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    (Lunenburg‚ 2010). Therefore‚ Robert Frost’s poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” is about the gift of free will to everyone‚ and how that free will is exercised when faced with decisions in life. Or is it? The first line of the poem states: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Kirszner and Mandell‚ 2012‚ p. 624)‚ this is not meant to be two literal roads‚ nor a forest in the fall season. Rather‚ his choice of words has a much deeper meaning. In fact‚ “Two roads”‚ is a representation of two choices‚ “yellow” represents

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    Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is one of the most famous poems of all time. Even though this poem is so famous it is typically misunderstood. “The Road Not Taken” was written by Robert Frost in the spring of 1915 and it’s meaning has been has been debated ever since then. To fully understand the Frost’s meaning of the poem one needs to analyze the poem itself‚ stanza by stanza then also analyze the context of the poem. The best place to start breaking down Robert Frost’s poem is by reading

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    There comes a time in every person’s life where they must make a decision between two equally good options‚ whether it be choosing which house to buy or which university to attend after high school. The poem “The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost is about that time in a person’s life‚ and the indecisiveness that comes with it. Through the use of indecisive punctuation‚ similar rhyme scheme‚ and the number of stanzas‚ Frost is able to represent the challenges that encompasses picking one option over

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    Running head: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN The Road Not Taken Ashford University ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Susan Turner-Conlon The Road Not Taken Everyday people make choices such as what clothes to wear or how to style their hair. These choices are not as life changing as other choices we make that determine who we are. These can be anything like choosing whether or not to marry a person or having children. Life choices are not made by people‚ they are made by an individual

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    The Road Not Taken “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost can be interpreted in many ways. I understood that the roads were symbols of life and the struggles of making decisions. In the first stanza the narrator tells the story of the two paths. Both of which he cannot see that far down. “And sorry I could not travel both.”(2) He wishes that he could travel down both paths‚ but he knows that he cannot split into two. The decision of which road he takes will be permanent. He will never be able

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    Annotated Bibliography Brown‚ Dan. "Frost ’s ’Road ’ & ’Woods ’ redux.(Robert Frost)."  New Criterion. 25. 8 (2007): 11(4). Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 07 Feb. 2010. In this article‚ Dan Brown argues that the poem does not contain any metaphors or similes. However‚ the poem as a whole is a metaphor. He also shows how Frost’s poem tends to be full of contradictions. He also argues whether the speaker’s choice of road actually makes the difference in the speaker’s future.

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    Allen Instructor Anthony Sanders English Composition I 28 November 2012 “The Road Not Taken” Life is full of decisions that need to me made. These decisions could be simple or difficult to make. Either way‚ these decisions will affect our lives in some way. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” tells the story of a man who is taking a walk in the woods and reaches a fork in the road. He must choose which road to take with the 2 being very different from one another. In his poem‚ Frost uses

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    that could impact the rest of your life? The following poetry analysis is titled “The Road Not Taken” written by Robert Frost. The poem is about Frost walking on a path that comes to a split in the road. The path contains two roads. One road is beaten down and easy to walk on and the other is thickly coated with underbrush and is difficult to travel. He decides to take the difficult path and is glad he did. The roads represent two choices in life that you are faced with and even though one path may

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    emotional or spiritual‚ will help them to determine what their purpose is in life. As depicted in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”‚ the narrator underwent an emotional journey after coming to a fork in the road as he was walking through the woods. He wants to travel down both roads‚ but knows that is not possible and begins to contemplate which road he should take. As he looks down both roads‚ he tries to differentiate the two by saying one is greener than the other‚ but comes to the realization that

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    The Road Never To Be Known While Robert Frost’s poem‚ “The Road Not Taken‚” can be read at face value‚ when analyzed at a deeper level‚ underlying themes appear just below the surface of this seemingly playful piece. He is so nonchalant that it takes keen perception to find the theme within his words. He states‚ “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚” but‚ he is not talking simply about roads; they are metaphoric for choices one must make during life. In this poem‚ Frost utilizes tactics such

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