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    poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost states that in life we are faced with many decisions‚ and these decisions do not always have a clear answer of which is the right path to take. The message of the poem is about life’s choices and making these important decisions. Making decisions is what life’s all about. The choices people make in their lifetime not only shape their entire life but depending on how big the decision is can make or break it. In this poem there are two different roads that the

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    In The Road‚ the characters experience a lot of exile in the new apocalyptic world in which they now live. The characters struggle in ways for survival and experience things they have never seen or done before. The father and the boy’s experience is both alienating and enriching because of the things the that are portrayed when reading this novel. The boy and the father experience exile because of the things they have to go through in order to survive. They feel isolated because of how they have

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    Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken" is a symbolic poem of the complications people must face in the course of their lives. Although it is not difficult to understand the meaning of the poem through its title‚ it is however hard to interpret what the author means when he describes the roads. Throughout the poem‚ the two roads appear similar at times and different at others. As the poem unfolds itself‚ the reader becomes aware of the the use of metaphors‚ diction‚ verb tenses‚ and title. One Critic

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    one point in life. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”‚ he compares life choices to a meeting of two roads. Frost describes the comparison in many ways. By looking at metaphor‚ personification‚ and imagery‚ it is clear that these literary devices contribute to the overall meaning of the poem. The entire poem is an extended metaphor. A metaphor compares two things by saying one object is another. It is implied that Frost is saying the roads are choices when he says “I took the one less traveled

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    The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost shows the narrator coming to a fork in the wood‚ which offers two paths to take. By use of symbolism and various verb tenses in different stanzas the author was able to convey the overall meaning of the poem. The narrator scrutinized the road but does not find a noticeable difference in the two paths and thus was stuck deciding whether which road is the better decision. However‚ in the fourth stanza‚ by the allegory “I took the one less traveled by” shows that the

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    Journeys are a multi-faceted concept which can result in both positive and negative outcomes. “A Righteous Day” (1988) by Mudrooroo and “A Road Not Taken” (1916)‚ both explore an inner journey as an implication of a physical journey. Composers of both poems have effectively articulated this inner self-realisation through a variety of language devices. Mudrooroo’s “A Righteous Day” encompasses a positive outcome of confidence as a result of a negative experience and their inner journey due to white

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    2016 Explication of “The Road Not Taken” The poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about a man thinking about a decision he made. The decision he made in the poem does not suggest if it is positive or negative; the speaker takes note of that certain decision and the outcome of his decision had an immense effect on his. The poem is about decisions. The speaker wishes he could have been at two places at the same time‚ so he could have sooner or later in his life taken two streets as opposed

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    To start off‚ “The Road Not Taken” and “Seasons of Gold” potray many kinds of ambiguous meanings and symbols. The meaning and symbols of a poem is one the most important key ideas‚ since it potrays how the author wants you to feel and think while reading the poem. In the text‚ “The Road Not Taken”‚ states “ I took the road less traveled by‚ and that has made all the difference” (Frost 19). This shows the significant meaning of the poem‚ because it shows how each decision that a person makes can

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    yourself and following your own path to success in life. Even in poetry‚ for example‚ Richard Cory by E.A. Robinson describes Richard as a fine gentleman that in most respects is viewed by others as some perfect being‚ one that many envy. In The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost‚ the speaker states that they had chosen the path that very few had chosen before and that had made all the difference. The speaker in Richard Cory by Robinson‚ is in fact one of Richard’s admirers. The townspeople placed him

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    Steps to be taken for Preventing Road Accidents 1. Most important method to bring down accidents is strict enforcement of speed limits. 90 % of accidents can be avoided by strict enforcement of speed limits. 2. Heavy Penalty should be imposed on ALL those who cross speed limits. If this is strictly implemented‚ nobody will dare to go at high speed. 3. Existing speed limits should be brought down further. 4. Heavy penalty should be imposed for those who cause accidents

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