On A Tree Fallen Across The Road

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Bridging Text and Context:
1. Read the following quote by Robert Frost.
''You will never be brave if you do not get hurt.
You will never learn if you do not make mistakes.
You will never be successful if you do not encounter failure.''

2. How did the quote help you to better understand the poem?
Guiding Process and Questions:
What is the quote about? Who is the speaker and/or who is he/she speaking to? The quote is about the crucial and positive part of obstacles in our lives. The speaker is the Robert Frost, who is the poet of the poem On a Tree Fallen across the Road.
Explain what the quote says in your own words
The quote tells us that we cannot experience positive experiences such as success and learning without experiencing difficulties, such as a failure. …show more content…
The poem On a Tree Fallen across the Road is about a person who confronts an obstacle, a tree, in his way and needs to overcome it in order to reach his goal. In addition, the theme of the poem is overcoming obstacles and their role in our lives. The quote connects to the poem since it tells us why it is important to have obstacles and difficult experiences such as a failure in our

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