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08/20/2008 02:18:17 AM · #1 |
In a //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken, it was mentioned that there are two interpretations of this poem, one of them as inspirational and one of irony. Further, it even suggests that Robert Frost himself meant for the poem to be about regret, and ironically still getting to the place in life where he wanted to be anyway.
Any thoughts on this?
Message edited by author 2008-08-20 02:19:05. |
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08/20/2008 03:36:59 AM · #2 |
He Got Home, Right?
Two roads diverged in a wood
so I went a little way down each of them
you know, just to see how much
divergence we were talking about.
To my surprise, they both divided again
not that it was all that surprising
given that I was on one road to start with.
So really, one road diverged in a wood.
And what does it matter that it’s a wood
when the point is that it’s a path –
it's just a pathway, becoming two
pathways, then exponentially diverging.
So all I had to do was to cruise on
through the exponential sea of footprints,
up being up and down being down and home
being where the heart is and with any luck,
the supper.
PSR
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08/20/2008 06:02:27 AM · #3 |
Actually, The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck is a personal growth writing...from Amazon.com....
"His agenda in this tome, which was first published in 1978 but didn't become a bestseller until 1983, is to reconcile the psychoanalytic tradition with the conflicting cultural currents roiling the 70s."
I grabbed it at a yard sale for a quarter this summer, but haven't gotten around to reading it.
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08/20/2008 07:00:24 AM · #4 |
I don't mean to sound harsh or anything, but who cares how Wikipedia/some poet, or anyone else for that matter, has interpreted it in the past? How do YOU interpret it for this challenge? Show us with your entry!
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08/20/2008 09:03:26 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by raish:
He Got Home, Right?
Two roads diverged in a wood
so I went a little way down each of them ... |
Raish, the way you posted, it looks like "He Got Home, Right?" is the name of the poem!
Originally posted by CEJ:
I don't mean to sound harsh or anything, but who cares how Wikipedia/some poet, or anyone else for that matter, has interpreted it in the past? How do YOU interpret it for this challenge? Show us with your entry! |
You don't sound harsh, you just sound like you need your morning coffee. ;-)
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08/20/2008 09:24:31 AM · #6 |
| damn, and there I was thinking of a dirt road! |
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08/20/2008 09:49:21 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by citymars:
Originally posted by raish:
He Got Home, Right?
Two roads diverged in a wood
so I went a little way down each of them ... |
Raish, the way you posted, it looks like "He Got Home, Right?" is the name of the poem! |
I'm pretty sure that is the name of the poem. One by Peter Richards, aka  raish. And a fine one it is!
Here's the one by Frost:
Originally posted by Robert Frost:
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,
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. |
And boy, that Wikipedia article was interesting. I don't much care what academics have to say about it, but even the concept that the last stanza is an ironic musing is very interesting. That it might mean "long into the future, I'm going to look back and congratulate myself for taking the less-travelled road, even though it really didn't matter much."
Message edited by author 2008-08-20 09:53:59.
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08/20/2008 10:04:33 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Actually, The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck is a personal growth writing...from Amazon.com....
"His agenda in this tome, which was first published in 1978 but didn't become a bestseller until 1983, is to reconcile the psychoanalytic tradition with the conflicting cultural currents roiling the 70s."
I grabbed it at a yard sale for a quarter this summer, but haven't gotten around to reading it. |
I'm fairly sure that ol' M. Scott borrowed the title for his book from the poem, with the message in mind that the road less traveled is the one to enlightenment, personal growth and all that good stuff.
raish you clever devil. That's an excellent poem. |
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08/20/2008 10:12:30 AM · #9 |
| so who here's taking a pic of a dirt road? 1, 2... 142 people... okay, just checking. haha :) |
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08/20/2008 10:20:14 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by CEJ:
I don't mean to sound harsh or anything, but who cares how Wikipedia/some poet, or anyone else for that matter, has interpreted it in the past? How do YOU interpret it for this challenge? Show us with your entry! |
It's a discussion of various interpretations......that's what we do in the Current Challenge forum.
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08/20/2008 10:24:34 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Soul:
so who here's taking a pic of a dirt road? 1, 2... 142 people... okay, just checking. haha :) |
ummmmwellllllummmm
damn there is that entry out of the window.
And you knoooooooooooooooooow that there will be 024582093845023485 entrys of dirt roads!!! |
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08/20/2008 10:40:31 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by redjulep:
I'm fairly sure that ol' M. Scott borrowed the title for his book from the poem, with the message in mind that the road less traveled is the one to enlightenment, personal growth and all that good stuff. |
Indubitably.....
But the title is verbatim in this instance.......8>)
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08/20/2008 10:55:17 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by redjulep:
I'm fairly sure that ol' M. Scott borrowed the title for his book from the poem, with the message in mind that the road less traveled is the one to enlightenment, personal growth and all that good stuff. |
Indubitably.....
But the title is verbatim in this instance.......8>) |
That's sort of like saying if we had a "To Be or Not to Be" challenge, it refers to Andersen's novel with that title, not Shakespeare's "Hamlet"...
R.
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08/20/2008 11:02:18 AM · #14 |
This challenge has to do with poetry?
I thought it was to do with a road that was abandoned or rarely used. Thats how I took it. Man I am totally off. I guess I will be doing the black and white abstract. lol |
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08/20/2008 11:11:07 AM · #15 |
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08/20/2008 11:13:05 AM · #16 |
This poem was part of our graduation ceremony in highschool
as I'm sure its used A LOT |
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08/20/2008 11:19:12 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by JaimeVinas:
This challenge has to do with poetry? I thought it was to do with a road that was abandoned or rarely used. |
The less-travelled road, literally, metaphorically, or both -- I imagine it's up to you. Some voters may balk at the literal, but I intend to keep an open mind. |
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08/20/2008 12:19:58 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by redjulep:
I'm fairly sure that ol' M. Scott borrowed the title for his book from the poem, with the message in mind that the road less traveled is the one to enlightenment, personal growth and all that good stuff. |
Indubitably.....
But the title is verbatim in this instance.......8>) |
That's sort of like saying if we had a "To Be or Not to Be" challenge, it refers to Andersen's novel with that title, not Shakespeare's "Hamlet"...
R. |
Bear, what are you referring to? I'm not understanding your post. |
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08/20/2008 01:33:35 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by citymars:
Originally posted by raish:
He Got Home, Right?
Two roads diverged in a wood
so I went a little way down each of them ... |
Raish, the way you posted, it looks like "He Got Home, Right?" is the name of the poem!
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Indeed it is the title of the poem - all my own wurk - bit of a poem and bit of a laugh.
I wouldn't sweat the literary ins and outs too much. 'The Road Less Travelled' provides a literary image. Make a photographic one. |
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08/20/2008 01:36:16 PM · #20 |
| Ah, Raish's poem deeper than Frost's rather self-congratulatory one, and such a sweet finish. |
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08/20/2008 01:40:34 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by raish:
Originally posted by citymars:
Raish, the way you posted, it looks like "He Got Home, Right?" is the name of the poem!
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Indeed it is the title of the poem - all my own wurk - bit of a poem and bit of a laugh. |
Ah, jeez, I feel like an idiot. I didn't even read your poem -- I just assumed you were posting Frost's poem and "accidentally" put your own title on it. Duh. :-p
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08/20/2008 02:08:31 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by citymars:
Originally posted by raish:
Originally posted by citymars:
Raish, the way you posted, it looks like "He Got Home, Right?" is the name of the poem!
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Indeed it is the title of the poem - all my own wurk - bit of a poem and bit of a laugh. |
Ah, jeez, I feel like an idiot. I didn't even read your poem -- I just assumed you were posting Frost's poem and "accidentally" put your own title on it. Duh. :-p |
No problem - it's light-hearted stuff :-) |
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08/20/2008 02:13:42 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by redjulep:
Bear, what are you referring to? I'm not understanding your post. |
Earlier on, Jeb "implied" that the Topic makers had in mind the later book, not the source poem. Though of course I am sure that was tongue in cheek:
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Actually, The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck is a personal growth writing...from Amazon.com.... |
My response was equally tongue-in-cheek.
R.
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08/21/2008 09:47:19 PM · #24 |
So what would you shoot for this challenge?
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08/21/2008 09:58:03 PM · #25 |
A depiction of the road less traveled, of course.
edit: road, not raod
Message edited by author 2008-08-21 21:59:14. |
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