A Road Not Taken
Kris Nolan
Professor Rich Carpenter
ENGL 102-12 English Composition II
4/16/12
Decisions at a Crossroad
There are many decisions that need to be made in a persons life. Like choosing to spend time hanging out with friends, or to spend time studying for exams. The decisions that a person makes are based on their priorities. The 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 poem is largely a result of the simplicity of its symbolism: The speaker must choose between diverging paths in a wood, and he sees that choice as a metaphor for choosing between different directions in life” (Andrews, Terry L). The poet has to choose between two diverging roads, and they have to decide which road they will take to reach his destination "Two roads diverge in a yellow wood" (1). This not only shows that the speaker has two roads to take but they have two choices in life. Every person in life is going to have decisions to make, weather they are hard or easy, but it is the choice they make that makes them who they are “ The loss of distinction between the roads accordingly casts doubt upon the speaker's own sense of distinction in life.” (Savoie, John) Robert Frost implies that the road chosen, which is the turning point that made his life different from all the rest "and that has made all the difference" (20). It is the decisions that one makes that makes them who they are.
The imaginary in the poem shows how important a decision a person makes impacts their life. Every person has hard times deciding what they should
Professor Rich Carpenter
ENGL 102-12 English Composition II
4/16/12
Decisions at a Crossroad
There are many decisions that need to be made in a persons life. Like choosing to spend time hanging out with friends, or to spend time studying for exams. The decisions that a person makes are based on their priorities. The 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 poem is largely a result of the simplicity of its symbolism: The speaker must choose between diverging paths in a wood, and he sees that choice as a metaphor for choosing between different directions in life” (Andrews, Terry L). The poet has to choose between two diverging roads, and they have to decide which road they will take to reach his destination "Two roads diverge in a yellow wood" (1). This not only shows that the speaker has two roads to take but they have two choices in life. Every person in life is going to have decisions to make, weather they are hard or easy, but it is the choice they make that makes them who they are “ The loss of distinction between the roads accordingly casts doubt upon the speaker's own sense of distinction in life.” (Savoie, John) Robert Frost implies that the road chosen, which is the turning point that made his life different from all the rest "and that has made all the difference" (20). It is the decisions that one makes that makes them who they are.
The imaginary in the poem shows how important a decision a person makes impacts their life. Every person has hard times deciding what they should