After reading The road not taken

The road not taken is a famous poem admired worldwide. After reading this short and simple poem, I’m deeply touched by its profound meanings. Apparently, the poet used ‘road’ as a metaphor of the choices that are of vital importance to our lives. Two roads lead to diverged directions, once you make up your mind; you are destined to go on until the end of your days.

I do appreciate the poet’s attitude towards life. When he was young, he might neither know much about human joys and sorrows nor have ideas of how tough life could be. But with a heart to pursue freedom, and an ambition to be somebody someday, he decided to choose the road less traveled by. I believe that only young people are brave enough to make such decisions. The adults, who have full access to the complicated reality, may lose their longing for adventures and challenges. Given a chance, most of them should take the more rational, or say, plain way.

Then, here comes an interesting paradox. The youth, who really have the intention as well as the power to choose their way, decide to go through difficulties and make great achievements. However, the adults, who have already suffered from the hardship of life and have no possibility to go back to the crossroad, tend to educate their youth to choose the steady way – which we all know, is where the youth’s rebellions lie. It seems that the adults actually have no valid reason to

drive their kids away from the road they have once taken.

As a conclusion, I find that all have experienced the inevitable process of choosing their own ways of life, and more likely, they choose ‘the road less taken’. The obstacles on the road do enrich life experiences and make people more mature. Anyway, the poet’s idea in this poem is widely accepted. Be brave to choose the road you prefer and march on. You may feel pity for the other road you give up, but you don’t have to regret for the rest of your life. Because you follow your inner voice and live your life to the fullest. That is what counts.

 

第二篇：英语读后感_《未选择的路》弗罗斯特

After reading The road not taken

The road not taken, a worldwide admired poem, leaves me a deep impression for its profound meanings in concise content as well as the easily understand language usage.

Apparently, the poet used ‘road’ as a metaphor of the choices that are of vital importance to our lives. Two roads lead to diverged directions, once you make up your mind, being destined to continue until the end of your days.

I do appreciate the poet’s attitude towards life. At a rather young age, he was unlikely to know much of the human joys and sorrows nor have ideas of how tough life could be. But with a heart to pursue freedom, and an ambition to be somebody someday, he decided to choose the road less traveled by. I believe that only young people are brave enough to make such decisions. The adults, who have full access to the complicated reality, tend to lose their longing for adventures and challenges. Given a chance, most of them should take the more rationally plain way.

Then, here comes an interesting paradox. The youth, who really have the power, intend to choose their way filled with difficulties and persist on till great achievements are reached. However, the adults, who have already suffered from the hardship of life and have no possibility to go back to the crossroad, are more likely to educate their children to choose the steady one – which is known to all, to save time for the youth,

hoping them go forward as much as possible. It seems that the adults actually have no valid reason to drive their kids away from the road once have taken.

To sum up, I figure that all have experienced the inevitable process of choosing their own ways of life, and more likely, they choose ‘the road less taken’. The obstacles on the road absolutely enrich life experiences which mold people’s characteristics . Anyway, the poet’s idea in this poem is widely accepted. Be brave to choose the road you prefer and march on. Possibly, you feel pity for the other road you give up, but it is not necessarily to regret for the rest of your life. For you follow your inner voice and live your life to the fullest. That is what really counts.