Thanks, Jen. I’ve actually been thinking about this poem quite a bit recently. I am 75 now and I remember finding it in a book in my school library when I was 12 or 13. It was the first poem I ever read and tried to grapple with. I hadn’t thought about it for years but recently began to wonder how this poem may have impacted me so long ago and how I would now evaluate the choices I’ve made. I’m sure at 12 or 13 it was a destabilizing realization that I would be making decisions that would foreclose other choices.
There is great ambiguity in the poem as well. Is the narrator reminiscing on their decision with relief or regret? Is the narrator throwing caution at the reader or emboldening us? I believe the narrator is essentially imparting their wisdom to us in an impartial manner by saying: the paths we choose do not determine our future, rather it is the actions we make with those decisions that dictate our outcome. And that our paths naturally navigate the unknown, uncharted territories of our lives and we cannot predict the outcome. What is important is that we move forward with life in a decisive manner and do not stand still out of hesitation, fear or mere indecisiveness.
Excellent, many thanks! What's interesting is that most Americans read this poem as praising typically American virtues like individuality, nonconformism, courage, and so on, even though this interpretation is not really borne out by the text itself.
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Thanks, Jen. I’ve actually been thinking about this poem quite a bit recently. I am 75 now and I remember finding it in a book in my school library when I was 12 or 13. It was the first poem I ever read and tried to grapple with. I hadn’t thought about it for years but recently began to wonder how this poem may have impacted me so long ago and how I would now evaluate the choices I’ve made. I’m sure at 12 or 13 it was a destabilizing realization that I would be making decisions that would foreclose other choices.
There is great ambiguity in the poem as well. Is the narrator reminiscing on their decision with relief or regret? Is the narrator throwing caution at the reader or emboldening us? I believe the narrator is essentially imparting their wisdom to us in an impartial manner by saying: the paths we choose do not determine our future, rather it is the actions we make with those decisions that dictate our outcome. And that our paths naturally navigate the unknown, uncharted territories of our lives and we cannot predict the outcome. What is important is that we move forward with life in a decisive manner and do not stand still out of hesitation, fear or mere indecisiveness.
why are people like this so underratted
Haha thank you so much - I appreciate you xxxx
Excellent, many thanks! What's interesting is that most Americans read this poem as praising typically American virtues like individuality, nonconformism, courage, and so on, even though this interpretation is not really borne out by the text itself.
Haha, we all come to a text with our own set of cultural and subjective biases!
Great diction! Love your analysis!
@JC - Absolutely love ur content; so happy I subed. Happy I 'took this road' 😁.
Thanks for watching and subbing! Great to know you find the content helpful xxx
Love this
Thanks for this video❤
can you make a video on remains by simon armitage for gcse power and conflict?
binary and singular?
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