Jimmy Cawley Mrs. Hugglar English II Honors 2/5/15 The Road Not Taken Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is a poem about a man who has come to a point in his life where he has to make a major choice, a choice in which there is no turning back. He tries to predict the consequences of one choice, but then suddenly chooses the path that he believes uncommonly chosen, although they are equal. He told himself he would come back to this situation another day, but later realizing that once he made…
There are countless periods in life when one forced to make a decision, and the choices one decides in life hinders the outcome of our future. The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is the best poem in the world as it symbolizes the hardships and struggles we, as humans, are demanded to face in order to arrive at our final destination. The poem also conceals an underlying message; one road is not necessarily the right choice. The use of metaphors, symbols, and imagery assist the author in…
The Road Not Taken (Web) The Road Not Taken is a poem about the interest and motivation to take different experiences in our life. Inside of a forest, the speaker face the decision of taking two roads. One of them is known from the speaker to be a common road, but he decide to take the less traveled and unknown road. From the speaker, it makes a difference to take the other road to have something to say about his life and experiment a new event. Mother to son (Web) Mother to son is…
Interpretation of poetry is fundamentally up to the reader and what each individual takes away after reading the piece of work generally varies. To me, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is truly a delightful poem that dramatizes the conflict in dealing with life’s choices and consequently the repercussions thereafter. During the poem the speaker comes to a fork in the road, which is an extended metaphor that is comparable to a major decision that he must make in his life. There are many times…
overcoming obstacles enables individuals to flourish in new environments. Tim Winton’s short story “Big World”, Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” and Shaun Tan’s picture book “The Arrival”, explores the complexity of journeys through challenges of prior understanding to evoke meaningful revelations and personal…
I know I wanted a rescue. The isolation had proved beneficial to my overall outlook on life and I’ve been able to accomplish more deep thinking done in the last few weeks than in the last sixteen years. I revised Robert Frost's poem: The Road Not Taken; and I came to realize the true meaning behind the poem. No matter which path the reader took, it led him to the same place; it didn’t matter if he thought he chose differently since in the conclusion everyone arrives at death’s door. I realize…
Not Taken” shows his capability of writing his poems about life, as if he was familiar with the origins of the earth. In fact, Robert has lived in various farms throughout his life: Frost has experience in nature’s environment. While living on the Derry farm he was able to write great poems, but at the age of thirty-eight he sold his farm to move to England with his family, and there he arrived with three completed books: two were published in England (Voices and Visions). "The Road Not Taken,"…
transferring emotional content from something that is generally understood by most to something less understood. It gets the reader thinking about the poem on a different level and helps the reader to really connect with the content. The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost uses both old traditional methods and modernist methods to draw in many different types of readers. Frost captivates his readers by leaving the interpretation of the poem up to them, and lets them use their own…
In “The Road Not Taken”, the author, Robert Frost, shows the idea that we are all defined by the choices we make in life, whether it’s good or bad. This poem demonstrates this idea well because the speaker was stuck between choosing two roads, and he did not know which one he should take. This relates to real life when making decisions, because you never know what is going to be at the other side when you get to the end. The concept of our decisions and how we choose to make them is illustrated…
No Action Should Be Taken Against Hunting; Allowing for Wildlife Conservation The year is 1912, in Jackson Hole Wyoming, the past three winters have been harsh on the land. A movement to help increase the elk herd was started two years previously. According to Steve Morriss, 2012 the writer of National Elk Refuge: 1912 – 2012, “Congress appropriated $45,000 and decreed the creation of a National Elk Refuge. The Government incorporated 1,000 acres of public land and 1,760 acres of purchased land…