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    Even though she considers The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost as somewhat cliché, she finds it an empowering poem to live her life by. Growing up, she was very independent and wanted to set herself apart from her other siblings. In school when she first read The Road Not Taken, she immediately recognized her connection with it. Frost contemplates which road to take when both of them seem like reasonable options, but ultimately chooses to take the path of the “road less traveled by.” She…

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    careful choose the poem I will be writing my essay and I have chosen the “Road Not Taken”. The reason I chose the poem because I feel like it has a big effect on how my life have been these past Five years, it influences me by having a hidden message, points of view, and, personal experiences. I have never had a poem touch my like how this one have. First, I will like to talk about all the hidden message this poem. “The Not Taken” as many hidden messages I will break the poem and interoperate…

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    While reading The Road Not Taken, I was able to grasp the author's intentions. I was able to compare this poem with the decisions we all have to make in life.Wr are often worried or concerned abut a decision we made. We often wonder if we have made the right decisions, and this can make us feel overwhelmed. I believe Robert Frost has interpreted most of the decisions we make in life into this poem of a man choosing which path to take in a "yellow wood". We have to make…

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    Recently, I had a chance to read “The Road Not Taken”, one of the most familiar and popular poems of Robert Frost. The poem was about two different directions, which indicate the paths in life. The narrator did not know what they will be, but he had to make a decision on one of them, and he regretted on another way. He took the road that less traveled by because he might be different than everyone else. Moreover, the poetry represented that every road has both misfortune and pleasant surprises.…

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    The quote that changed my outlook on the world was that of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken and the quote goes “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” it made me realize that sometimes being different and not following everybody else can lead you to unexpected success. This quote changed me because I used to be a follower and not my own person and someone who didn't make their own choices and decisions but now I've changed…

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    Robert Frost, his in the work “The Road Not Taken”, speaks about the choices we all face in life. The poem focuses on the idea that every choice we make will ultimately lead us to our own created fate. One could attempt to make the claim Frost is speaking to the reader about choosing paths that are less chosen, however, a deeper analysis of the words of the poem will clearly indicate he does not view any path as less traveled. The poem clearly shows that Frost believes that any choice we make in…

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    The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost uses a great deal of figurative language within it. Figurative language is anything from a simile to a metaphor and is greatly used within poems. One form of figurative speech is metaphors. The metaphor used in the poem is the divergent road, and the idea that the speaker must choose one of the two paths. The metaphor of the fork in the road is a fascinating one because it highlights the power and the misery of choice. The speaker is torn between…

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    “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost is a poem that is a metaphor for life. A single choice can shift the course of a life. Regret is accompanied by undiscovered alternatives, forcing a pause in decision making. Within the poem there is a usage of figurative language, meaning the author chose to incorporate similes, metaphors, or personification in the chirography or writing. There was no similes in the poem, however there was one metaphor. The only metaphor was “two roads diverged,” which was…

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    The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost uses a great deal of figurative language within it. Figurative language is anything from a simile to a metaphor and is greatly used within poems. One form of figurative speech is metaphors. The metaphor used in the poem is the divergent road, and the idea that the speaker must choose one of the two paths. The metaphor of the fork in the road is fascinating because it highlights the power and the misery of choice. The speaker is torn between two…

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    published the iconic poem “The Road Not Taken” to the world. This poem is written in a first person perspective and it begins with a person explaining to the reader that they have come to a halt in the road. The road had forked into two separate roads, each going into two different directions. The person was unsure on which path they should choose, so they decided to figure out where they each went. According to the speaker, one of the roads had nicer grass and the road was less worn-down, so…

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