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1915 poem by Robert Frost

For other uses, see The Road Not Taken (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with The Road Less Traveled.

"The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly,^[1] and later published as the first poem in the 1916 poetry collection, Mountain Interval.

Its central theme is the divergence of paths, both literally and figuratively, although its interpretation is noted for being complex and potentially divergent.

The first 1915 publication differs from the 1916 republication in Mountain Interval: In line 13, "marked" is replaced by "kept" and a dash replaces a comma in line 18.

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Background

Frost spent the years 1912 to 1915 in England, where among his acquaintances was the writer Edward Thomas.^[2] Thomas and Frost became close friends and took many walks together.

One day, as they were walking together, they came across two roads. T