The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

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…

make a lasting impact in our life or in someone else's. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is a poem that articulates the concept of decision making. Because decision making is such a run-of-the-mill task, it can often be related to various pieces of literature. For example, the short story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, Mama, a rough and big boned woman, diverges from her normal route and makes a very valuable decision. “The Road Not Taken” applies to the short story Everyday Use because of…

Robert Frost: Timeless Style What makes a piece of literature unique? Its diction? Its syntax? Maybe, but true value can be achieved when an author masters the ability to make a book, story, or poem applicable and relatable to all age groups— to make his or her work timeless. The literature then has the potential to be enjoyed and understood by all ages. Robert Frost holds a highly esteemed and exclusive position in American poetry because of his theory on poetic composition, his modern…

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost contains four stanzas of five lines. Each stanza has a rhyme scheme of ABAAB. The poem begins by saying the problem and setting that a traveler comes to a fork in the road during the fall. Frost shows the reader that the season is fall by the color of the trees’ leaves, “yellow wood.” In the first two stanzas, Frost takes the role of the traveler and begins to explain both paths. One path being full of nature and beautiful while the other looking…

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.…

Journeys are a key part of life, but arriving at the destination is not the part that matters, the journey itself is the key influential part of life. John Steinbeck and Robert Frost reflect this idea within their texts; Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' and 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'. All of these texts explore journeys and different impacts of fear and regret which has lead the audience to consider that the destination and arrival doesn't, in fact, matter…

My Comparison This paper is going to be about the comparison between two poems written by Robert Frost. The two poems are “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowing Evening.” “The Road Not Taken” was about the author who was walking in the woods one morning and there were two roads and they looked exactly the same so he just took one and the road looked like it hasn’t been walked on in awhile and because him taking that path, it changed his life. “Stopping by the Woods on a…

advised you not to take unknown substances. Whether or not you take it is completely up to you, and it’s impossible to predict the outcome of either choice. “The Road Not Taken” and “How Do We Handle a Challenge” both depict the similar theme of facing a challenge. “The Road Not Taken” reveals the narrator having to choose between two roads which could decide the remainder…

a distinct theme in which the contained poems link in with. Section two includes numerous poems that share an association with the theme of Roads and journeys. Out of this selection of poems, there are several poems in which this theme of roads and journeys is created in a distinct manner. These include two renowned poems by Robert Frost, ‘The Road Not Taken’ and ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’. Individually, these poems possess a diverse range of tone, images and language. While these…

1. “I heard a Fly buzz”¾ Speaker: the author, Tone: very calm but also serious, Figurative Language: "The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air – ," (2-3) this is a simile and some symbolism being used. "I heard a Fly buzz" by Emily Dickinson, indulges readers by using different forms of figurative language. Also, by making it seem like she is writing this while on her death bed. As Dickinson stated in the poem, "I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –," (1) this can be inferred…