Michael Beltran March 30‚ 2014 English 1302 Mr. Weesner Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” Poetry Explication “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost expresses the theatrical encounter between determining which of the two paths to go onto not knowing what the decisions will lead to as they come upon him/her on the way. That being said‚ the speaker makes a slight curve and claims‚ “Two roads diverged in a wood‚ and I- I took the one less traveled by...” when in the beginning he ultimately chooses
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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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person who chooses to hang out with friend values 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
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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 between the lines and embracing ambiguity
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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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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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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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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 – 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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In “The Road Not Taken‚” Robert Frost utilizes paths and forks in the wood as classic metaphors to symbolize the lifeline‚ with twists and decisions. This image doesn’t require imagination but is simple‚ accurate‚ and resonant for the readers. However‚ some people may misunderstand the last stanza and think that the persona has taken the road less traveled by and becomes different or better than others. This is not true. The fact is that “Neither of the roads is less traveled by‚” because in the
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