Both of them however, "lay /
This poem, the first in the collection Mountain Interval, was originally printed completely in italics and was said by the poet to have been written based on experiences with Edward Thomas.  It echoes the philosophy of Heraclitus by saying that "knowing how way leads to way, / I doubted if I should ever come back".  One (*) option in this poem in described as "bent in the undergrowth," while another is described as "grassy and wanted [for] wear".  Both of them however, "lay / In leaves no step had trodden black." The narrator recounts how "I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence" about a choice that "had made all the difference."  For 10 points, name this poem in which "Two woods diverged in a wood," and Robert Frost chose to take the "the one less traveled by."
This poem, the first in the collection Mountain Interval, was originally printed completely in italics and was said by the poet to have been written based on experiences with Edward Thomas.  
"{The Road Not Taken}"