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1、2021/3/25授課:XXX1The Road Not Taken 2021/3/25授課:XXX2The 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
2、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. 2021/3/25授課:XXX3The 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 w
3、ay 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. 2021/3/25授課:XXX4Background Forst claims that he wrote this poem about
4、 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. 2021/3/25授課:XXX5The framew
5、ork of the poemStanza one: described the situationStanza two: decide to take less-travelledStanza three: continue description of roadStanza four: recalls the raod taken and not taken2021/3/25授課:XXX6 In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking the woods and comes
6、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.2021/3/25授課:XXX7 In the second stanza, he reports
7、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 e
8、xactly that same but only “about the same.”2021/3/25授課:XXX8 The 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 co
9、me 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.2021/3/25授課:XXX9The 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 dive
10、rged in a wood, and II took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.2021/3/25授課:XXX10The form of the poem Form:four five-line stanzas Meter:iambic tetrameter The rhyme scheme:abaad2021/3/25授課:XXX11The theme of the peom Traditionally, this poem has been understood as an inspirat
11、ional poem, seeming to encouraging people to be self-reliant and not following where others have led. Actually, it dose 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.2021/3/25授課:XXX12Symbolic meaning of two r
12、oads The two roads not only refer to the real roads he takes while walking in the yellow woods. More significantly, it means two different ways of life when one hesitates before the lifes crossroad. Different choices will lead to different futures.2021/3/25授課:XXX13Summary The Road Not Taken tells ab
13、out life choice. Mans life 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.2021/3/25授課:XXX14Thank youThank you!