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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. It is worth remembering that Frost's point is th
by ucaetano 10y ago
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
It is worth remembering that Frost's point is that it actually doesn't make any difference.
- Y_Y 10y agoI tend to think that interpretation has a better claim on the basis of its being grassy and wanting wear. That is to say I think there's a nice irony in the fact that I often hear people espouse that (clearly correct) opinion with the implication it is a better interpretation but has fewer subscribers.
- tutufan 10y ago??? Is that what those lines mean?
- cypherpunks01 10y agoSee this article [1] for an explanation of how the poem is supposedly taught & understood incorrectly. I tend to agree with the claim. The crux is in the 2 paragraphs starting with "Frost’s poem turns this expectation on its head", and the main claim is: "According to this reading, then, the speaker will be claiming “ages and ages hence” that his decision made “all the difference” only because this is the kind of claim we make when we want to comfort or blame ourselves by assuming that our current position is the product of our own choices (as opposed to what was chosen for us or allotted to us by chance)." [1] https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09/11/the-most-misread-poem-in-america/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09/11/the-most-misr...
- tutufan 10y ago??? Is that what those lines mean?