The Road

"The Road Not Taken" describes a situation many individuals will face throughout life: which road is the right one to travel? Scholar John Savoie argues that, "the poem holds a place in virtually every Americans imagination from adolescence onward" (5). The narrator of the poem is described as taking "the road "less traveled by" (line 19). Robert Frost has skillfully written the poem to not only provide a situation many can relate to, but to challenge thought through his use of language in the…

The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost is a short poem about a character who encounters with two roads that diverged in a yellow wood, and he has to choose which road to go. For the narrator it is impossible to see what lies ahead, he examines booth roads accurately and thinks that one road is less worn by passers that another. However, he realizes that both roads are likely equally traveled and complains that he will probably never return to take the other path. Moreover, the narrator thinks of…

Poetry Analysis of “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is made up of four stanzas of five lines each, and has iambic rhythm. By using symbolism, literary elements, and rhyme scheme, Frost is able to make readers think about choosing between diverging paths in a wood, and he sees that choice as a metaphor for choosing between different directions in life. “The Road Not Taken” has four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB, which means it is an…

The Road Life is all about decisions and mistakes. Have you ever been lost in the woods, is it easy to take the wrong path? Yes, and once people get so far down it and make all of these turns, its hard to find their way back when it's the wrong path. Robert Frost did not know what road was better. Sometimes in life people do not know the right path and sometimes they look equally as good, but they will have to test them. He took the one less traveled, how do you tell which one is good and…

An interest to me that comes up in the novel, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, is survival. The Road is 287 pages telling a journey, in third person omniscient, of a man and his son on a road trying to survive in a world where a catastrophic event caused destruction of human civilization. Death is a constant worry as The Man and The son continue on the road. There is no electricity or phones, all stores are empty, no houses for shelter, plant life is gone, and no fish in the water. In the novel,…

Joseph Maioli Due Date: 9-8-15 FOR207 – Wagner “The Road Not Taken” Introduction Assignment “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost (1916), is one of the most famous and well-known poems of the century. Most people are aware of the choice taken in this poem, but are not aware of the fundamental economic concepts portrayed. Robert Frost writes this poem explaining how there was a choice: take one road, or take the other. This choice is a lot like any other choice made in…

reminds us of the desolate post-apocalyptic landscape created by a nuclear incident, and by observing this fictional world we are shown what could become of our own world through the very real threat of a nuclear war posed by powerful nations. In ‘The Road’ you can't go for more than two pages before reading something that describes the nothingness often referring to his surroundings as “Barren, silent & Godless” which makes us imagine their landscape…

In the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac, we follow Sal as he travels the country bouncing state to state and friend to friend following the crazy wild lifestyle of Dean Moriarty. Throughout the novel Sal and his friends indulge in sex, alcohol and drugs, and are constantly moving around contradicting the idea that in order to be happy you must find a job, a wife, have kids, and live in a nice home. During his journey we witness Sal and his gang of “mad men” counter societal norms by living life…

The Road, written by Cormac McCarthy in 2006, is about the journey of a father and son through a post-apocalyptic world. The father and son, referred to as “Boy and Papa” in the book, have to find a way to navigate this new world and the people that come with it. McCarthy shows when in life or death situations people will become only focused on surviving. They often forget morals they have developed and become selfish and only concerned with themselves. Although Boy and and Papa do not eat…

As we grow older you run into many decisions that affect the outcome of your life. Sometimes you get stuck choosing between your friends and your future. The poem, "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost, tells the reader about how there are two "roads" to go down, the way everyone else is going, or going the opposite way to help better you. In my life I have made many choices that have affected me. Many of my choices are based upon my future rather than friends, because honestly you never know…