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The Road I Should Have Taken - Online Term Paper

The Road I Should Have Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not 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 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.
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 and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less ...

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is seldom tread upon. The consequences of selecting a road that is noticeable more unkempt and perhaps even hazardous could be devastating; it is a miracle in its self that the speaker is still alive or even sane enough to recall his precarious adventure through the uncharted territory. Does no one remember the legend of Little Red Riding Hood, who against her mothers warnings, wandered off the trail only to fall victim to the wolf?” As the story goes, Little Red Riding Hood was sent forth with a basket of goodies to visit her ailing grandmother. (Take notice that the traveler has no mention of a grandma or a basket which can lead to only one conclusion. The speaker selfishly neglected poor old Granny and, being a little less innocent than Little Red Riding Hood, was actually seeking trouble to satisfy his bad-boy complex and fulfill some empty void in his life.) Consider the consequences of Little Red Riding Hood’s supposed tranquil journey. She was ...

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Added: 12/3/2007 03:15:47 PM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 972
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