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    alcohol‚ drugs and unbounded love. Their wild journey creates the unbreakable bond between them‚ which gives rise to the whole new generation. “On The Road” is an autobiographic book written by American writer Jack Kerouac. The novel is a legendary manifesto of the poet group called “Beats”‚ along with Boroughs’ “Naked Lunch” and Ginsberg’s “Howl”. “On the Road” was published in 1957 and tells the story of the precursors of

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    Robert Frost’s "THE ROAD NOT TAKEN" talks about the everyday choices that one makes while traveling down the road of life. In the first stanza the speaker introduces the poem by saying "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"This is interesting because it is suggests that there are two "actual" roads‚ as opposed to figurative roads. Then the speaker goes on to say "And sorry I could not travel both"This is one of the most powerful lines in the poem; because no matter whom the reader is they will relate

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    poem "The Road Not Taken‚" Robert Frost‚ writes a poem of consisting of twenty short lines‚ that acknowledges an aspect of life: decision making. He uses the character of a traveler and creates a setting of past‚ present and future. The comparison of two roads in the middle of a "yellow wood" (1)‚ represents many of the life choices that individuals make. Robert Frost emphasize the importance of the decision we as individuals make‚ given no right answer‚ mold us into who we are. "Two roads diverged

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    In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ the author uses a rhyme scheme ABAAB in closed form. It consists of four stanzas of five lines and the rhymes are strict and masculine. Combined with vivid description and symbolism Frost tells the tale of a character that has come to a fork in the road and must choose a path to go down. The title the poem is key when deciphering the meaning of the poem. The title is not “the road less travelled’ but instead is the “Road Not Taken.” Both ways are

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    own. Choices are everywhere from choosing a food item or choosing to go left or right. The theme of the two poems “The Road Not Taken” and “Choices” is Life is full of choices and they can be hard. The both poems “The Road Not Taken” and “Choices” use the conflict man vs self to develop the theme. However they are different by using a different point of view. “The Road Not Taken” is 3rd person point of view‚ but “Choices” is 1st person point of view. Choices are everywhere. From the food you order

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    Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken" is a symbolic poem of the complications people must face in the course of their lives. Although it is not difficult to understand the meaning of the poem through its title‚ it is however hard to interpret what the author means when he describes the roads. Throughout the poem‚ the two roads appear similar at times and different at others. As the poem unfolds itself‚ the reader becomes aware of the the use of metaphors‚ diction‚ verb tenses‚ and title. One Critic

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    Eudora Welty’s short story “A Worn Path” describes the journey of Phoenix Jackson. Phoenix is an elderly black woman who shouldn’t be making such a treacherous journey. But what drives her you might ask? The reader doesn’t find out until the end of the story that she makes this journey every year‚ “as regular as clock work” (34)‚ to get medicine for her ailing grandson. Some might say that this story is about the love and endurance of a loving grandmother. But after being asked if her grandson is

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    2016 Explication of “The Road Not Taken” The poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about a man thinking about a decision he made. The decision he made in the poem does not suggest if it is positive or negative; the speaker takes note of that certain decision and the outcome of his decision had an immense effect on his. The poem is about decisions. The speaker wishes he could have been at two places at the same time‚ so he could have sooner or later in his life taken two streets as opposed

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    40 25 April 2014 Analysis of “The Road Not Taken” Everyone’s been faced with a choice to make. Whether the choice can make a big or little impact on our lives‚ it’s still a choice none the less. How we view and accept the outcome of our choice is what’s important. In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ Frost decides to take the path less traveled by‚ and instead of accepting his outcome he wishes to change his path. Frost tells of how he takes the road with the “better claim because it was

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    Steps to be taken for Preventing Road Accidents 1. Most important method to bring down accidents is strict enforcement of speed limits. 90 % of accidents can be avoided by strict enforcement of speed limits. 2. Heavy Penalty should be imposed on ALL those who cross speed limits. If this is strictly implemented‚ nobody will dare to go at high speed. 3. Existing speed limits should be brought down further. 4. Heavy penalty should be imposed for those who cause accidents

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