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 And looked down one as far as I could 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 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 Robert Lee Frost ðə rəʊd nɒt ˈteɪk(ə)n | tuː rəʊdz daɪvɜːdʒd ɪn ə jeləʊ wʊd | ən(d) sɒri aɪ kəd nɒt trævl̩ bəʊθ | ən(d) bi wʌn trævələ |lɒŋ aɪ stʊd| ən(d) lʊkt dɑʊn wʌn əz fɑːr əz aɪ kʊd | tə wɛər ɪt bent ɪn ði ʌndəɡrəʊθ | ðen tʊk ði ʌðə | əz dʒʌst əz fɛə | ən(d) hævɪŋ pəhæps ðə betə kleɪm| bɪkɒz ɪt wəz ɡrɑːsi ən(d) wɒntɪd wɛə | ðə(ʊ) əz fə ðæt | ðə pɑːsɪŋ ðɛə | həd wɔːn ð(ə)m rɪəli əbɑʊt ðə seɪm | ən(d) bəʊθ ðæt mɔːnɪŋ iːkwəli leɪ| ɪn liːvz nəʊ step həd trɒdn̩ blæk| əʊ | aɪ kept ðə fɜːs(t) fər ənʌðə deɪ | jet nə(ʊ)ɪŋ hɑʊ weɪ liːdz tə weɪ | aɪ dɑʊtɪd ɪf aɪ ʃəd evə kʌm bæk| aɪ ʃəl bi telɪŋ ðɪs wɪð ə saɪ | sʌmwɛər eɪdʒɪz ənd eɪdʒɪz hens| tuː rəʊdz daɪvɜːdʒd ɪn ə jeləʊ wʊd | ənd aɪ | aɪ tʊk ðə wʌn les trævl̩d baɪ | ən(d) ðæts meɪd ɔːl ðə dɪfrəns |