Life is filled with choices‚ many lead to different futures‚ some good‚ and others bad. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost shows shows evidence in what could happen with people’s life choice in his poem by showing different paths and seeing their outcome . Robert was born in 1874 in San Francisco California‚ and moved all around the country and world. He gained most inspiration of his poetry from his wife‚ Elinor Miriam White‚ who he lived with in New England and the U.K. But when he
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“The road not taken” by Robert Frost is a powerful poem with one basic theme: individuality comes down to being able to choose between the popular choice and a choice less explored. In other words‚ the central meaning of this poem is a person should not make a decision based on its popularity‚ one should make a choice based on its benefits to the individual. Choosing the unique alternative could make all the difference The real question is‚ what does Frost mean by “the road less traveled by” ? Much
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process. When people open up to different opportunities‚ it is the initial response by human nature to pick the opportunity that will give you the most benefit. The concept of having to pick between two paths has been identified in the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. There have been times when a person had to choose a specific path that they though they should take but the truth of the matter was it ended up being the wrong choice. In life it is normal for people to make mistakes because
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The Road Not Taken: A defence for the road that was taken Although the literary devices and word choices used can be misleading as to how the poet feels about the road he chose‚ the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ is firmly proved to be about his satisfaction of the road that was taken This is proven from very specific and strategically located literary terms and diction that firmly supports this thesis statement. In the first stanza‚ the poet contemplates which road
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experience is not simply experiencing life‚ but learning from one’s experience. Such is demonstrated in Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson‚” and Robert Frost’s‚ “The Road Not Taken”. “The Lesson” demonstrates a child’s shift from arrogance to learning a lesson she was resistant to learning through the experience that her teacher provided. “The Road Not Taken” demonstrates the value of having to put in effort to work one’s way through life to gain the experience necessary to be successful. Both involve the gain
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Juxtaposing “The Road Not Taken” and “New Directions” In “New Directions” by Maya Angelou‚ Annie Johnson is a Negro woman in the early 1900s that is faced with two toddling sons‚ very little money‚ and a slight ability to read and add simple numbers. After she and her husband part amicably‚ Annie decides she does not want to work as a domestic and leave her kids to anyone else’s care. Because she knows that there is no possibility the town’s cotton gin or lumber mill will hire her‚ she decides
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The Road Not Taken‚ By Robert Frost The poem “the road not taken” by Robert Forts is a traditional poem; its central theme is storytelling about life experience. The last statement “And that has made all the difference” gives to the poem an open ending because we don’t know what difference it did make‚ if this phrase means that he had made the correct choice and so the difference it was for better or if he had made the wrong choice and so he is regretting because that decision that he made was
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One of Robert Frost’s well known and most favored poem of all times is “The Road Not Taken.” The poem is fabricated of four stanzas which is made up of five lines each‚ and each line possess between eight and ten syllables in a approximately verse line pattern. The flow of the lines in each stanza range in an abaab tempo. The poem is so popular and familiar because the symbols of the poem is simple and easy to understand. The spokesman of the poem has the obligation to choose between two separate
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called “The Road Not Taken.” The three questions are‚ do you think the “road” that the speaker took was really the less traveled one? Why do you need to be a member? What do you think the chances are that the speaker will get to come back and try the other path? Do you think the speaker regrets his choice‚ or is happy about it? The speaker of the poem “The Road Not Taken” either takes the road less traveled by or takes the normal trail. I believe that the author of the poem “The Road Not Taken” chose
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Jeremy Nable Sara Stephens 31 January 2013 Poem Explication The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Robert Frost is an excellent poet and will be remembered for his works for as long as they exist. Personally Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets‚ so when I saw this poem‚ I had to use it to write my explication. When I read The Road Not Taken‚ it really hit close to home to me. I get the sense from Frost that he is implying that he doesn’t want people to conform to society. Basically he
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