The road not taken by Robert Frost (1874-1963)

two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry i couldn't travel both
and be one traveler, long i stood
and looked down one as far as i could
to where it bent in the undergrowth

then took the other, as just as fair
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear
though as far that 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 hence
two roads diverged in a wood, and i
i took the one less traveled by
and that has made all the differences

(respon)
pesan dalam puisi karya Robert frost inibanyak meyakinkan orang-orang yang memiliki keraguan terhadap keputusan hidup yang ia jalani. seperti dua buah jalan yang harus dipilih tetapi hanya satu jalan yang menjadi pilihan yang harus dijalani. the road not taken menguatkan mereka yang ragu akan pilihan hidup mereka. walaupun jalan yhidup yang kita pilih berbeda dengan jalan yang pada umumnya dipilih kebanyakan orang, tapi yakinlah dengan keyakinan, di ujung jalan tersebut kita akan menemukan kejutan terhadap pilihan hidup kita. apapun itu, kita jangan menyesal, karena ini adalah pilihan kita yang tidak dipilih orang lain.

(Septi inggi Wiatni 0608339 english Literature B 2006)