We are left to ponder if the narrator had instead traveled down “The Road Not Taken” might it have also made a difference as well. This poem deals with that big noble question of “How to make a difference in the world?” On first reading, it tells us that the choice one makes really does matter, ending: “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.”Ī closer reading reveals that the lonely choice that was made earlier by our traveling narrator maybe wasn’t all that significant since both roads were pretty much the same anyway (“Had warn them really about the same”) and it is only in the remembering and retelling that it made a difference. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1874-1963) You can also submit analyses of classic poetry to They will be considered for publication on this website.ġ0 Greatest Sonnets Concerning Other Poetsġ0 Greatest Poems about Death: A Grim Reader In the comments section below, feel free to make additions or construct your own lists. Many good poems and poets had to be left off of this list. Each poem is followed by some brief analysis. From least greatest (10) to greatest greatest (1), the poems in this list are limited to ones originally written in the English language and which are under 50 lines, excluding poems like Homer’s Iliad, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Raven,” Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, and Lord Byron’s mock epic Don Juan. What is poetry? What is great poetry? The poems below answer these questions.
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