Similarly Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" parallels the concept of gaining wisdom through conflict by portraying a protagonist who has trouble with the choices he has made about his future. The speaker of the poem who is travelling comes to a fork in the road and has to choose one of the paths to follow. This symbolises the journey of life and the decisions we are forced make on our journey. The first line of the poem " Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" tells us that the speaker has to make a decision walk down one of these roads leaving the other behind.…
But, as it explains in the later phrase, the two paths turned out to be similar. In the latter part of the poem, the narrator tries taking the other road, which also fails. The main point conveyed through the narrator’s struggle to make a decision shows us the empowering nature of the choices people make and their corresponding effects.…
The Road Not Taken talks about a man who has to decide between two roads as a way of showing that people should makes a decision and go through with it. The speaker had to decide between two “worn… about the same” roads (Road 10). Even though both looked similar some how he still was supposed to make a choice. There is ultimately two ways one can go in decision-making, but once that person chooses they cannot go back. Even though the speaker was looking at two similar roads, he “[knew which] way leads on to way” (Road 14).…
The Road Not Taken talks about the decisions people have to make throughout their life’s inner journey and where these decisions will lead them. As written in Stanza Two “Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim”, Robert Frost is expressing that these options we have in life and the decisions we make are not easy to do and at times it may be stressful and confusing but to continue on with our life’s inner journey we must make a decision. Although at the time we may have chosen the wrong pathway or road but we should always be optimistic as the future holds great experiences and surprises for us. We can see this concept through Julie in the novel “Cosi”, she experienced rough patches throughout her life which put her away in a mental illness hospital but through time and hard work she managed to fix her life and get herself back on track for the rest of her life’s inner…
both roads are almost the same, as the poem states in lines three through four on stanza two “Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same. ”this shows a feeling of dullness, as neither road are majorly different , though the narrator bases his choice on the adventures that lie within. This shows that the narrator is in a mere guessing game, where he may be filled with adventure, dullness, or something in between those two. In the end of the poem, the narrator states “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” We unfortunately do not know the adventures that lay ahead of the narrator on that road, but in a way, this is how your choices can and will affect the kind of life you have, or what adventures you will encounter in…
Fork In the Road In life, there are times where decisions need to be made. There is an array of decisions that you are going to come across whether the purpose is growth, career, or relationships. Robert Frost and Blanche Farley each wrote a poem with two different scenarios that conveyed similar messages. In “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost and “The Lover Not Taken,” By Blanche Farley both poems use a similar tone when describing the journey that each of the speakers came across when they approached a fork in the road and had to make the uneasy decision of taking the road less traveled by. In “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost, The speaker is traveling in the woods when “two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Frost, 1)) and he…
Another person who faces a choice to go two ways is the speaker in “The Road Not Taken.” Robert Frost writes this poem to show the audience the choice the speaker makes that causes his life to go in a different direction. When he is faced at the foot of two paths, each going in different directions, he starts to examine them and separate the two based on appearance. After…
The play starts with five hippie kids sitting in a circle smoking and discussing the world problems. Behind them a huge protest is taking place. Starchild/Stacy: I mean, I just don't understand, everybody should be equal and everyone deserves the same rights! Moonbeam/Michael – Yea, we are all human beings and those things shouldn't matter.…
The Road Not Taken begins with “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both” (1-2) as well as ending by “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” (19-20). These lines, however, have a much simpler and more direct interpretation of taking the more difficult path, as it will be worth the effort in the…
In Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken” the writer employs the use of a metaphor to demonstrate the concept of choice. The line, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” symbolizes the very difficult task that the writer is faced with in terms of which way he should proceed. This decision will undoubtedly be a life altering one since there are only two unknown possible outcomes. The choice is presented in the form of one option which has been tested many times before and the other which not many been brave enough to take. There is no turning back once our path is chosen.…
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2nd Hour The writing can mean a variety of things. However all can be narrowed down to one exact thing theme. Choices Choices are made throughout all of poems.…
Every great poem has an even greater meaning. “The Road Not Taken” is about a person who is deciding which way path to take. This poem is usually misunderstood because many people think that he is trying to decide which path is better, but actually he talks about how each of the paths are pretty much the same. “ Though as for that, the passing there / Had worn them really about the same” (Frost, 219-220). He is saying that both paths are pretty much equal and used just as frequent as the other.…
In the poem and story “The Road Not Taken” and “Thank You, Ma’am” They both share the theme of taking the higher road and see the good in everyone. They both show this because they both talk about how they will remember this for a long time and that they took the road that was less taken. During the poem“The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost he is talking about he took the road that is less traveled not literally but to symbolize something. He said the one road was worn out and used a lot and the other road was overgrown with plants to show that it was never used.…
In the poem, “The Road Not Taken,” the short story, “The Reunion, and the novel, The Summer I Turned Pretty the authors show how characters come of age psychologically and emotionally when their own actions and decisions force them to transform. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the main character has to decide between two roads. The two roads have different outcomes, he eventually chooses the harder path and resulted his/her best decision. The narrator…