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    Careful Analysis of the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost communicates to readers the importance of choices made in life. Frost uses simple language to communicate a complex meaning about the choices made in one’s life. Everyone is faced daily with decisions varying in significance and complexity. Whether it is choosing what to eat for lunch‚ which color to paint the house‚ whom to marry or where to live‚ the decisions we make in the moments of each day impact our life both in the present

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    Life is a journey with a choice of many roads to travel. Everyone is a traveler on the roads of life and must choose his own path. In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” the traveler must decide which road is best for him. Does he take the path most traveled or does he go down “the one less traveled by” (19)? When one takes the road “ less traveled” (19) he is choosing his own path in life rather than following the mainstream. Frost gives support to the idea that the choices one makes in life makes

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    “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Lee Frost is one of the most eminent as well as misunderstood pieces of American poetry. The speaker stands in the woods debating two splitting paths. This happens in a yellow wood (indicating the setting is autumn). Both paths are “worn about the same.” The speaker muses at the fork for a long while until he finally chooses the second road‚ saving for the first road for another day. In the future he will reminisce about his decision‚ claiming to have taken the road

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    The Road Not Taken” Final Stanza In Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken he is attempting to relay the sense of direction we all use in making decisions. Frost arranged each stanza in his poem to rely one thought for each stanza. The main idea of the poem is “one of reflection and imagery as Frost looks back on his life” (1) The Road Not Taken is one of the most misunderstood poem’s Frost every wrote in his life. Many people believe they understand the poem after its first

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    The road not taken – The complex idea of free will (2 identical forks in the road)‚ being able to choose what we do or where we go but do not know beforehand what we are choosing between. After apple picking – the idea that people know that they can go that one last mile to accomplish something but they are still lazy. Nothing Gold can stay – everything that is being enjoyed today will inevitably be taken away. The Drovers wife - Addresses the issue of the hardship of women whose bravery

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    30 Oct. 2013 Poetry Essay #1 “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about making choices. This poem has four stanzas. This poem is written entirely in first person. The two paths are symbols witch represents that everyone has choices in life. In my opinion‚ “The Road Not Taken” means that even though people might not be making the right choice go with what feels right. The first thing that I’ve seen in this poem is sadness. For example‚ “ I doubt if I should ever come back” (677). This line

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    “The Road Not Taken” “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is one of the most misinterpreted poems to this day because a vast majority of people mistake that it means to seize the day and that they are in control of destiny. In reality‚ the theme of “The Road Not Taken” centers around choice and the outcome of those choices in life. Decision-making plays a major role in life since that’s what constructs life. One choice leads to another and will either have a positive or negative effect in the end

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    their friendship over their education‚ meanwhile‚ the person who chooses to study for their exams values their education. In the poem‚ "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost uses a metaphor‚ imaginary‚ and the structure of the poem to tell the reader that the road a person chooses might be the right or wrong one‚ but it will make all the difference in their lives. Frost uses the metaphor to show that the choice impacts his life “The popularity of the poem is largely a result of the simplicity of its

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    Robert Locke made a clear statement when he wrote the poem‚ The Road Not Taken .The ending of his poem truly embraces what I interpret as the American Dream. The last stanza states‚ “I took the one less traveled by‚ and that has made all the difference”. The ability to take the road less travelled by is what the American Dream offers. In America‚ there isn’t one set path to fulfillment‚ citizens have options and have the freedom to make choices. Our ancestors have made these opportunities available

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    Road Not Taken P. 1 Robert Frost’s: The Road Not Taken Road Not Taken P.2 In Robert Frost’s poem “The

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