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Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is a descriptive poem about life and the struggles of choosing the path in life that will be best for the narrator. There are many times in life where decisions that are made will affect the rest of a person’s life. However, the narrator of this poem has reached a point in his life where he cannot go any farther without making a decision that will change the rest of his life. Throughout the poem Frost uses symbolism. A fork in the road that represents…

Frost’s work and only take his words for face value, and not the philosophical usage with in each of these poems. An example of the values distilled within Frost’s poems is in, The Road Not Taken. Frost’s use of scenery can be seen throughout his career as a poet. The visual stimulation within The Road Not Taken includes, the description of the scene set forth. You come upon a fork in the road and what do you see? Two paths each “grassy” and where “no step had trodden black”, so imagine these…

Although written by the same poet, Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken” and “Carpe Diem” both reflect a vaguely different style and moral of the poem. Despite conveying an entirely different message beneath the unique stories, Robert Frost manages to use the same figurative languages for both poems, such as personification, repetition, and natural imagery. Each one of these figurative language used has their own significant within the poem, whether it is for delivering the message or reiterating…

Close Reading #3—“The Road Not Taken” In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, a traveler is standing in the woods and has to face two roads diverged in front of him. He must decide which way he should travel in order to continue his journey. After contemplating his options for a while, he decides to take a road that less people travel, a more dangerous road the reader can suspect. The bold traveler assures himself he will take the other path another day. Sometimes in one’s life choices must be…

done for them. The most common mistake people make is that they think there is only one option for each individual; anyone can have any future depending on their own decisions. In both Dorothy Livesay’s “Experience” and Robert frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, they express the difficulty in making crucial decisions when it comes to their future. The poets use point of view and metaphors to express one’s need to determine one’s own journey of life, however the poets differ in how they express their…

the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Sixty-six American’s were held hostage for four hundred forty-four days by radical Islamic fundamentalists. American’s viewed their government with more distain and cynicism than ever before. Through David Farber’s novel, Taken Hostage, we are given an in-depth look into the capture with a detailed background that illustrates the lasting impacts…

“The Road Not Taken” is by Robert Frost. It is about choosing between two different roads in the wood. The narrator chooses one road and thinks that he can go through the second one in another day. This poem is a combination of nature and human life. The narrator is not talking about two roads in the forest. He is talking about two paths in life, and how important it is to make the right decision at the right time. Life is a path, and a choice taken. The narrator describes the path of life as a…

and “North Boston”. By the time Robert came back to America, he was considered, “1920’s most celebrated poet in America” and to this day, his poems are still being taught in high schools and colleges across America. In Robert Frost’s, “the road not taken” I believe the theme he was trying to convey was, that in life, one will find themselves at a crossroads, and must choose how the rest of their life will go on.3 SENTENCE THESIS STATEMENT The two roads…

choices we make impact or shape our identity? There have been many people that have made the choices to become the great people they are today. One example of this are athletes of the past and present. Another comes from the poem called “The road not taken”. The final example comes from another poem called “Choices”. As said before, many athletes of the past and present have made miraculous choices to become the legends that they will always be known as. One man that did this was baseball hall…

amount of importance, and some are decisions where they can change one’s life. For example, a simple decision does not have a great importance, but there are decisions that have a major impact on one’s life and must choose wisely. In the “Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost uses the literary devices of symbolism, imagery, and connotation to demonstrate that in life one must take risks by choosing a decision that would affect one’s life.…