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Comment 5 of 15, added on July 24th, 2005 at 6:51 PM.
This poem is amazing. I think he is describing the excuses that people make
to avoid the fact that they are taking the wrong path in life.
Natasha from Canada
Comment 4 of 15, added on April 14th, 2005 at 8:55 PM.
I first heard this poem in elementary school. Young ones can grasp some
pretty abstract conepts. I give students poems and things that are
suposedly over their heads. I'm glad my teachers challenged me and didn't
just give me worksheets. I have quoted this poem many times to my
students. If you are going to challenge students it may necessitate some
not understanding immediately.
Ron from United States
Comment 3 of 15, added on January 11th, 2005 at 7:46 PM.
ties to this cliche:
"Taking the hard right over the easy wrong."
Tom from United States
Comment 2 of 15, added on December 28th, 2004 at 10:43 PM.
I believe he is trying to say that saying the truth is not always easy but
is always worth it in the end. Some people can not handle the pathway to
truth so they end up choosing the alternative routes of lies.
Josh from United States
Comment 1 of 15, added on October 15th, 2004 at 10:54 AM.
I love this poem. The way the traveller is daunted by "thickly grown
weeds". This states that the "path of truth" is much harder to travel,
then, say, the path of lies. And his "singular knife" reference to the
weeds, showing how the truth is not only hard to follow, but harmful to
some.
Anthony from United States
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This poem is amazing. I think he is describing the excuses that people make
to avoid the fact that they are taking the wrong path in life.
Natasha from Canada