American Literature / Unit 14 AML 1317 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"The Road Not Taken" and Its Misreading
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The idea
The speaker chooses between two roads he says were worn about the same, then predicts that he will one day claim, with a sigh, that the less travelled one made all the difference. It is usually read as praise for nonconformity.
In practice
Two roads, worn about the same.
Where people slip
Two readings are defended, and both stand.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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