Senior Honors Language Arts February 27‚ 2009 The Road Not Taken “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is one the finest poems written in the 20th century. It describes the difficulties of a traveler who has to choose between two diverging roads. Frost uses the roads as a metaphor for life’s many choices‚ and exemplifies how these they decide a person’s outcome in life. It can also be interpreted that the speaker in the poem is promoting individualism‚ self reliance and wondering what he might
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the story. In the poem‚ The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost‚ themes of choice‚ life-changing moments‚ and exploration are uncovered throughout the poem. In The Road Not Taken‚ a diverged road halts a traveler’s journey. In the first stanza of the poem‚ the traveler states‚ “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/ And Sorry I could not take both” (Lines 1-2). The traveler has to make one choice and only one choice‚ as he is only one person. Robert Frost uses the diverging paths to symbolize the different
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From just reading Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost quickly it seems like the speaker is in the woods on a snowy night. The speaker is just taking in how beautiful and calm the scene is. The horse the speaker is riding becomes confused because they are stopping nowhere near a stable. The horse gets annoyed and shakes his harness bells. He or she wants to stay longer but knows that she should leave because it is a long way home. When the narrator says‚ “promises to keep” I see
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In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ the message is that everyone should be able to have a choice about what path in life he or she takes. In the poem‚ the speaker is walking along a path when the road splits into two. One path is more used and popular‚ but the other path is not used as much. This helps the reader understand the poem by explaining that you could either go the road more used and become like everyone else‚ or you could take the road not taken and be your own person within
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Robert Frost‚ an American-born English poet who could never feel satisfied in one location‚ constantly sought out travel throughout his hard experiences and times when life felt dull (Pritchard). However cliché the symbol of a journey might appear as life‚ in Frost’s case the journeys he took really did reflect each element or turning point in his existence. From his birth in 1874 in San Francisco to his move to Lawrence‚ Massachusetts after his father’s death‚ to Dartmouth for college‚ back to
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Robert Frost uses imagery in The Woodpile to show the death of nature and the impact we humans have on it. The use of imagery affects the setting that the speaker is in and causes the reader to see this image of death right from the beginning. The words “frozen”‚ “snow”‚ “gray” are examples of nature and color imagery and can be related to winter. A perception of winter is how the days are gloomy and dark and trees have lost their leaves only to look like skeletons and lifeless as there is no color
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The poem above‚ based on the poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost‚ reveals a fear to open up and love after being hurt in the past. Love and trust is represented by the rose‚ and the thorn represents emotional pain that comes as a result of love that has gone away. When one sees a rose‚ it looks beautiful on the surface‚ however every rose has thorns that some forget about and get hurt by. This relates to how love is beautiful and many people strive to keep it in their lives‚ but betrayal‚ lies‚ or
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One of Robert Frost’s most popular poems‚ “The Road Not Taken‚” uses the choice between two roads to symbolize important decisions to be made regarding everyday life. The poem begins with “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚/And sorry I could not travel both” (1-2). Sharing conclusions drawn by a published critic‚ it can be agreed that the poem portrays two roads deviating in the woods as a traveler is out walking‚ and a choice must be made as to which path will be taken (Johnson‚ 2015). Regretting
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first we come in contact with the narrator who goes out for a walk - is he escaping something‚ fleeing‚ or is he looking for something? He‚ during this walk‚ decides to turn back‚ and the reader questions if the narrator is returning to something‚ going "back" to something. He decides to continue on and "see‚" but the reader questions what the narrator means by that statement. Is the narrator looking to see something‚ as in see what happens‚ or see where the path leads him‚ or maybe see if this walk
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“sound of sense.” For example‚ when Frost describes the cracking of the ice on the branches‚ his selections of syllables create a visceral sense of the action taking place: “Soon the sun’s warmth makes them shed crystal shells / Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust — / Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away…” Originally‚ this poem was called “Swinging Birches‚” a title that perhaps provides a more accurate depiction of the subject. In writing this poem‚ Frost was inspired by his childhood experience
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