"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- An animated interpretation of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken"
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#poetry
Bereavement. Homesickness. A first kiss. Experiences like these transcend our rational understanding of the world. In such moments, we need poetry.
That's why we're excited to have paired contemporary and classical poems with award-winning animators to help us all better understand the most inexplicable parts of life.
Today, we published six poems in our new series "There's a Poem for That". We hope you love these poems as much as we do! Check out the whole series here:bit.ly/TEDEdTheresAPoemForThat
Let us know in the comments which poems you'd love to see animated as part of this series.
I'd love to see 'The house was quiet and the world was calm' by Wallace Stevens, as it's a poem about books.
Tale of melon city (^O^!)v
35 Yaş Şiiri. It's a beautiful poem by Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı. I tried my best to translate it, I hope at least someone reads it!
Thirty Five Years
Age 35! Means half of the way.
We are in the middle of life, like Dante.
The quintessence in our youth ages,
-It is futile to cry, beg today,
Goes away without a pity.
Did it snow to my temples, what is it?
Is that creased face mine, my God?
What about the purple under-eye circles?
Why do you seem as enemy;
The mirrors I recognized as friend for years?
How people change in time!
I'm not he in every pic of mine:
Where are those days, that enthusiasm, that thrill?
That cheerful man is not me;
It's a lie that I am carefree, a falsity.
Our first love is now misty;
Even the memory sounds unfamiliar.
Friends we started together in life
Broke up, one by one;
Our loneliness is cumulative.
I see now, the sky has another colour!
I noticed late that the rock is stiff.
Water drowns human, the fire burns!
Every rising day is a trouble,
Human understands that when he gets to this age.
Quince is yellow, pomegranate is red, autumn!
That I acknowledged some more every year.
Why are these birds circling?
Where did that funeral come from? Who is dead?
Which garden is that I've seen scattered?
What to do, the death is close by everybody.
It is going to be "slept, couldn't wake up".
Who knows where, how, at what age?
You're going to have one short lived kingdom,
On that throne-like coffin rest.
Üçüncü Şahsın Şiiri. A poem by Atilla İlhan. I tried to translate, I hope someone will read and like it! By the way, the poet didn't use capitals on purpose so I didn't as well 😄
Poem of The Third Person
when your eyes reached mine,
that was my calamity, i wept.
i knew that you didn't love me.
i heard that you had a lover:
a spindly boy, very thin
and wicked in my view.
whenever i saw him in front of me,
i was afraid that i would kill him.
that was my calamity, i wept.
whenever i passed through Maçka,
there were always ships in the port.
trees would laugh like birds.
a wind would take away my mind
you would light a cigarette quietly.
you would burn my fingertips.
you would curve your eyelashes and look.
i would feel cold and trembled.
that was my calamity, i wept.
evenings ended like a novel.
jezabel would lay down in blood.
a ship left the port.
you got up and went to him.
you would go with your waxen face.
you would stay with him until the morning.
he was just a wicked boy in my view.
whenever he laughed, he looked like a corpse.
especially when he took you in his arms,
that was my calamity, i wept.
Can I recite a poem? How can I do that? Please let me know.
I read it in my 9th standard.
But the animation made it magical
Are u from India❓
@@brainboxanky1729 yes mate.
Me tooo
mysterious critic I read it when I was in 5th
Me toooo
When your greatest poem of all time was literally a joke, making fun of your friend but everyone misinterprets is and thinks it’s some kind of masterpiece
lmao
ReAlLy?!!!! This was written as a joke?
.......it all makes sense now
@@a-rue-nima yup. Frost had a friend named Edward Thomas who was an indecisive person. So, Frost wrote this poem to Thomas on his inability to make a decision and not get satisfaction from that decision.
Frost described Thomas as a kind of a person who would regret later, no matter which road he took.
The popular version of poem is a very idealistic and motivational version but the poem actually was more practical and melancholic.
@@siddhantghildiyal1489 and aman dhatterwal made a whole new different meaning out of it lol
Everyone sees this as motivational, but in reality, Robert Frost wrote it as a jibe towards an indecisive friend who would go on walks down one path but regret not going down the other.
It shows in the poem with how the traveler realizes that the other path has been worn about the same as the one he didn't go down, and that he wishes to go back to that fork and take the other road yet doubts that he ever will.
It's honestly depressing: the true meaning of the poem. The friend for whom Frost wrote it for made the same mistake of thinking it motivational, joined the army, and died.
True, it also makes me kinda sad as I learnt the true side of the poem back at school and have seen many people misinterpret it. But, at the same time, I think that perhaps its a good thing that it inspires people, unintentionally.
I never found it motivational, but melancholic at its core, it's about the choices we won't make, the patch of forest we'll undoubtedly never see, the things we'll never do, doesn't matter how much time we have or how we use it, that melancholy will stay. It's a poem about accepting limitations and living with our decisions whatever they were as there's no clear choice and you won't take them twice. It can inspire people but in the poem no one said one path was better than the other.
this is actually depressing
You might prefer this more cynical animated version for The Atlantic: ua-cam.com/video/iY9KZKms-j0/v-deo.html
I don't like this.. cries😭😭
Indian students in 9th standard in the comments
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Edit: I am in 10th now lmao
And this comment got like 1.5k likes??? How???? Omg lol
Daaaamnnnn
Actually never thought it was so deep...(iam an 11th grader now)
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@@dimlighty o... sorry..bro... thanks..for.. correction 😁
@@sidd6803 :)
This was one of my favouritest poems from school - always take the one less travelled by.
Always find you here. I agree, however you should not always take the one less traveled by.
Nimr Al Nimri haha, yeah do whatever makes you happy! But don’t feel like you have to do what everyone else does.
Yeah. It was my favourite too!
@@SciencewithKatie yeah. That makes sense.
What if the road less taken has wolves on it?
Frost reportedly wrote this poem based on his Welsh friend named Edward Thomas who was always regretful of his past decisions. The poem also might be based on the poet's own life.
Thank you for making this wonderful video!😊
yes actually it is when he took his occupation as a poet his life changed like in the road "and I- I took the one less travelled by and it has made all the differences"
After Frost returned to New Hampshire in 1915, he sent Thomas an advance copy of "The Road Not Taken". Thomas took the poem seriously and personally, and it may have been significant in his decision to enlist in World War I. Thomas was killed two years later in the Battle of Arras. - Bro died
You're doing poems now, i love it!!!
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Give me an Oscar 😗
@@ved5arthold this worldcup 🏆. Oscars are for creative persons. 😝😂
In my school , I had read it at 9 standard my teacher still spoke this poem when we need motivation this poem will always be in my memory ❤️
I am in ninth standard and my teacher explained it by connecting it to choice we should have to make in class ninth
Finally, a road with no traffic
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"I could not travel both as being one traveller .....
I took the road less taken. ...
N that made all difference😇" ...
This poem is one of my favorite..
It was thr in our 9 th textbook...
Thank you..
Robert Frost's magical poem along with your magical animation.. it's so beautiful. I loved it. A huge thanks to Ted Ed for uploading this poem
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Its been a year I kept on watching this every time a lose hope, and lost. Makes me feel at ease as I am always alone. In the city, and still fighting for what I love. Hoping one day I'll get it..
Heyy so do i, i kept coming back just to hear this poem. Did you realized that the music and narrator tempo id just different? Or it just me?
I feel like this poem was written for me right now. I'm faced with the choice of two paths and neither, no matter how I try to measure them, is really any better than the other. I wish I could go down both paths, experience both lives. But I know it's impossible. And whichever path I end up choosing, by whatever arbitrary measure, it will always be the right choice. It will always be the path that has "made all the difference" because it will be the path that makes me who I am. To regret choosing the path I took would be to regret becoming the person I am and therefore would be to regret my own existence.
I can try to imagine the future of each path as far as I can, but in the end I will never really know what could have been. This poem hurts because it tells the truth: there isn't enough time to experience everything and agonising over a decision won't change the fact that whatever you choose will be the right choice because in the end these choices that seem so vitally important are really as insignificant as the choice of which path to take on a pleasant morning walk.
Yes its truw
But the poem actually talks about regrets of not taking the other road.
i will copy and past this and use it for my assignment
Yep, I think you've got it right. ultimately all you can do is make choices and like some game of chess you'll never be able to work out all the alternatives. If you screw up, be easy on yourself. you tried.
I took the less traveled road, now I m lost.
Thou shall succeed one day :)
What it is
It means you're gonna discover a new one.
Best of luck
Take along a map next time😉
Hold it there, I am on the way too.
He’s my favourite poet and was coincidentally born on the same day as me
Wow lucky you. He's one of my favorite poets too, after Neruda.
This is one of the rare poems which actually made me like poetry.
14 years down the first time you come across this poem and it opens up a whole new world....
Your lectures are already excellent, but this new poetry series you have come up with exceeds all expectations. Beautiful narration and animation, this Robert Frost one moved me almost to tears. Thank you for always coming up with the best videos on youtube 💕🙌🏻
I started writing poetry as a new years resolution and poems like this make me fall in love with this art every single day
Nice
"Look at this morning light
How could a candle ever improve this?" ~Rumi
If there's a light then there's no need of candle, don't waste your precious candle. Take your candle to the deepest notch of this world. And in the dark you'll always have that hope, the hope of light.☺☺
@@stand_up_videos We are our only burning candle
@@SanjanaLaddha You don't have to know that how capable you are. When the life will push you towards darkness and pull you at your lowest, you'll find out that there are no limits, because you were never bound.
@@stand_up_videos I agree, bounds are created by and for measurable matters unlike space, time and ourselves.
@@SanjanaLaddha I'm not gonna reply on this one, but wanna write something. Time always wonder me with the definite and indefinite changes. The space is my first love.
#LoveTED-Ed🖤 #LoveSanjana💝
A poem so sincere to the nature of life, that I often find myself in its company.
Make one for "If" by Rudyard Kiplings
I third that
Yesss! It’s one of my favourites!
Yessss!! Please do that.
YES YES YES!
Yes, even I have requested for it
I remember reading this poem in my 8th grade, now I understand it's true meaning, what a masterpiece 😌
I never recognised that this poem was so beautiful until I saw it on a beautiful channel I read the poem in my 9 grade and learned it for scoring marks but never for learning the meaning out of it . The animation is adorable
It's been 3 years since i first came across this poem in class 9 and i didn't take it that seriously back then, now that i'm 16 and in class 12 this poem means so much more ❤
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I would love to start a discussion in the comments... It would be alot of fun if everyone would reply to this comment based on their interpretation of the poem
My interpretation is that a man makes a decision in his life, either something simple or difficult. He notes how many people have made the same choice as he had, as both roads were equally travelled. Many years later, the man recalls the event, but he embellishes it, for he claims he took the less traveled road, which has greatly affected his life. In reality, it was the series of choices he made, and not one single decision, that made all the difference in the long run.
If you believe the man truly took the road less taken, listen to the first two stanzas of the poem again
In laymans language the core of this poem would be - That in our life we make a lot of decisions.When we fail or see the negative impact of those decisions we feel we should've made the other choice(s) So in summary the title could suggest The very human nature of Regret (about the 'other' choice)
The speaker of the poem sighs which could mean he’s relieved, disappointed, or tired. So it’s an ambiguous ending on whether his choice was good or bad
Jane Carreon perhaps Frost meant the road ‘seamed’ less travelled to him. In the second stanza he writes it was just as fair but perhaps had the better claim.
It’s interesting how, as individuals, we see things so differently... and make our decisions based on what appears to us as a road less travelled by. I’ve never questioned why he would first say the roads were equally travelled, yet he chose one less travelled ... great analysis you have there
The interpretation that my high school lit teacher offered is this: it doesn’t matter which path you choose in life.
He said that frost was trying to point out how so many people are obsessed and often anxious with what road they chose (the one less traveled, or the well beaten path), that they end up wasting away their lives looking for some elusive purpose. Instead, Frost is arguing that there are many things in life that give you meaning, and that it doesn’t really matter which path you choose so long as you seek meaning in THAT path and not in the longing for another.
Evidence of this idea in the poem comes from when Frost says that after going back and taking the road less traveled he found it to be no better than before. So given this interpretation the closing of the poem (I took the road less traveled and it was better) can be read in sort of an ironic sense.
I really like this interpretation. It gives me a little solace about what I should do with my life, especially since I am at such a turning point in my life (I’m a senior in High School). I am guilty of having been obsessed with planning the next ten, fifteen, twenty years of my life, and this poem sort of eases that stress. If I go into life with the mindset that wherever I end up I will have the opportunity to be fulfilled, then I can truly focus on my fulfillment and not go on a witch hunt for something I might otherwise never find.
Let me know what you guys think. Cheers!
I have read this poem before and loved the underlying and apparent meaning, but this TED-Ed animation with it took me to my own wonderland, it was magical.
Excellent new series guys. Thanks for this.
This is my most favourite poem...
I first read this poem a year ago in my grade 11 English class...
It just makes me emotional because it talks about my life, both the positive and negative understanding...
“And the road not taken looks real good now”- Taylor Swift, evermore, 2020
"Take the road less traveled by" - Taylor Swift, illicit affairs, folklore, 2020
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"Take the road less travelled by,tell yourself you can always stop" -taylor swift,illicit affairs
@@dream.5708 “take the road less travelled by, tell your self you can always stop”
I see swifties😀
I'm a Grade10 student from the Philippines and we have studied about it before.I don't have any idea why it is on my recommendation but I enjoyed it honestly.
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This is very underrated
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We're finding our sibling with this one. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
lol genshin
brother where r u😔
I had to memorize this in high school and I can still remember the words. It’s good to see a visual!
I read this as a young student out of duty but never really understood its significance. Even now, it doubles and triples in meaning every time you hear it. But the animation was like a soothing short film.
So, TED basically took a misinterpretation of an actually melancholy poem by Robert Frost, and turned it into an animation to make it concrete. I was really confused when I saw the comments after the video because all I saw in that video was the motivation to try unexpected and unorthodox ways.
Wow, this got me emotional. I didnt feel anything when the teacher taught me this in class like just a few months ago, but the way you spoke this beautiful poem really got me. I think I understand why people like poems so much now.
listening to this poem once again...is soo nostalgic..I remember reading this in my online class in 2020..in 9th grade
now i"m in 11th..gosh im tearing up!!
time goes by so fast
It's like the poem has come alive and is in its live, breathing form. It's just so breathtakingly beautiful.
This was in my class 9 textbook and it was not felt anything at that time but after many years it motivated many of my friends and me also. Doing something no one did before, be creative, try new things and etc.
"I took the one that is less travelled by
And that has made all the difference"
The best lines..!!
An evergreen poem which is popular in many countries and known by many age groups.... soothing....
This is the first poem i ever read of Sir Robert Frost and i immediately fell in love with his creations. That's a sign of an real artist indeed!👑
Life is all about choices
-Bryan Cariaga (My English Teacher)
3000 Ace and here is a poem about how your choices don’t matter as much as you think they do
@@JessePoage I Agree sometimes life can change its course so our choices are useless
One of the greatest poem of all time
Stimulating. Gorgeous. Captivating. Amazing.
I am loving this new series.
Thanks TED-Ed.
Everytime I felt lonely and down. I always go back here and watch this poem, soothing calm combination with the animation makes it perfect. its a hard path I choose no social life no certainty, as long as I know. my heart and soul is in the right place no matter difficult it is I'll keep pushing. thank you for this master piece
This little video is a lesson on presentation.
With exquisite animation, soothing music, and in a slow narration, with a tranquil voice, they were able to evoke the perfect emotion.
I appreciate the work!
Wow, I’m quite literally blown away.
For some reason, I am submerged in a sea of nothing short of the utmost clarity. An epiphany of some sort, urging me to quit my job, that working 12-14 hours a day, and not taking one day off in 18 months is insane. Something or maybe someone is whispering in my ears this very moment, to simply go away, not to look back, and fly away.
I love Robert Frost's writings❤️.
He is such a great poet.
Thanks for uploading this beautiful poem by him.
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Moreover the background voice is very soothing.
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I shared this poem with my daughter in her adolescence, to encourage her, and inspire her to choose the road less traveled. So far she has done just that. Thank you for the lovely visual.
3 videos from ted in the span of 1 hour? I love ted.
Right! We're living the dream!
This is a beautiful poem, so in 4th class, our English teacher taught us this, then again in 9th class it was taught again, I loved it both times
The beauty of this poem is that it talks of gratitude and regret at the same time
Oooh! I remember this! I've memorised this for a weekly poetry recitation for my English class back when I was in Grade 6.
And the great thing is that I still know every single word!
Woooooow! This brought me to tears. A wonderful poem that stimulates the heart and mind at once. Arousing in one a deeper Introspection, an honest assessment of your life and a desire for the thrill of new things.
This is definitely one of the best things today. Thankyou! Not only are you sharing noble ideas and stories, you're now exploring feelings/sentiments that mirror ourselves in moments of grief or ecstasy.
some cle 2 background information💀
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I cant even say how beautiful this is the animation, voice, background music, everything
These are so great. You never realize how beautiful poetry is until you hear it spoken out loud.
I'm american and looked for this on my own. Idk why but knowing that a group of humans across the globe with a COMPLETE different life experience than me treasure & bond with each other over the same childhood stories such as I.
I read that poem in '' Rich DAD Poor dad '' but i didn't understood it. But now it start making sense for me Thanks to visualizing it with this amazing animation by TED. Thank you so much TED 💜.
Okay that's enough! It was in our coursebook in grade 10, and they taught us this so many times!!
Saying that I love this poem is an understatement
Thank you, Robert Frost and the creator of this video, for reminding me of the unique journey available to those willing to endure trials of a journey of discovery we dare to embark on.
We had this poem in our syllabus in 9th grade 😀
We had it too!
Ncert people?
Nice for me it’s 6th
i've read this peom in class but the animation and the speaker makes it alot more emotional and helps you understand it more
this poetry is one of the reason why i am so in love with literature :')
read this in 9th grade,the lines give me goosebumps.it was 3 years ago and now i interpret it in a whole different way.change is inevitable
Yellow wood ❤ any stays out there
Here lol
Yep
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Our genius leader bang chan is really an intelectual
@@ajengajeng1374 totally agree
This is one of my most favorite poem. I read it first time when I was in class 9 in my English literature class. This animation is really beautiful. I love it.
Please make more videos of these type of poem animations. ❤
I remember when there was a poetry competition and I was told to recite this.
I always thought of this poem as something he was proud of doing.
But one of the instructors told me, that it was regretful and that I should be sad. I ended up listening to her. And read my poem the same way everyone else did, plainly.
I regret so much. I wish I had just read it the way I thought it was meant to be.
I ended up losing even though I tried my best to add emotion.
Later on I was complimented by many ppl (who even claimed I should have won but I guess that's just a brag). Ironic since the poem talks about taking the path you want, the one not many take. Yet I did the opposite and ended up regretting.
I HAD THIS FOR THE ENGLISH EXAM LIKE YESTERDAY AND IM WATCHING THIS TODAY -___________-
This would have been SOOOOOOO useful.
Thanks Robert . You are one of my favouritetest poet who have been very popular in the world love you.
*LA laughs in the distance*
Wassup bro?
From poetry to memes, you always leave your mark.
Wow a not so popular comment from Justin Y
How do you have so little likes in 1 year
How do you have so many subs but no videos?
I read this poem in an english literary and speech contest and i unexpectedly became the champion for poem reading! Love this so much🥺💕
This poem is one of the best poem of my childhood. I love it.❤️
I attended Robert Frost Middle School in California and when I first heard this poem, my heart melted! It turned out to be the Anthem of my life..
All the 9 th students love this animation that the teacher who taught this in school 😂😂
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I am in class 8 and it’s in my book lol
I had learned and recited this poem In class 5 even won the first prize this is an extremely outstanding poem loved it
This was magical. Thank you for bringing beautiful words and stunning animation together. I got goosebumps. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Everything was wonderful. The poem itself, the animation, the way she tells the poem, how the music makes the poem more wonderful than it is. Great job ted ed
I couldn't explain how I'm in so much awe every time I watch Ted-Ed videos. Every video is very much to my liking. I'm not just learning, but I'm also improving. They're inspiring. A million thanks
Such poems just touch the heart! Why don't You make more videos on such masterpiece Poems....
Yes
Others: "Oh! What an amazing poem"
Me who read the poem in 9th standard:- "This is what i know😏"
What a majestic and angelic voice. The truly splendid animation is like a cherry-on-top. God, I absolutely love this!
It's having a lot of more deep meaning than those are shown in this clip . Because it is a master piece of Robert Frost which explains us the correct meaning of life and choices and how a single decision of ours defines the direction and meaning of our life
Is there anyone else who thinks that the music has made the video even more beautiful ?
I took the road less traveled, and died in an abandoned bus, in the middle of nowhere, with zero survival skills. - Christopher McCandless
Awwww. My heart is full and happy because of this new series. Thank you TedEd for doing this ❤
"I took the one less travelled" is a great cliche we all do to ourselves.
Everyone has his own fight. That s why it s difficult to make a decision, when you re actually always thinking at the happy end , instead of the Journey. If you see life as a journey, then your destination will always be a happy end. If und see life as an end, then it doesnt really matter which road you take. We are magical. ☀️
These poems and animations are beautifully composed. I hope you will do many more. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Well i had one of robert frost's poem i think it was passing by woods on a snowy evening and that was the poem which made robert frost my favorite poet
I read this great poem in class/standard 9
LOVE FROM INDIA
Me too 😆
I am so enchanted by the voice of this narrator. Her voice is tailormade for poetry.
Indians share a special bond with this writer 🥺🥺 and his poems are loved by NCERT EDITORS.
Inspiring. Perfect for my 3rd grade Literacy class today about Poetry. It has been easy to approach it online since they're little kids. So this is just great! And personally and as a librarian I absolutely loved it. Please don't stop this serie of Poetry.