Analysis of The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

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 traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

Copyright © Robert Frost [1916]

When most people read this great classic poem of Robert Frost, it reminds them of so many different things and same applies to me. One of the things the poem always reminds me is the page 24-25 of the financial lesson book:- "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki where the author used the poem to justify his choice for financial lesson, he wrote:-

"Over the years I have often reflected upon Robert Frost's poem. Choosing not to listen to my highly educated dad's advice and attitude about money was a painful decision, but it was a decision that shaped the rest of my life.

Once I made up my mind whom to listen to, my education about money began. My rich dad taught me over a period of 30 years, until I was age 39. He stopped once he realized that I knew and fully understood what he had been trying to drum into my often thick skull.

Money is one form of power. But what is more powerful is financial education. Money comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin building wealth." [Page 25 of Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki]

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Samuel C. Enunwa aka samueldpoetry
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