The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

“The Road Not Taken” – Robert Frost Robert Frost was one of the greatest pastoral poet of America in the 20th century. Robert published his first work in England in 1910. Since 1920, Robert became the most popular poet with four 4 Pulitzer Prize: New Hampshire (1923), Collected Poems (1930), A Further Range (1936) and A Witness Tree (1942). In 1960, the U.S Congress had awarded Robert for his recognition in poetry for enriching the American literature as well as the World’s philosophy. Robert’s…

Robert Frost was an American poet born in San Francisco, California, in the year of 1874. Frost was a man known as a "natural poet", and also a man known highly for the use of metaphors in his writings. Growing up he had a rough childhood and that later carried on into his adult life. He lost four of his children and unfortunately his wife was struggling with depression. Throughout his lifetime many historic events happened like, the Great Depression, The Cold War, he was even around for World…

Human nature is to believe all individuals are unique, which is why “The Road Not Taken” is so commonly associated with praise for individuality. Robert Frost explores the process of decision making that is often faced throughout one’s life, comparing the choice to lead or follow the crowd to two paths. Although "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is commonly understood as an optimistic look on individuality, a careful examination of the symbolism, meter, and imagery reveals it is really an in…

Zimmerman Walt Whitman and Robert frost both use symbolism and analogies to bear a personal and detailed style of writing. Both poets refer to passionate moments without actually saying what is really happening. This makes the reader stop and think, and relate to their own experiences in life while reading. Both poems are passionate and well driven. Robert Frost poem is about making life choices. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.” The “two roads” are 2…

some crosses and turn points on the road of their life that they have to choose one from the other. An individual may deal with the same situation in a completely opposite way to others and his choice probably will result in a distractive future. For example, our ancestor’s choice of leaving Africa and migrating to other continents causes a multicultural world with multiplicity and complexity. The Road Not Taken” is one of the most famous poems Robert Frost composed in the year 1916; written…

another. In his poem “The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost uses the symbol of the road to show the importance of breaking away from social norms. He uses the two roads to show the paths that society often pushes at people. One is following where others have gone before, the other is to take your own road, where fewer people have gone. In the beginning of the poem Frost writes “And having perhaps the better claim, /Because it was grassy and wanted wear” (lines 7 & 8). This quote Frost discusses the…

was going to become. Thus, came along many writers including Mr. Robert Frost, who used traditional aspects on poetry and converted…

However, Robert Frost, a famous American poet, wrote two poems, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “The Road Not Taken”, to describe this life journey. In the poems, Frost uses many metaphors and figurative languages to make these poems to look more vivid and meaningful. Besides, these two poems dimly narrate thing that are beautiful are often less lasting, and decisions often have the power to change a person’s life or create differences. Further, the poems, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “The Road Not…

wondered if the choices that you make really matter? In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” he explores the finality of your decisions and how they will affect you in “ages and ages hence.” In the poem Mr. Frost discusses taking a walk through a “yellow woods” as he comes across a fork in the path and deliberates over which path to take. Robert Frost utilizes Form, Imagery, and Symbolism to portray how your choices affect you forever. Robert Frost employs form to show that choices matter.…

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…