“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 the trail
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The things which we have taken for granted. A famous English novelist by the name Aldous Huxley once stated that “Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted”. Many of us do not really realize what we have until we lose it and start to regret. What would life be like without electricity? Everyday‚ we use electricity to do many functions for us - from being the power source for our computers and televisions‚ to the operation of our alarm clocks and lighting
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Language – text (forms and features) Mending Wall – Frost’s use of the wall as an extended metaphor represents the division between the neighbours‚ but ironically‚ is the thing that draws them together‚ “We keep the wall between us as we go.” The wall separates them‚ but the use of the word ‘us’ illustrates their connection. Therefore‚ the wall illustrates the boundaries of human interaction that people create on life’s journey‚ as well as learning to accept people’s different perspectives. The
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reading and writing; however‚ it was required. My palms felt sticky‚ and I just knew that the entire class could see my heart as it was about to hop from the walls that kept it safe. I prayed that I would not forget the lines as I recited The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. In sixth grade‚ reading‚ writing‚ and I started a relationship. Today‚ we have yet to break up. There is no doubt who I got the bookworm trait from. Although my mother never graduated high school‚ and it took her many years to realize
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of Time.” Moreover‚ Robert Browning expresses personal desires in “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” using dramatic monologue. As shown in these texts‚ desires negatively affect people according to a priest’s motivation for women to pursue marriage‚ a Duke’s killing of his Duchess‚ and a lover’s
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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’s poem‚ ‘The Road Not Taken’ can describe anyone’s life at any point in time because everyone needs to make decisions everyday‚ no matter how big or small. The feeling throughout the first three stanzas‚ to me‚ was a slight nervousness. The author has two choices to make and he is contemplating each one. In the fourth stanza‚ the last two lines give off a feeling of happiness‚ by taking the road less traveled by the author’s life has been changed‚ it made the difference and to me‚ it
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Empowerment is the “authority or power given to someone to do something‚ or the process of becoming stronger and more confident‚ especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights‚”(Google). Based on all 7 of the texts we have read in class‚ It is more effective to empower yourself. This is because self-empowerment gives people confidence in themselves and gives them the feeling of importance‚ teaches the fact that you will have to make tough decisions in your life‚ and shows that everyone
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The Road Not Taken The main theme in “The Road Not Taken”by Robert Frost is about making choices.The poem starts off when the speaker finds himself walking by the woods and comes across a cross road.The speaker then has to decide which way to continue by. One road seems to be as if it has been traveled many times‚ causing the road to be easier to travel by. That is because many people have already walk that path and worn it out. Yet‚ the other road seems to be more problematic to be traveled by‚
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*** “The Witch‚ the florist‚ and the Lover” Rumor spread across the village that a terrible raven witch had turned the heads of people upside down. She was once a beautiful person with clear‚ pale skin‚ with red apple lips‚ beady caramel eyes‚ and a body out of this world‚ people thought of her as the daughter of Aphrodite. Theories that were supported by the fact that she had only lived with her father and never met her mother. She was named Abigail‚ as father’s joy. When her father died‚ of
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