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    Poetry Explication: “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost The four time Pulitzer Prize winning poet‚ Robert Frost‚ is well known for his picturesque portrayal of rural lifestyle‚ focusing mainly on the New England region of the United States. “The Road Not Taken”‚ published in 1916 is one of his earliest written and most highly praised works. It is considered a masterpiece of American Literature and its content is frequently studied by high school and college students to this day. The poem is

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    thoughts creatively while he wrote "The Road Not Taken"‚ one of his famous poems today. Judging from the title‚ tells us that the theme of this poem are about life and choices. The first stanza of the poem reveals the uncertainty and difficulty in trying to make a decision while he regrets because he sees that there were "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/ And sorry that I could not travel both" (1-2) He observes the two roads and sees that one of the roads was "…grassy and wanted wear" (8) while

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     "The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” describes a traveler faced with a choice of which one of two roads to travel. He knows not where either road might lead. In order to continue on his journey‚ he can pick only one road. He scrutinizes both roads for the possibilities of where they may take him in his travels. Frost’s traveler realizes that regret is inevitable. Regardless

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    The poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is structurally created with four stanzas and 5 lines within each stanza. The poem has a rhyme scheme of A B A A B‚ which helps the poem flow. This connection between each of these stanzas causes the poem to be linked at every point‚ never disconnected. Also‚ there is a similar syllable structure for the first line of every stanza‚ further keeping the poem connected at each break. The title of the poem acts as foreshadowing for the piece of poetry. The

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    The Road Not Taken‚ By Robert Frost The poem “the road not taken” by Robert Forts is a traditional poem; its central theme is storytelling about life experience. The last statement “And that has made all the difference” gives to the poem an open ending because we don’t know what difference it did make‚ if this phrase means that he had made the correct choice and so the difference it was for better or if he had made the wrong choice and so he is regretting because that decision that he made was

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    “You Only Live Once” Everybody these days say‚ "You only live once" but have you ever taken the time to look at why? Kids‚ teenagers‚ and a few adults that live by the modern terms pursue their actions upon this saying. Each individual is different‚ we all think differently based upon what we do‚ how we were raised‚ the culture were brought up in‚ and other factors that relate to an individual’s life. Not everyone is going to think why we live once or if we live once do we get an after life? Some

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    different from any other pieces of writing is its capability of being approached from different viewpoints. Works of literature are potentially capable of providing sufficient material for a vast variety of interpretations. Robert Frost’s poem‚ ’The Road not Taken’‚ an early 20th century‚ modern poem replete with numerous multi-layered significations‚ is a perfect example. Deconstructive reading of this poem is only one among many possible approaches‚ and‚ in my idea‚ not the most inclusive one. All the

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    “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost Lindsey Stevens ENG102W September 22‚ 2012 “A Road Not Taken” is a poem that most of have read or heard of at one time or another by the writer Robert Frost. I first read this poem in Elementary school but it always stuck with me whenever I would read it again. “A Road Not Taken” shadows that we as humans make choices regardless if the choice was good or bad‚ there are consequences that affect our destiny. The setting of “A Road Not Taken” takes place

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    Robert Frost’s poem‚ ‘The Road Not Taken’ can describe anyone’s life at any point in time because everyone needs to make decisions everyday‚ no matter how big or small. The feeling throughout the first three stanzas‚ to me‚ was a slight nervousness. The author has two choices to make and he is contemplating each one. In the fourth stanza‚ the last two lines give off a feeling of happiness‚ by taking the road less traveled by the author’s life has been changed‚ it made the difference and to me‚ it

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    Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller‚ long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; “Changing one’s perspective can be confronting and enriching.” The Encarta Concise English Dictionary defines perspective as “A particular evaluation of a situation or facts‚ especially from one person’s point of view.” This perspective is shaped by events in a person’s life. These may be decisions they

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