Robert Frost 1874-1963

Robert Frost was born in San

Francisco, California but spent

most of his life in New England,

a rural area in the north east of

the United States. The area is

characterized by hills, woods,

farms and small towns. Frost

himself worked for many years

as a farmer, in addition to

teaching English and writing

poems. His poems reflect the

sights and sounds of where he

lived, the fields, farms and

woods and scenes of everyday

life. All those elements make

Frost’s poems accessible,

leading readers to understand

the deeper truths behind

seemingly simple ideas

Our speaker has come to a fork in a path in the woods. It's fall, and the leaves are turning colors. He's unsure

which way to go, and wishes he could go both ways. He looks down one path as far as he can see, but then he

decides to take the other. He thinks the path he decides to take is not quite as worn as the other one, but really, the paths are about the same, and the fallen leaves on

both look pretty fresh.

The speaker reflects on how he plans to take the road that he didn't take another day, but suspects that he

probably won't ever come back. Instead, far off in the future, he'll be talking about how his decision was final

and life changing.

Two roads diverged

in a yellow wood,and sorry

i could noT Travel boTh

and be one Traveler

long i sTood

andlooked down one

as far as i could

To where iT benT in The

undergrowTh

Then Took The oTher,

as jusT asfair,

and having PerhaPs The

beTTer claim,

Because it wasgrassy andwanted wear;

though as forthat 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.

choice & cosT

Every choice you make has a cost because choosing to do one thing means giving up the opportunity to do

something else.

Faced with the same options , different people make different choices because each person has his / her own way of making decisions based on different

values and beliefs.

When faced with the need to make a decision we try to think about the cost and guess the outcome.