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    of heaven” and instead of being boring and dull he compares his skin to a gold complexion entertaining us as the readers more and keeps us entertained. This is important because it describes the way he looks. It brings back the humor that we saw he used with the word “temperate.” As we continued to read he gets a broader range‚ stating everything is beautiful and in time

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    and both roads brought many good things‚ what would he or she do? Robert Frost had to choose a path to take in his life. In “The Road Not Taken” He really thought long and hard about his decisions and which choice will take him further in life. The reader can tell from line 2 that the writer is very disappointed he couldn’t take both roads. He chose a road praying that choice was the right one. The writer uses figurative language in the poem to get his point across. As an example he used crossroad

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    The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler‚ long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; (5) Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same‚ (10) And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black

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    In Robert Frost’s poem‚ “ The Road Not Taken‚” he is telling a life lesson between the lines. He uses literary elements such as alliteration(line 8) and personification(line 8) to make his poem run more smoothly. He uses lines of imagery to help the reader understand the poem and visualize the scenes throughout the poem. The poem is an entertaining story but at the same time‚ it is teaching us a lesson about our life’s choices. Robert Frost writes this poem during a time when most poets were leaving

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    The Road Not Taken – Frost Critical Analysis. "The Road Not Taken"‚ written by Robert Lee Frost‚ is a poem that has four five-line stanzas with only two end rhymes in each stanza (abaab). Several kinds of literary devices can be found in the poem. One of the literary devices employed is antithesis. The first stanza of the poem describes a traveller comes to a split in a road through a "yellow wood" and wishes he could "travel both" routes‚ but at the same time he realizes that the thought

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    Brooke Chubinsky Professor Crystal Nelson English 2010 1 March 2017 The Interpretation Not Taken Poetry‚ by virtue of its figurative nature‚ is quite often misunderstood. However‚ there is no such poem more misinterpreted than Robert Frost’s 1916 work‚ “The Road Not Taken.” Generations of students‚ scholars and other readers of poetry are quick to take this poem at face value‚ placing superficial judgment without employing some of the most important devices available to the careful reader - reading

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    the odds.” (Jesse Jackson). Cormac McCarthy wrote The Road in 2006 and has thought his readers about true dedication through the worst situations. The Road is a gothic fiction that explores the elements of death and suffering in a dark and empty world which has met a terrible fate. The protagonist‚ a man‚ and his son live in this post-apocalyptic world and meet many gruesome conflicts along their journey. Throughout its pages‚ figurative language and literary techniques are found densely‚ helping the

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    Interpretation of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost As a poem‚ "The Road Not Taken" is a great source of inspiration and able to be understood by all readers from an intuitive reader to a novice poem reader. A short poem with 4 sections‚ Robert Frost has given the main theme of the poem in its title‚ "The Road Not Taken." Depending on the reader‚ the "road not taken" can ultimately imply any journey in life in which a decision between two paths must be made. "Two roads diverged in a yellow

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    The Road Not Taken By: Robert Frost Imagine that your making a decision and you are stuck to choose between two things that could change and impact your life greatly. What would you do? What pathway would you take? Robert Frost wrote ‘The Road Not Taken’ in 1916 at the age of 42 in New England‚ Massachusetts. ‘The Road Not Taken’ is one of his most popular works due to the ideology of choices that people would have to face in their life. In the early 20th century‚ Robert Frost based the majority

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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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