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1、《TheRoadNotTaken》"TheRoadNotTaken"isapoembyRobertFrost,publishedin1916inthecollectionMountainInterval;itisthefirstpoeminthevolumeandisprintedinitalics.Thetitleisoftenmistakenlygivenas"TheRoadLessTraveled",fromthepenultimateline:"Itooktheonelesstraveledby".Thep
2、oemhastworecognizedinterpretations;oneisamoreliteralinterpretation,whiletheotherismoreironic.Readersoftenseethepoemliterally,asanexpressionofindividualism.Criticstypicallyviewthepoemasironic.–"'TheRoadNotTaken,'perhapsthemostfamousexampleofFrost'sownclaimstoco
3、nsciousirony’and'thebestexampleinallofAmericanpoetryofawolfinsheep'sclothing.'"–andFrosthimselfwarned"Youhavetobecarefulofthatone;it'satrickypoem–verytricky."Frostintendedthepoemasagentlejab(猛击)athisgreatfriendandfellowpoetEdwardThomaswithwhomheusedtotakewalks
4、throughtheforest(Thomasalwayscomplainedattheendthattheyshouldhavetakenadifferentpath)andseemedamusedatthiscertaininterpretationofthepoemasinspirational.LiteralinterpretationAccordingtotheliteral(andmorecommon)interpretation,thepoemisinspirational,apaean（赞美歌）to
5、individualismandnon-conformism.Thepoemconsistsoffourstanzas.Inthefirststanza,thespeakerdescribeshisposition.Hehasbeenoutwalkinginthewoodsandcomestotworoads,andhestandslookingasfardowneachoneashecansee.Hewouldliketotryoutboth,butdoubtshecoulddothat,sothereforeh
6、econtinuestolookdowntheroadsforalongtimetryingtomakehisdecisionaboutwhichroadtotake.IronicinterpretationTheironicinterpretation,widelyheldbycritics,isthatthepoemisinsteadaboutregretandpersonalmyth-making,rationalizingourdecisions.Inthisinterpretation,thefinalt
7、wolines:“Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathasmadeallthedifference.”areironic:thechoicemadelittleornodifferenceatall,thespeaker'sprotestationstothecontrary.Thespeakeradmitsinthesecondandthirdstanzasthatbothpathsmaybeequallywornandequallyleaf-covered,anditisonly
8、inhisfuturerecollectionthathewillcalloneroad"lesstraveledby".Thesigh,widelyinterpretedasasighofregret,mightalsobeinterpretedironically:ina1925lettertoCristineYatesofDickson,Tenness
