Robert Frost at the Beach


The last three lines of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” appear as a tattoo on a woman’s left shoulder as she stands at the beach facing away from the Pacific Ocean. This iconic poem, published in 1916 during WWI, has been analyzed a thousand times over. I say it is simply about making a choice.

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  1. peggyjoan42 Avatar
    peggyjoan42

    A good poem. But I do not think I would care to have a tattoo of any sort. Certainly is a large tattoo.

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    1. 67steffen Avatar
      67steffen

      I’d like to know the story behind this tattoo, but getting a tattoo is a private matter.

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    Tom’s Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog

    The poet E. E. Cummings once stated that The Road Not Taken was about the only poem by Frost that he liked. I wholeheartedly agree! 🙂

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      67steffen

      Frost nailed it on this one just as TS Elliot did with “in the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo”.

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