U-vacharta Ba-chayim

In one of his most famous poems, Robert Frost imagines himself standing at a crossroads in a "yellow wood" and having to decide which path forward to choose. The poem turns on the fact that neither path clearly recommends itself as the "better" one to choose: both are covered in yellow autumnal leaves, one is "just as fair" as the other, and both lead to destinations that Frost cannot see.1 In just twenty lines, the poet thus suggests the plight of moderns who must make decisions in life th...