common road because he will take the less popular choice. Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is very different from “The Road Not Taken”. They have a completely different rhyme scheme. “In Nothing Gold Can Stay” the rhyme scheme is AAbbCCdd etc. It is also a lot shorter. It consists of one stanza with eight lines. The two poems also have different meanings. “The Road…
Joseph Maioli Due Date: 9-8-15 FOR207 – Wagner “The Road Not Taken” Introduction Assignment “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost (1916), is one of the most famous and well-known poems of the century. Most people are aware of the choice taken in this poem, but are not aware of the fundamental economic concepts portrayed. Robert Frost writes this poem explaining how there was a choice: take one road, or take the other. This choice is a lot like any other choice made in…
first surfaces from Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is that one has not made the correct choice by choosing a certain path, and the juxtaposition of good qualities between two roads. The poem creates an impossible decision between two seemingly similar roads that lead separate ways, leaving a traveler unknowing of where it will end up, and that one may perhaps be more favorable. The reality of the poem is that there is no right choice in which path is taken. The poem's subject is that…
That is why the poem "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost resonates with so many people. The poems use of vague language allows for interpretations about life choices. There are so many choices in life that can lead to different opportunities in the future, but a choice has to be made. "The Road Not Taken" may be interpreted in more than one way. The poem illustrates someone strolling in the woods. The person sees the two roads diverge and is deciding on which road to take. After evaluation,…
future. How do the choices we make help us become better people. For every action there is a reaction to a problem. In a long walk to water salva was suppose to run into the bushes but he didn’t. In ” THE ROAD NOT TAKEN” the narrator didn’t know if he/she wanted to go down the left road or the right road. In the poem “CHOICES” to me it sounded like someone lost their job and don’t know what to do about it. In A LONG WALK TO WATER BY: LINDA Sue Park ,Salva school was by the war that was…
Comparative Essay In the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, a theme that can be found in the story is choosing the right path. In the poem, it speaks of two roads which could be a metaphor for choosing the right path in life. This same the can be found in Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes. In this story, a young boy tries to snatch an older woman's purse. The little boy in this story was forced into a hard situation which left him homeless. He choose a path of thievery because he had…
Two Roads of Great Opportunity People come face to face with decisions every day. Some of these decisions are simplistic, like which shoes to wear or how to fashion one’s hair. On the other hand, some decisions seem impossible to make. In the year of 2018, I was faced with one of those impossible decisions of where I should go to college. Both the colleges had great opportunities waiting for me and I felt much like the traveler in The Road not Taken by Robert Frost. The traveler and I were…
The Road Life is all about decisions and mistakes. Have you ever been lost in the woods, is it easy to take the wrong path? Yes, and once people get so far down it and make all of these turns, its hard to find their way back when it's the wrong path. Robert Frost did not know what road was better. Sometimes in life people do not know the right path and sometimes they look equally as good, but they will have to test them. He took the one less traveled, how do you tell which one is good and…
Ruby). The theme in, “The Road Not Taken,” is about making life choices and individualism (Napierkowski and Ruby). We can prove this theme by citing from the poem, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” This basically means, that you had to choose between two different things, and you ended up choosing one. “And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.” This talks more about dreams, hopes, and plans (Napierkowski and Ruby). So, “The Road Not Taken,” as a whole, is a…
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…