Not only in America, but everywhere English is spoken, he says. A Ford TV commercial in New Zealand quotes the whole poem and doesn’t even bother to identify it; after all, everyone knows it.

It is the most famous poem in American literature, a staple of pop songs, newspaper columnists and valedictorian speeches. It is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost: Everyone can quote those ...

“The Road Not Taken” was the favorite poem of so many of my students. Many of my students were from Mexico and had struggles with losing touch with parents and siblings, their friends and culture.

The poem, Pritchard writes, “sounds noble and is really mischievous.” Of course, like all good poems, “Road” has many layers and meanings.

Robert Frost’s 'The Road Not Taken,' originally published in The Atlantic in 1915, is animated in a new video.

Road Not Taken surprises you when you’re least expecting it. It can be very frustrating in the moment, but sit and ponder for awhile before you come back and the hooks sink in.

The confusion comes up in his poem " The Road Not Taken," in which a traveler describes choosing between two paths through the woods.

Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” concludes with the lines: “two roads diverged in a wood and I—I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” Having ...

The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong David Orr. Penguin Press, $25.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-59420-583-5 ...