Those lines were written in jawalar Nehru's diary which was discovered after his death

@@littleayesha4558 chal jhuti

But I have *many* promises to keep...

@@littleayesha4558 I know that

@@ashutoshkumar1960 🙄ooh.why

To me this poem is more about duty. I wouldn't say I'm suicidal, but at 21 years old I'm already tired of life. I'd just like to rest my head down and close my eyes forever. But I can't. Because setting aside all the cool shit I wouldn't get tonsee if that were the case, I would be dissatisfied with myself. I still have done very little to make the people around me better, I have many interesting things about myself to sort through and just in general, I'd be wasting so much if I just alt+f4'd my existence. Yeah it's tiring. Yeah it sucks many times. Yeah I often doubt that I can make it or if it is even worth. And too often it never is. But so what? If there's anything on the other side, I got an eternity to explore it. I've yet to be satisfied with life in this world, so why would I want to give it up? This is why this poem speaks to me so deeply.

Well said

I think there are (at least) two different and seemingly opposing takes on this poem. On the one hand, it can be read as a story of lost resonance. It is a story of a person who sees the beauty, but who has too many duties to build a deeper connection to the world surrounding him. They are a driven person who cannot rest. On the other hand, it can be read as a story of a person being in control of themself of knowing when to work and when to rest, of following their principles, of knowing their place in the world. A story of the perfect stoic. In my eyes, these two takes aren't actually opposed. They tell the same story. Stoicism isn't an everyday philosophy, it is a philosophy of crisis. But the approach of stoicism is an instrumental one. It is a philosophy of staying on track on a narrow mountain trail, so to speak. It is only useful in situations where the world around you falls appart and it might seem useful in situations where the world around you seems to fall appart, but it actually only seems to fall appart BECAUSE you are losing the connection to it. And in this situation, stoicism is absolutley the wrong solution. The trail isn't narrow, you just refuse to take a look to the left or right. To build lasting connections to the world around you, you need time, you need trust, you need hope and you need an open mind. The person in the poem has lost all of this by disciplining themself to follow what they think of as their duties. So, in my eyes, this is a poem about a society that only survives by constant change, by always confronting the presence with a crisis for the sake of getting to sleep in some abstract future. It is not about living a vibrant, active life of connecting with people and with the world, but of a life that consists of work and sleep. And that is lead by a person who thinks of following this way of life as a moral ideal, a duty.

@@chukyuniqul I can feel you 🔥like you said it for every lost soul.. By d way are u from india

@@chukyuniqul it feels like as if u talking about me 🖤😭

Beautiful

I remember seeing a girl in uni UUC having the same tattoo. Amazing

Hey howz you feeling now it's almost a year

@@TheeHurricane555 ohh woww

This poem is a wonderful starter for students who need convincing that poetry is valuable to them. You are wise to rely on it.

Rachel Writes mine would have to be “All the Way” by Bukowski, or Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle”

Mine too💜

@@johnruggiero4205 Oh, I love Do Not Go Gentle too!

Are u still beautiful??

Robert Frost was a man, teacher.

What's interesting about the best poems, is that I'm not sure Robert Frost would be able to precisely communicate in his own words more meaning than the poem itself does. I think that's the virtue of poetry. This communicates an aspect of the human condition in a way which couldn't be done as effectively explained in a straightforward manner

Read after Apple picking. It's boring if it's only about apples

I respectfully disagree.

True

I think its public domain now

@@Ghastly_Grinner why?

..this is the poem that I liked most.

Feather Knox no doubt it would be interesting to know what rfrost was thinking- I love that it's something different for us all and how the poem is ment to make us realize whatever it is we are not alone as we have all been at this point in our life before. Atleast those with which this resonates with. Beautiful.

It's the best ever words to remind us to be aware of our duties to be fulfilled and not to be lazy or stopped by the leisures that come on our path

A thing of beauty is a love forever...whose quote?

Did this teacher mean "interpret" and "mesmerize"?

T kotan lol

No it is not about that

"Memorizing is differrent from learning ". No, it's not. Learning is literally the act of retaining new information. It's bizarre to to me that some people think learning doesn't involve the acquisition and memorisation of information. I mean, how could someone possibly learn to read without memorising the alphabet? How could someone possibly learn to fly a plane if they couldn't remember anything the instructor told them?

Hello sir... It's the comment which u put here 12 years ago.. That's kinda insane it's been many years now.. How are you feeling now.. Specially in this corona year

I hope you reply

@@solsin9386 I'm replying! I've managed to avoid contracting COVID-19 thus far. But the pandemic is dangerous, to all of us. Be careful! This disease is not joking around.

@@Urgelt yes its not a joke a , here in India there were a longest lockdown happened but now lockdown is over.. Cases are going low too nd hopefully in coming months this disease will cease.. Take care u too.. Can I ask where are u from

@@solsin9386 I'm in the USA, where COVID-19 is surging. We've done a very poor job of containing the virus. I'm glad your country has done better. Cheers!

Such an evocative remark. I almost can hear you breathing hard as you walk through thick drifts of winter snow. Thinking back on the creation of this video, I now realize - for the first time - that I missed an essential ingredient in the soundscape. The narrator should be heard to be breathing. Ah, well. Perfection in art is for better artists than me.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Some listeners have expressed impatience with me over this one.

@@Urgelt I like, its mysterious, I feel like I'm right there.....

There are many ways to present this wonderful poem, Reinin. You might like to hear the author's own reading. You can find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsx_q8eLy9WUl6c.html HIs presentation is subtle. You will find all of the emotion of the poem in his voice, but it's muted, as if he is adding a layer of meaning which says that yes, he's talking about his death, but it's no big deal. Nothing to be alarmed about. I succumbed to the temptation to be more expressive with the poem, to put a little more energy into it, to dress it up a little with mild sound effects. Such gimmicks aren't necessary to the poem. It's glorious all by itself.

Thank you for linking this, didn't know it yet. I have sometimes found the readings of the authors themself a bit dissapointing, but this is truly a genius recitation. As you say, it's very subtle and conveys a kind of pragmatism about death. Will not be the last time i will listen to it.