Rhetorical Analysis On The Road Not Taken
Left or Right
In the poem, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Frost describes a scenario in which he is looking down two different paths. He has come to a fork in the road and now must make a decision and pick which path he will take. To express what he really means when he talks of the two roads which is that in life there are always two choices a yes and a no, a good and a bed etc. Frost uses different types of figures of speech. The two main types of figures of speech that are used are metaphors and personification. The first example of a metaphor Frost uses is when he recognizes the difficulty of making a life decision. He describes how “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Frost 246). The two roads are meant to represent a tough decision in life that he had to make. Frost knew that in life people are always faced with decisions and depending on which “road” they take or what decision they make their will either be benefits or consequences. He uses this metaphor for people who seem to be stuck in the middle. Frost shows his readers the one can’t walk both paths eventually one must pick one or the other. A second example of a metaphor he used is when he writes “looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth” (Frost 246). By writing this line Frost tried to explain that people often try to find the outcomes …show more content…
of their two choices. However, one cannot ever truly predict what will happen depending on what they pick. Moreover, once they make a decision one must accept the path without looking back. Frost says that the road he chose to take has made all the difference. Whether or not the difference is good or bad, once a person makes it, it is a final decision. The metaphor of the road shows the reader how one cannot, turn back or change the past. The third use of a figure of speech is when Frost uses personification.
In one of his lines, Frost writes “Because it was grassy and wanted wear” (Frost 246). This is a perfect example of personification because only something that is living can want. By using this example Frost was telling his readers that sometimes it may seem that one can’t make his own choices. They are put in such circumstances to where they only have one option of what they can choose. Frost believes that sometimes life requires things from us and we just have to go with the flow and trust that good will come from it. After all what would life be without
risk. In conclusion, Frost uses many forms of figures of speech such as metaphors and personification to attempt to teach his readers a very important life lesson. This lesson is that no matter what happens in life one is always faced with making some decisions. Will they take the path everyone does or will they chose to take the risky path and see where it leads them?
In the poem, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Frost describes a scenario in which he is looking down two different paths. He has come to a fork in the road and now must make a decision and pick which path he will take. To express what he really means when he talks of the two roads which is that in life there are always two choices a yes and a no, a good and a bed etc. Frost uses different types of figures of speech. The two main types of figures of speech that are used are metaphors and personification. The first example of a metaphor Frost uses is when he recognizes the difficulty of making a life decision. He describes how “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Frost 246). The two roads are meant to represent a tough decision in life that he had to make. Frost knew that in life people are always faced with decisions and depending on which “road” they take or what decision they make their will either be benefits or consequences. He uses this metaphor for people who seem to be stuck in the middle. Frost shows his readers the one can’t walk both paths eventually one must pick one or the other. A second example of a metaphor he used is when he writes “looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth” (Frost 246). By writing this line Frost tried to explain that people often try to find the outcomes …show more content…
of their two choices. However, one cannot ever truly predict what will happen depending on what they pick. Moreover, once they make a decision one must accept the path without looking back. Frost says that the road he chose to take has made all the difference. Whether or not the difference is good or bad, once a person makes it, it is a final decision. The metaphor of the road shows the reader how one cannot, turn back or change the past. The third use of a figure of speech is when Frost uses personification.
In one of his lines, Frost writes “Because it was grassy and wanted wear” (Frost 246). This is a perfect example of personification because only something that is living can want. By using this example Frost was telling his readers that sometimes it may seem that one can’t make his own choices. They are put in such circumstances to where they only have one option of what they can choose. Frost believes that sometimes life requires things from us and we just have to go with the flow and trust that good will come from it. After all what would life be without
risk. In conclusion, Frost uses many forms of figures of speech such as metaphors and personification to attempt to teach his readers a very important life lesson. This lesson is that no matter what happens in life one is always faced with making some decisions. Will they take the path everyone does or will they chose to take the risky path and see where it leads them?