The Long Road

Robert Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” as a joke for a friend, the poet Edward Thomas. When they went walking together, Thomas was chronically indecisive about which road they ought to take and—in retrospect—often lamented that they should, in fact, have taken the other one. Soon after writing the poem in 1915, Frost griped to Thomas that he had read the poem to an audience of college students and that it had been “taken pretty seriously … despite doing my best to make it obvious by my manner…

What was the last decision you made? Do you wonder what might have happened if you chose differently? This is the same feeling Robert Frost wrote his famous poem The Road Not Taken about. The poem is about reflecting upon and fretting over a past decision, a decision you may feel you chose poorly or picked the wrong option. This feeling happens so commonly, everyone has experienced it at some point, and on different levels of intensity. It can happen when you think maybe the chocolate ice cream…

The poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ written by Robert Frost describes a persona’s choice of journey. The persona is described as walking through a wood one morning, reaching a fork and contemplates which path to take out of the two diverged roads. The persona chooses the road “less travelled” and sets off on a holistic, life-changing journey. The poem is an extended metaphor about life. The character in the poem literally journeys through the “yellow woods” down one of the “two roads” but this journey…

The main road everyone in the world drives on is Route 66. Route 66 relates to leadership because it is running about 2,400 miles through Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, and California. The legacy behind Route 66 is that train engines were limited in the terrain they could cross, railroad routes were painstakingly chosen, so they built the route 66 for another option other than taking a train. The cause of Route 66 is because Cyrus Avery links Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California…

have to travel by road as the main route inevitably. Since people have to take the road on a regular basis, they deserve to be safe in using the road. In Thailand, there are about around 5 million people use vehicles on the road which is quite a lot ever. Moreover, in Thailand, every hour an accident on the road killed 1 million people in the country 70 million people which this loss ratio can indicate road safety. Because of Thailand, people have a lot of vehicles on the road. So, vehicles are…

As a child, the world to me was a place with elusive networks of dirt roads. The small, dirty, square shaped, concrete houses provided shade and comfort from the heat that bounced off the streets causing a mirage of wavering images. The streets were filled with honks from countless motorcycles and rickshaws. Hearing similar dialogues and accents as the people argued for cheaper pomegranates from the food stands located at the corner of the streets. This place of dirt networks, flat-roofed houses…

Ryan and I were anticipating the trip we had planned for weeks. We were finally leaving our hometown Frogville,OK for a road trip to Picher,OK. The town Picher was supposed to be a ghost town at night. So Ryan and I planned a trip to see if the rumors of Picher were true. Planning the trip took almost a month, but the hard part was getting our parents’ permission. The day we set to leave was rapidly approaching Ryan couldn’t wait, however, I was having second thoughts. Ryan talked me into going…

Kayla Miller Dr. Swan English 2333 13 December 2017 Cormac McCarthy Final The Road is a literary masterpiece. At its most basic level, it is a story about a man and his son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. However, the real story is so much more than that. The Road tells of love and heartache, humanity at its most primal level, and how fragile the ideas of society truly are. The Road is important because it's one of very few novels that gives a raw, honest look at what the world…

survive. I was already missing my Lucy (my dog), and I had to live without for a week while the ferocious neighbors took care of her. Although, I was only at my lovely cottage for a week, I would miss my home and Lucy. As we were driving up the long road, we came upon a wonderful looking building named Chipotle. I had heard from many of my acquaintances that the food here was wonderful. But, to be careful to not eat too much or you will be stuck there for eternity. I could smell the delicious…

maintained roads are of vital importance and it is essential that these assets are well maintained as they provide routes for the majority of freight around the country, connect remote communities and provide access for tourists and residents. Low volume roads have various definitions with Austroads (2000) defining them as 1000 vpd however incrementally at 100, 200 and 400 vpd, the design standard changes. Other publications and authors such as ARRB and Brodie define low volume roads as less…