Edward Thomas The Road Not Taken
The poet of the poem is Robert Frost and the poem I chose is “The Road Not Taken”. “Frost spent the years 1912 to 1915 in England, where among his acquaintances was the writer Edward Thomas. Thomas and Frost became close friends and took many walks together. After Frost returned to New Hampshire in 1915, he sent Thomas an advance copy of "The Road Not Taken”. Frost says that the speaker of the poem was based on his friend Edward Thomas. Thomas was “a person who, whichever road he went, would be sorry he didn’t go the other”. (WIKIPEDIA). I chose this poem because it is relatable in our lives when we make our decisions and wherever it leads us whether we succeed or Fail, it will be our fault. I picked this poem because it relates to me on
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The purpose of this poem is to portray that in our lives, it is our choice where to go, and whatever we choose, it will definitely change our lives. It is just in ourselves whether we are going to take risks to make decisions in our lives. Two roads illustrate this poem as two paths of choices in life. Whether we choose the good road or bad road, it is still in ourselves if we are going to be successful or …show more content…
One of the poetic devices he used is symbolism. The roads are used here as symbols of two choices and to the persona it represents which life that he should decide to take. He decides to take the lesser path rather than the popular path which shows that he wants to try something new. The road contributes to the theme because the theme is about choices and our choices in our lives are not just one, but abundant, just like the roads in our world. Another poetic device that Frost used is a paradox. The first paradox in his poem is the title “The Road Not Taken.” It is a paradox because the poem talks about the road that he took and not the one that he did not take. He wants to travel both but he cannot do it because he needs to choose a road to take. This is paradoxical because he chooses to take the one less travel even though the other road seems so nice and perfect to the eyes. This is powerful in the poem because it helps the theme to be more understandable about making choices in our lives. Even though we have lots of choices, at the end of the day we will always need to choose
The purpose of this poem is to portray that in our lives, it is our choice where to go, and whatever we choose, it will definitely change our lives. It is just in ourselves whether we are going to take risks to make decisions in our lives. Two roads illustrate this poem as two paths of choices in life. Whether we choose the good road or bad road, it is still in ourselves if we are going to be successful or …show more content…
One of the poetic devices he used is symbolism. The roads are used here as symbols of two choices and to the persona it represents which life that he should decide to take. He decides to take the lesser path rather than the popular path which shows that he wants to try something new. The road contributes to the theme because the theme is about choices and our choices in our lives are not just one, but abundant, just like the roads in our world. Another poetic device that Frost used is a paradox. The first paradox in his poem is the title “The Road Not Taken.” It is a paradox because the poem talks about the road that he took and not the one that he did not take. He wants to travel both but he cannot do it because he needs to choose a road to take. This is paradoxical because he chooses to take the one less travel even though the other road seems so nice and perfect to the eyes. This is powerful in the poem because it helps the theme to be more understandable about making choices in our lives. Even though we have lots of choices, at the end of the day we will always need to choose