The Path Less Traveled By

The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Instantly when I read the Poem XXIX by Antonio Machado, I thought of the poem that every college student has heard or read when they are questioning there life path. The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. The poem I inserted above, dipicts the life of a man and his life choices in simple terms. Who hasn't wanted to go out on a limb, be a daredevil, and change the world by taking the path less traveled by! Rights? I feel like Antonio Machado was saying "Hey Spain, C'mon, you can do it. Let's take a path less traveled by, and make a change for the better. He points out the sterotypes that they struggled with in a few other poems and he realizes that we are all wandering about, in unknown path like retreating seafoam after high tide. But he challenges Spain to be fresh, young, new, and to be something that will take a stand and last. Robert Frost makes my heart melt too, everytime I read this poem I feel inspired, each day, to take the path less traveled by.