Often, in life we look back on the decisions we made and the choices we didn’t make that makes him ponder, “What could have been? What if I had chosen the alternative? Would my life be more fun? Would I have met the people I know now? Would I have accomplished all that I have accomplished? In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the speaker ponders on the choice he made when he approached a crossroad in his life. He voices this sentiment to the audience when he says he “took the one less travelled by, / And that has made all the difference” (lines 19-20). On the first glance, these statements give the impression that the speaker is content with the decision he made at the crossroads. However, the figure of speech elements and sound
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Frost uses a mixture of sound and imagery to elicit an emotional reaction in the reader. The arrangement of words and the sounds of the words work in unison to emphasize and clarify the created images. Frost particularly employs rhyme, meter, rhythm, alliteration and assonance. This poem is composed of four stanzas comprising five lines each. Every line uses a iambic tetrameter that helps emphasize and incorporate the poem’s meaning. The poem makes use of end rhymes such as perfect rhymes like wood , stood and could from lines 1, 3 and 4 ,and slant rhymes like both and undergrowth in lines 2 and 5. The poem follows a rhyme scheme of ABAAB with rhymes being strict and masculine. Each line has nine syllables and follows an even length that helps the reader transition smoothly without startling them. This rhyme scheme aids with the fluidity of the poem while establish a sense of tranquillity and assurance. The deviation from the predictable meter helps make the meaning of the poem much clearer. The use of this particular metrical structure creates varying tones and fluidity in the poem that contributes to the exciting and impressive and striking effect. The fluidity is evidenced in the very first stanza of the poem. However, the following stanzas fail to maintain this fluidity by following a pattern of nine syllables per line. The last line of the poem also has a notably abrupt deviation from the remaining poem as evidenced by the last stanza
Frost uses a mixture of sound and imagery to elicit an emotional reaction in the reader. The arrangement of words and the sounds of the words work in unison to emphasize and clarify the created images. Frost particularly employs rhyme, meter, rhythm, alliteration and assonance. This poem is composed of four stanzas comprising five lines each. Every line uses a iambic tetrameter that helps emphasize and incorporate the poem’s meaning. The poem makes use of end rhymes such as perfect rhymes like wood , stood and could from lines 1, 3 and 4 ,and slant rhymes like both and undergrowth in lines 2 and 5. The poem follows a rhyme scheme of ABAAB with rhymes being strict and masculine. Each line has nine syllables and follows an even length that helps the reader transition smoothly without startling them. This rhyme scheme aids with the fluidity of the poem while establish a sense of tranquillity and assurance. The deviation from the predictable meter helps make the meaning of the poem much clearer. The use of this particular metrical structure creates varying tones and fluidity in the poem that contributes to the exciting and impressive and striking effect. The fluidity is evidenced in the very first stanza of the poem. However, the following stanzas fail to maintain this fluidity by following a pattern of nine syllables per line. The last line of the poem also has a notably abrupt deviation from the remaining poem as evidenced by the last stanza