When I was studying, there were always a few poems that I remember to this day, such as Frost's "The Road Not Taken". I still remember that lesson. One song is it, and the other is Pushkin's " If Life Deceived You ".
Today is the birthday of the poet Robert Frost .
143 years ago, he was born in the United States on March 26. He has since won 4 times Pulitzer Prize (Pulitzer Prize). He is one of the most popular American poets in the 20th century and is known as the " American literature Poet Laureate (Poet Laureate)".
In 1961, Frost was invited to read poetry at President Kennedy's inauguration. At that time, he read "The Gift Outright" (The Gift Outright). He was also the first American poet to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration.
He experienced ups and downs in his life. He lost his father in childhood, his wife in middle age, and his son in old age. He often fell into a state of physical and mental exhaustion, so his poems often appear in terms of solitude (solitude), despair (despair), death (death) and other related images, such as cold winter, ice and snow, dead leaves, withered roses, etc.
Today, let’s appreciate one of his famous poems: "The Road Not Taken" (The Road Not Taken).
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both.
And be one traveler, long I stood at the intersection,
And looked down one as far as I could I looked towards a road,
To where it bent in the undergrowth. Until it disappeared deep into the jungle.
Then took the other, as just as fair, but I chose another road,
And having perhaps the better claim, it was grassy and very lonely,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; it seemed more attractive and beautiful,
Though as for that the passing there,
Had worn them really about the same.
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay Although the ground was full of fallen leaves that morning,
In leaves no step had trodden back. Both roads were unpolluted by footprints.
Oh, I kept the first for another day! Oh, I kept a way to see you again another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way, but I know the path is endless,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence: I shall be telling this with a sigh
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- ,
I took the one less traveled by, and I chose the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. From then on, it determined the path of my life.
This poem was inspired by Frost's daily interactions with his friend Edward Thomas. Frost often walked with Thomas in the countryside. Thomas always wanted to choose a road that could show his friends the unique scenery, but he would regret it after every walk, thinking that the road he did not choose might show a better scenery. After
, this poem appeared in Frost's pen. Just like his previous style, it was ordinary, unpretentious, but intriguing. His poems usually start from the scenery and human feelings, and then sublimate to the realm of philosophy.
The song "The Road Not Taken" also contains Frost's life. In order to write poetry, he gave up his original job as a teacher and went to England. The road ahead to writing poetry was full of thorns and needed to be explored, "grassy and wanted wear" , but he never looked back. After
became famous, he chose a different writing method from others: he did not experiment with poetry and did not cater to the market... Therefore, before the age of 38, his poems were not accepted by publishers.
However, Frost still insisted on his own writing style (writing style), winning belated praise. As written in the poem, "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference" , he chose the road less traveled by, and it determined his life from then on.
There are many forked roads in life, and it is destined not to be travel both. Before choosing, please think carefully; after choosing, don’t look back.
Finally, let’s learn the word diverge.
verge means "tends, tilts" to , and the prefix di- generally means "double-sided, separated" , so diverge means "deviates, diverges" from .
So, let’s make a sentence ~
Losing weight does not mean that you have to diverge from meat. Losing weight does not mean that you have to diverge from meat.
common sentence pattern:
diverge from sth. Different from..., there is a difference,
is equivalent to differ from or be different from.
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