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Robert Frost is one of the most critically acclaimed American poets of the 20th century, which is a roundabout way of saying you almost certainly studied one of his poems in school. Most likely, it was a short piece called The Road Not Taken- a poem famous for being one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted poems ever written, and a testament to how twisted the meaning of something can be by taking a quote out of context. Oh, and it also played a small role in the death of the guy it was written about.

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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011…​
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http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/fros…​
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a…​
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/…​
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/…​
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