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    and sizzle * Imagery is a descriptive language poets use to create word pictures or images. Images are enhanced by sensory language which provides details related to the senses. Types of poetry * Narrative-tells story that has the same literary elements‚ such as character‚ plot‚ stings‚ as works of prose fiction. Ballads‚ epics‚ and verse romances are three types of narrative poems. * Dramatic- uses techniques of drama to represent the speech of one or more characters in verse form

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    This theme can be found through the several literary devices scattered among the song lyrics‚ such as the verse “You have invented a new kind of stupid/A damage you can never undo kind of stupid/An open all the cages in the zoo kind of stupid/Truly‚ you didn’t think this through? Kind of stupid.” This verse not only uses multiple metaphors‚ but uses repetition to emphasize the “kind of stupid.”This verse helps you understand that Alexander has done something wrong. Towards the end of the song there

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    Roads are often a metaphor for life’s journey. They begin and end‚ and they can be freeing or confining‚ but most of all‚ they are a constant among people. Walt Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road‚” Carl Sandberg’s “The Road at The End‚” and Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” are all interpretations of the journey of life‚ but they are written from different perspectives. “Song of the Open Road” is an entirely positive portrayal‚ “The Road at The End” is dark but could be read as hopeful‚ and “The

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    his poem “The Road Not Taken”. Frost uses some great images to describe the situation the narrator is in. He also lets you visualize the thoughts and actions that the narrator is making. There are so many ways you can tell what Frost is saying in this poem by taking a close look into his many uses of symbolism. Frosts first use of symbolism in his poem is in the first two lines “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ / And sorry I could not travel both” (Frost‚ 555). The two roads are being referred

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    In ‘The Road Not Taken’ Frost uses simple‚ straight forward language to present a theme about life’s choices‚ “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ And sorry I could not travel both” and the consequences “I took the one less travelled by‚ And that has made all the difference”. The two roads symbolises the choices we make between alternatives our lives offer and this is an everyday concern of the speaker

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    The Road Not Taken Personal Response: I think that the poem "the Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a beautiful short poem‚ and that this poem may tell an experience that you will eventually have in your life or an experience that you have had in your life. This poem seems to be about a person who had to chose between two big decisions that has occured in his life. And there is one path that seems to be so much easier‚ with less effort to reach the end of this path. The other path is the one

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    The speaker in Robert Frost ’s "The Road Not Taken" gives the reader insight into human nature with each line of poetry. While‚ Frost had not originally intended for this to be an inspirational poem‚ line by line‚ the speaker is encouraging each reader to seek out his or her own personal path in the journey of life. Romanticizing the rural woods of New England creates the perfect setting for the theme of self-discovery laid out and described by the speaker. Robert Frost ’s original intent in

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    Road Not Taken Antoinette Reynolds ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor : Corrella Brown January 24‚ 2010 In “ Road Not Taken “ Robert Frost‚ is faced with a decision which road to Take but very quickly his choice to take the lesser road traveled‚ with

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    and experiences‚ with the end result being a new image or view on life. The Adventures of huckleberry fin‚ The road not taken and Cast away show the concept of the Journey to be so much more than a simple movement from one place to another – it is a challenging and unpredictable learning process which shapes who we are and the world in which we live. In relation to “ The road not Taken” The 2000 movie Castaway shows the decision one man needs to make to determine the way he wants his life to turn

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    A Traveler Chooses Their Path Robert Frost‚ the author of "The Road Not Taken‚" writes about how a person must choose his or her own path in life. Everyone is a traveler‚ who must choose how to live his or her life. This poem demonstrates Robert Frost’s belief that the road a person chooses to follow in their life will define what kind of person they will become‚ and how fulfilling their life will be. He describes the choice as difficult‚ and with consequences. He reminds the reader that their choice

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