Cytaty z „Drogi, której nie wybrałem”

Słynne cytaty z utworu The Road Not Taken (1916) — 6. Autor: Robert Frost. Przytoczone słowo w słowo, z wyjaśnieniem znaczenia i źródłem każdego z nich.

Czas czytania: 1 min · Liczba wersów: 20

1. 1

   Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

   Znaczenie: A fork in an autumn forest presents the traveler with a choice between two possible routes.

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2. 2

   Then took the other, as just as fair,
   And having perhaps the better claim,
   Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

   Znaczenie: The traveler chooses the second path, tentatively suggesting that it looks less used.

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   Though as for that the passing there
   Had worn them really about the same,
   And both that morning equally lay
   In leaves no step had trodden black.

   Znaczenie: The traveler admits that both paths were actually worn equally and looked equally untouched that morning.

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4. 4

   Oh, I kept the first for another day!
   Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
   I doubted if I should ever come back.

   Znaczenie: The traveler hopes to try the other path someday but recognizes that one choice leads onward and makes returning unlikely.

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5. 5

   I shall be telling this with a sigh
   Somewhere ages and ages hence:

   Znaczenie: The traveler imagines recounting this choice much later, with a sigh whose emotion remains uncertain.

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   Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
   I took the one less travelled by,
   And that has made all the difference.

   Znaczenie: The traveler imagines claiming that choosing the less-used path shaped life, despite having described the paths as equally worn.

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Pytania o te cytaty

What does the ending of The Road Not Taken mean?

The speaker imagines a future story in which one choice determined life's direction. Earlier descriptions make the paths nearly identical, complicating the familiar reading that the poem simply celebrates individuality.

What does the sigh mean in The Road Not Taken?

The sigh could suggest regret, satisfaction, nostalgia, or mixed feelings. Frost leaves its meaning uncertain, so it does not prove that the speaker considers the choice either a mistake or a triumph.