The Road not Taken and other Poems

Resumen del libro

Frosts most-beloved early poems, selected by award-winning poet David Orr as a companion to The Road Not Taken (Penguin Press) in time for the centennial of 'The Road Not Taken'

One hundred years after its publication, Robert Frosts 'The Road Not Taken' remains among our best-loved poems, and its author perhaps our most widely-read poet. The poems premise, drawn from Frosts walks and conversations with the poet Edward Thomas, is deceptively simple: a man at a fork in the road, either physical or metaphorical, chooses the less travelled route. Yet its narrative is infused with all that makes Frost one of the great American poets. A poet of duality, the placid, pastoral surfaces of his lyrics belie their subtle innovation and thoughtful explorations of nature'both the verdant one around us and our own. 'The Road Not Taken' embodies Frosts great narrative: it is a story about the stories we tell about ourselves'stories full of doubt and possibility that end up creating our lives. In the end, we never know which road is superior because there are no simple conclusions in Frosts poems, but it is their very resistance to resolution that keeps them so enchanting and challenging after a century of reading.