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    woods‚ the poem The Road not taken by Robert Frost‚ is an extremely powerful poem‚ which talks about the difficultly of decision making in life. The poem is a story about a the poet‚ who is at an intersection in the woods with two diverging roads‚ and is faced with the decision of choosing between the two equally good roads. There the poet is conflicted with decision‚ as he wants to travel both roads yet must on chose one as he can on only travel on one of the two diverging roads. Knowing that this

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    poem "The Road Not Taken‚" Robert Frost‚ writes a poem of consisting of twenty short lines‚ that acknowledges an aspect of life: decision making. He uses the character of a traveler and creates a setting of past‚ present and future. The comparison of two roads in the middle of a "yellow wood" (1)‚ represents many of the life choices that individuals make. Robert Frost emphasize the importance of the decision we as individuals make‚ given no right answer‚ mold us into who we are. "Two roads diverged

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    the subdivision. But then‚ we went out on the road to go to the gas station to get some snacks. A lot of cars and trucks go on that road often‚ because it is one of the main roads.We had to go through that road to get to the gas station‚ because we were hungry. At the end of the main road‚ four different roads merged into an intersection. Before we went to the gas station‚ we just rode the bikes through other subdivisions and parking lots. The main road had a lot of pot-holes and bumps on it. It also

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    Kiara Houston Ms. Stopka English 1H‚ per 5 1/21/14 Poem Analysis/ “The Road Not Taken” In “The Road Not Taken‚” Robert Frost gives his readers a speaker standing at a “fork” in the road- or having to make a decision. Robert Frost uses extended metaphor‚ irony‚ and an unreliable narrator to show his reader’s that‚ when choosing life courses‚ one must consider where the path is actually going verses from how it may appear. Decisions fill the lives of human beings‚ and this speaker faces the

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    This essay discusses the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This poem describes a man who is walking in the woods. As he is walking‚ he finds that the path he is on splits into two roads. He is forced to decide which road to take in order to continue his journey. Throughout the rest of the poem‚ he describes the experience of his journey. Frost uses many poetic devices throughout this poem. He uses metaphor to describe the road as a part of life. He also uses rhyme scheme to show the important

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    of The Road Not Taken The literary work that captured my attention was Robert Frost’s‚ The Road Not Taken. This particular poem caught my attention because of the metaphor it presents. The narrator comes to a fork in the road while walking through the yellow woods. He considers both paths and concludes that each one is equally well-traveled and appealing. After choosing one of the roads‚ the narrator tells himself that he will come back to this fork one day in order to try the other road. However

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    "The Road Not Taken" and "Birches" are two poems by Robert Frost seemingly inspired by nature. Robert Frost was a poet who lived from 1874 to 1963. His poems can be related to the book Into the Wild. Into the Wild is a story about the life and death of Chris McCandles covered by Jon Krakaur who is somewhat of a nature enthusiast himself. In "The Road not Taken" Frost talks about a fork in the road and seeing that he is only one person he has to choose one path over the other‚ after thinking for

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    The poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost addresses the idea of decision-making and choosing what direction life will take you. The poem is about the speaker arriving at a fork in the road‚ where both paths are carpeted with leaves. The persona‚ who is believed to be Frost himself‚ chooses to take the road less traveled by. He tells himself that he will take the other road another day‚ although he knows it is unlikely that he will have the opportunity to do so. The poem concludes with the

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    and possibilities are inherent in the journeys individuals undertake‚ but the extent that one dominates or interacts with the other differs widely. The poems “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “The French Prisoner” by Janos Pilinszky‚ both explore journeys that include realities and possibilities. “The Road Not Taken” uses “road” as an extended metaphor. The journey undertaken by the persona is not merely physical‚ however‚ the journey is metaphysical in nature. This poem explores journey as

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    40 25 April 2014 Analysis of “The Road Not Taken” Everyone’s been faced with a choice to make. Whether the choice can make a big or little impact on our lives‚ it’s still a choice none the less. How we view and accept the outcome of our choice is what’s important. In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ Frost decides to take the path less traveled by‚ and instead of accepting his outcome he wishes to change his path. Frost tells of how he takes the road with the “better claim because it was

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