theroadnottaken翻譯及賞析

1、The Road Not Taken 沫選擇的路?羅伯特？弗羅斯特Robert Frost生于1874年，卒于1963年，可能要算是20世紀(jì)美國最受歡迎和愛戴的一位詩人 了。1912年，他棄農(nóng)從文，從此成為了一名專業(yè)詩人。他曾在 1961年時(shí)受邀在約翰？F?t尼迪總統(tǒng)的就職典禮上 朗讀他的詩歌 ?The Gift Outright?。而本次我為大家推薦的 ？The Road Not Taken?那么是他最著名的一首詩歌。Two roads diverged in a yellow wood 黃色的樹林里分出兩條路And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同時(shí)

2、去涉足And be one traveler, long I stood 我在那路口久久佇立And looked down one as far as I could 我向著一條路極目望去To where it bent in the undergrown 直至U它?肖失在叢林深處Then took the other, as just as fair 但我卻選了另外一條路And having perhaps the better claim 它荒草萋萋，非常幽寂Because it was grassy and wanted wear;顯得更誘人、 更美麗Though as for that

3、 the passing there 雖然在這兩條小路上Had worn them really about the same 都很少留下旅人的足跡And both that morning equally lay 雖然那天清晨落葉滿地In leaves no step had trodden black兩條路都未經(jīng)腳印污染Oh, I kept the first for another day! 呵，留下一條路等改日再見！Yet knowing how way leads on to way,但我知道途徑延綿無盡頭I doubted if I should even come back.恐怕

4、我難以再回返I shall be telling this with a sigh 也許多少年后在某個(gè)地方 Somewhere ages and ages hence:我將輕聲嘆息把往事回憶 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- 一片樹林里分出兩條路 I took the one less traveled by,而我選了人跡更少的一條 And that has made all the difference 從此決定了我一生的道路 評(píng)論1:"The Road Not Taken" is a poem by Robert Frost, p

5、ublished in 1916 in the collection Mountain Interval, it is the first poem in the volume and is printed in italics. The title is often mistakenly given as "The Road Less Traveled", from the penultimate line: "I took the one less traveled by".The poem has two recognized interpreta

6、tions; one is a more literal interpretation, while the other is more ironic.Readers often see the poem literally, as an expression of individualism. Critics typically view the poem as ironic.1 "'TheRoad Not Taken,' perhaps the most famous example of Frost's own claims to conscious i

7、rony and 'the best example in all of American poetry of a wolf in sheep's clothing.'"2 and Frost himself warned "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem - very tricky."3 Frost intended the poem as a gentle jab at his great friend and fellow poet Edward T

8、homas with whom he used to take walks through the forest (Thomas always complained at the end that they should have taken a different path) and seemed amused at this certain interpretation of the poem as inspirational.Literal interpretationAccording to the literal (and more common) interpretation, t

9、he poem is inspirational, a paean to individualism and non-conformism.The poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking in the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to tr

10、y out both, but doubts he could do that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.Ironic interpretationThe ironic interpretation, widely held by critics,15 is that the poem is instead about regret and personal myth-making,

11、rationalizing our decisions.In this interpretation, the final two lines: I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. are ironic : the choice made little or no difference at all, the speaker's protestations to the contrary. The speaker admits in the second and third sta

12、nzas that both paths may be equally worn and equally leaf-covered, and it is only in his future recollection that he will call one road "less traveled by".The sigh, widely interpreted as a sigh of regret, might also be interpreted ironically: in a 1925 letter to Cristine Yates of Dickson,

13、Tennessee, asking about the sigh, Frost replied: "It was my rather private jest at the expense of those who might think I would yet live to be sorry for the way I had taken in life."Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey, life. There is

14、never a straight path that leaves one with but a sole direction in which to head. Regardless of the original message that Robert Frost had intended to convey, his poem, "The Road Not Taken", has left its readers with many different interpretations. It is one's past, present and the att

15、itude with which he looks upon his future that determines the shade of the light that he will see the poem in. In any case however, this poem clearly demonstrates Frost's belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. "And sorry I could not travel both."

16、It is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder about the opportunity cost, what will be missed out on. There is a strong sense of regret before the choice is even made and it lies in the knowledge that in one lifetime, it is impossible to travel down every path. In

17、an attempt to make a decision, the traveler "looks down one as far as I could". The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much he may strain his eyes to see as far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it i

18、s going to lead. It is the way that he chooses here that sets him off on his journey and decides where he is going. "Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim." What made it have the better claim is that "it was grassland wanted wear." It was somethin

19、g that was obviously not for everyone because it seemed that the majority of people took the other path therefore he calls it "the road less traveled by". The fact that the traveler took this path over the more popular, secure one indicates the type of personality he has, one that does not

20、 want to necessarily follow the crowd but do more of what has never been done, what is new and different. "And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black." The leaves had covered the ground and since the time they had fallen no one had yet to pass by on this road. Pe

21、rhaps Frost does this because each time a person comes to the point where they have to make a choice, it is new to them, somewhere they have never been and they tend to feel as though no one else had ever been there either. "I kept the first for another day!" The desire to travel down both

22、 paths is expressed and is not unusual, but "knowing how way leads on to way", the speaker of this poem realizes that the decision is not just a temporary one and he "doubted if I should ever come back." This is his common sense speaking and acknowledging that what he chooses now

23、 will affect every other choice he makes afterward. Once you have performed an act or spoken a word that crystallizes who you are, there is no turning back and it cannot be undone. Once again at the end of the poem the regret hangs over the traveler like a heavy cloud about to burst. He realizes tha

24、t at the end of his life, "somewhere ages and ages hence", he will have regrets about having never gone back and traveling down the roads he did not take. Yet he remains proud of his decision and he recognizes that it was this path that he chose that made him turn out the way and he did an

25、d live his life the way in which he lived. "I took the road less traveled by and that had made all the difference." To this man, what was most important, what really made the difference, is that he did what he wanted, even if it meant taking the road less traveled. If he hadn't, he wou

26、ldn't be the same man he is now. There are many equally valid meanings to this poem and Robert Frost may have intended this. He may have been trying to achieve a universal understanding. In other words, there is no judgment, no specificity, no moral. There is simply a narrator who makes a decisi

27、on in his life that had changed the direction of his life from what it may have otherwise been. It allows all readers from all different experiences to relate to the poem.評(píng)論2:Robert Frost is one of the finest of rural New England20tls century pastoral poets. His poems are great combination of wisdom

28、, harmony and serenity. They are simple at first sight, but demand readers for deep reading to grasp further meaning beyond surface.The famous poem of Frost The Road Not Taken is my favorite. This poem consists of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB. the rhymes are strict and mascu

29、line, with notable exception of the last line. There are four stressed syllables each line, varying on iambic tetrameter base.The Road Not Taken tells about life choi ce. Man ' s life is metaphorically related to a journey filled with twists and turns. One has to consider a lot before making a w

30、ise choice. Though the diverged roads seem identical, they actually lead to different directions, which symbolize different fates.A less than rigorous look at the poem may lead one to believe that Frost' s moral is embodied in those lines.as a call to independence, preaching originality and Emer

31、sonian self-reliance. The poem deconstructs its conclusion stanza by stanza.At the beginning of this poem, the poet shows the inability of human beings to foresee the future, especially the results of choices. At the split in the road, the speaker looks far down both the two paths to see what each o

32、f the paths will bring. However, his sight is limited; his eyes can only see the path until it bends into" . Man is free totceoosee rguowthdoesn t know beforehand the results of his choice.Both roads diverge into a“ yellow wnddappear to be“ about the"sariietheir purposes. The first path is

33、 a morecommon route. The other is less traveled, which a wasgrass and wanted wear” . The poet presents a conflict herethe decision between the common easy path and exceptional challenging path. The two different paths signify two different kinds of lives. Choosing the common easy path, people will f

34、eel at ease and live in safety, because the outcome is predictable. However, that kind of life may be less exciting and lack of novelty. While choosing the" road represe ntessetraveledgamble of facing a more difficult path in lives. This forms contrast with familiar lives of most people. People

35、 hope to achiever a satisfactory and interesting life on this road. The wish is good, but reality is full of challenges and uncertainties. Nobody can be sure of the outcome. After vacillating between the two roads, the poet finally decides to take the road"and leads a different life from common

36、 people. This may indicate his choice to be a poet, other than other jobs. The poet makes up his mind to dedicate himself to poem writing, which is regarded as a less common career.Once the decision is made, there will be no way to return to the original choice to experience the other route. So the

37、poet utters “ Yet knowing howay leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back. " The made choice is irrevocable, so man must be careful and rational before making decisions. At the same time, he must be courageous enough to shoulder the result of his choice, whether it is good or not.Fro

38、st presents man ' s limitation to explore life' s different possibilities. The theetnd of the poem. Forsag hsetime of one' shoice, he must give up other choices and miss some other things. At the same time, he “ sigh's with lamentation, pondering what he may have missed on the other

39、path and that he doesn ' have opportunities to experience another kind of life.The Road Not Taken is interpreted universally as a representation of two similar choices. At the beginning, man may face two identical forks, which symbolize the nexus of free choice and fate. They contrast increasing

40、ly with each other as they diverge in their separate directions. Man is free to choose, but it' s beyond his ability to foretell the consequences. Marcommon route which guarantees a safe and reliable life. He can also choose a less common one which is unknown, unique and stands out above other e

41、lse s. All in all, man must be responsible for his choice and has courage to shoulder Hthee result.can never go back to the past and experience other possibilities. It is impossible to predict the outcome of decisions, so it is essential for him to make wise decisions after considering, selecting an

42、d questioning which selection will provide him with fulfillment.The Road Not Taken is full of philosophical overtones. This poem should be read as a warning. Man should consider a lot before making choices and reflect over the choices he has made to discover" ." all the differences評(píng)論3:Robe

43、rt Frost ' s " The RoTakent has been one of the most analyzed, quoted, anthologized poems in American poetry.A wide-spread interpretation claims that the speaker in the poem is promoting individualism and non-conformity.A Tricky PoemFrost claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edwa

44、rd Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London. Frost has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always fret wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path.About the poem, Frost asserted, "You h

45、ave to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem - very tricky." And he is, of course, correct. The poem has been and continues to be used as an inspirational poem, one that to the undiscerning eye seems to be encouraging self-reliance, not following where others have led.But a close readi

46、ng of the poem proves otherwise. It does not moralize about choice; it simply says that choice is inevitable, but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.First Stanza - Describes SituationThe poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his posi

47、tion. He has been out walking the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts he could to that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.

48、Second Stanza - Decides to Take Less-Traveled RoadThe speaker had looked down the first one“to where it bent in the underg'rowihd in the second stanza, he reports thathe decided to take the other path, because it seemed to have less traffic than the first. But then he goes on to say that they ac

49、tually were very similarly worn. The second one that he took seems less traveled, but as he thinks about it, he realizes that they were “ really about the sa meNot exactly that same but only“ about the same.Third Stanza -Continues Description of RoadsThe third stanza continues with the cogitation ab

50、out the possible differences between the two roads. He had noticed that the leaves were both fresh fallen on them both and had not been walked on, but then again claims that maybe he would come back and also walk the first one sometime, but he doubted he would be able to, because in life one thing l

51、eads to another and time is short.Also on Suite101Frost's Snow and WoodsRobert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" seems simple, but its nuanced phrase, "And miles to go before I sleep," offers much about which to speculate.Fourth Stanza - Two Tricky WordsThe f

52、ourth stanza holds the key to the trickiness of the poem:I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I 一I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Those who interpret this poem as suggesting non-conformity take the word

53、 adifference to be a positive difference. But there is nothing in the poem that suggests that this difference signals a positive outcome. The speaker could not offer such information, because he has not lived the" yetlifferenceThe other word that leads readers astray is the word" By taking

54、 sigh." differenceto mean a positive difference, theythink that the sigh is one of nostalgic relief; however, a sigh can also mean regret. There is the" kind of sigh, but“ oh, dealalso the " what a reliekind of sigh. Which one is it?If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means

55、the speaker is glad he took the road he did; if it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. But the plain fact is that the poem does not identify the nature of that sigh. The speaker of the poem does not even know the nature of that sigh,

56、 because that sigh and his evaluation of the difference his choice will make are still in the future. It is a truism that any choice an indiviual make is going to make “ all the difference in how our future turns out.Careful Readers Won ' t Be TrickedSo Frost was absolutely correct; his poem is

57、tricky very tricky. In this poem, it is important to be careful with the time frame.When the speaker says he will be reporting sometime in the future how his road choice turned out, he clearly states that he cannot assign meaning to " aaHigjh “ difference yet, because he cannot know how his cho

58、ice will affect his future, untilafter he has lived it.評(píng)論4:1. IntroductionAs is well known to people, Robert Frost is one of the most famous national poets of America. Though contemporary with modernists like T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, Robert Frost is often regarded as a traditional poet of nature.

59、He rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporary. On the contrary, he chose- fashioned way to bethiewldnd urgedpoets to use the idioms of spoken English and, when possible, to rely on commonplace and even rustic imagery. And he saw nature as a storehouse of analogy and symbol. How

60、ever, unlike other poets of nature, he depicted nature as something in constant conflicts with human beings and bring a deep sense of uncertainty and even tragedy to them. Simple as they seem, his poems are often profound in meaning between the lines. Most of his poems are characterized with an unusual sense of tragedy and reflect weakness of human beings in the face of vast, impersonal force.Additionally, the poem reflects Frost 'own p