The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, a
And sorry I could not travel both. b
And be one traveler, long I stood. a
And looked down one as far as I could. a
To where it bent in the undergrowth; b
Then took the other, as just as fair, a
And perhaps the better claim, b
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; a
Though as for that the passing there. a
Had worn them really about the same, b
And both that morning equally lay. a
In leaves no step had trodden black. b
Oh, I kept the first for another day! a
Yet knowing how way leads on to way, a
I doubted if I should ever come back. b
I shall be telling this with a sign. a
Somewhere ages and ages hence: b
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I a
took the one less traveled by, a
And that has made all the difference. b
By Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, a
And sorry I could not travel both. b
And be one traveler, long I stood. a
And looked down one as far as I could. a
To where it bent in the undergrowth; b
Then took the other, as just as fair, a
And perhaps the better claim, b
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; a
Though as for that the passing there. a
Had worn them really about the same, b
And both that morning equally lay. a
In leaves no step had trodden black. b
Oh, I kept the first for another day! a
Yet knowing how way leads on to way, a
I doubted if I should ever come back. b
I shall be telling this with a sign. a
Somewhere ages and ages hence: b
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I a
took the one less traveled by, a
And that has made all the difference. b