet has a lot in common, by contrast, has been less modernist atmosphere. • He has won four Pulitzer Prizes and many other awards and honors, has been called "the poet laureate of American literature." • Just before the rest of his life in his poetry has won acknowledge his public works. • In the following years, he set up a great writer from the image.
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The Road Not Taken
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.
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