A Worn Path Vs The Road Not Taken Essay
ENG125 Introduction to Literature Final Paper
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Life is full of choices we make that lead us down roads called journeys. Journey’s shape our life and our perception of our life and other’s lives. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty both share the same theme, which is a journey. Each indicate that life is a journey, and the outcomes of the journey are based on the choices we have made in life. In one literary work, we have the right of choice while in the other literary work the lack of choice. While the theme of each of these literary works is similar, the comparison will identify the differences in the symbolism in the journey with relation to the …show more content…
In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the content is developed differently due to it being a poem rather than a short story. A short story has a plot while a poem does not. Frost describes two roads that diverged in a yellow wood, and a choice must be made to continue on the journey. The poem is told from the first-person point of view which allows the reader to feel as if the poem relates to them. Frost uses the phrase “In leaves no step had trodden black” (cited in Clugston, 2010) symbolizing a path in life that no one else has followed. Frost symbolizes the difficulty of making a choice in the phrase “I shall be telling this with a sigh” (cited in Clugston, 2010). Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” jokingly about his friendship with Edward Thomas who he met in London. The history behind the poem is quite complex. Frost and Edward had a close friendship and planned to live side by side together in America. Thomas was also a writer; and a man plagued by indecision. In late November of 1914, Frost and Thomas took a stroll in the woods behind Frost’s cottage. A local gamekeeper challenged their presence in the woods and told
I received 24.09 points out of 25.00 points total.
Life is full of choices we make that lead us down roads called journeys. Journey’s shape our life and our perception of our life and other’s lives. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty both share the same theme, which is a journey. Each indicate that life is a journey, and the outcomes of the journey are based on the choices we have made in life. In one literary work, we have the right of choice while in the other literary work the lack of choice. While the theme of each of these literary works is similar, the comparison will identify the differences in the symbolism in the journey with relation to the …show more content…
In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the content is developed differently due to it being a poem rather than a short story. A short story has a plot while a poem does not. Frost describes two roads that diverged in a yellow wood, and a choice must be made to continue on the journey. The poem is told from the first-person point of view which allows the reader to feel as if the poem relates to them. Frost uses the phrase “In leaves no step had trodden black” (cited in Clugston, 2010) symbolizing a path in life that no one else has followed. Frost symbolizes the difficulty of making a choice in the phrase “I shall be telling this with a sigh” (cited in Clugston, 2010). Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” jokingly about his friendship with Edward Thomas who he met in London. The history behind the poem is quite complex. Frost and Edward had a close friendship and planned to live side by side together in America. Thomas was also a writer; and a man plagued by indecision. In late November of 1914, Frost and Thomas took a stroll in the woods behind Frost’s cottage. A local gamekeeper challenged their presence in the woods and told