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    The Road Not Taken Analysis ’ ’The Road Not Taken ’ ’ is a poem written by Robert Frost. This poem is a great candidate to be one of the world ’s best and this analysis will unveil why it is so. The poetic devices used in the poem bring forth its deeper meaning which ultimately resonates with the reader ’s emotions. However not only this poem is great because of the literary experience it gives but it is also beautiful on a simple structural level. First lets look at the structural aspect

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    The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler‚ long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5 Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ And having perhaps the better claim‚ Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same‚ 10 And both that morning equally lay

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    that comes up on google is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This poem is about the idea of decision making and deciding which path is the right path to take in life. Robert Frost wrote this poem in the first person which raises the question‚ whether the speaker is the poet himself or a character was created for this poem. The poem has four stanzas and each stanza has five verses. Each verse contains four stressed syllables. The poet uses a metaphor to compare roads to the many decisions in life

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    “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost the speaker stands in the woods‚ took into account a fork in the road. Both ways are equally worn and equally overlaid with un-trodden leaves (“And as for that the passing there / had worn them really about the same.” “And both that morning equally lay / in leaves no step had trodden black.”). The speaker chooses one‚ telling himself that he will take the other another day. (“Oh‚ I kept the first for another day!”) Yet he knows it is unlikely that he will have

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    By: Mr Fagg The Road Not Taken  In “The Road Not Taken” Frost emphasizes that every person is a traveler choosing the roads to follow on their continuous journey-life. There is never a straight path that leads a person in one direction but many. You may chose to take the same path as others but you can make a path to go your own way in life. This poem leaves me to break

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    caught my interest was‚ “The Road not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost (1916). Even though this poem may not affect someone else who reads it‚ I enjoyed its so much. This poem means different things to each person that reads it. I connected with this poem because sometimes I wonder how my life could have been different had I chosen a different road! When I consider this poem both roads were a lot alike—the speaker seems satisfied with the choice‚ and knows that leaving the other road for future travel is not

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    Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” In the first stanza‚ Frost is telling of how he sees two roads‚ but he cannot possibly take both. The first road he looks at can only be seen as far as a near curve with undergrowth. The second road he sees has a grassy path and “want[s] wear.” In the third stanza Frost debates which path to take and decides to leave the first road for another day‚ if he decides to ever come back. The fourth and final stanza of the poem tells how Frost is telling the tale with

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    Benjamin Liang Poem Analysis – The Road Not Taken People make choice every second‚ for instance‚ where should I go to lunch‚ KFC or McDonald’s? “The Road Not Taken” is a well-known poem about choice. Though it’s really brief‚ it told us a vital truth; the direction the one take in life will determine one’s future. Thus‚ people have to think about their choice carefully. In addition‚ it simply says that choice is inevitable‚ but you never know what your choice will cause until you have lived it

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    The Road Not Taken What is the connotative meaning to the road not taken and how does it explain the purpose of the poem? To begin‚ the title of the poem is “The Road Not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost. The poem is about two roads that go different ways and a person having to choose one of the roads. One of the roads look like many people have gone through it and the other road mysterious with almost no sight of being taken recently. The poem has multiple denotative and connotative phrases such as

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    “The Road Not Taken” written by Robert Frost‚ consists entirely of four stanzas of five short lines. Despite this however Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”‚ is one of the most often misinterpreted and misunderstood poems‚ regardless of its own renown‚ in the world. Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is often remembered for its resonanting metaphor‚ memorized for a meaning it does not really have‚ all without ever really being read. Frost’s poem is in truth a melancholy of free will and fate‚ represented

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