The Road not Taken is a poem about choice. It begins, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both, And be one traveler, long I stood, And looked down one as far as I could, To where it bent in the undergrowth;” Clearly the speaker is faced with a decision. He is out for a morning walk in the autumn woods when he comes to a fork in the road. He stops and contemplates which road to take, looking down one road as far as he can see. The second stanza reads, “Then took the
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The poem I chose to write about is called “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Written by Robert Frost. The poem is from the point of view of an old man who has been riding through the woods and stops. It is the middle of the night and he is watching the snow fall as we can plainly see from the lines “He will not see me standing here/to watch the woods fill up with snow” and “between the woods and frozen lake/ the darkest evening of the year.” To me it seems that the idea of this poem is stopping
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Classic Poetry Series Robert Frost - poems - Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: PoemHunter.Com - The World's Poetry Archive "In White": Frost's Early Version Of Design A dented spider like a snow drop white On a white Heal-all, holding up a moth Like a white piece of lifeless satin cloth Saw ever curious eye so strange a sight? Portent in little, assorted death and blight Like the ingredients of a witches' broth? The beady spider, the flower like a froth, And the moth carried
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The Elements of “A Girl’s Garden” In “A Girl’s Garden” by Robert Frost, the theme expressed is the unique pleasure of a rural childhood, as well as the girl’s youthful exuberance about the garden she grew. The speaker is a neighbor of the girl, who is now an adult woman living in town. The speaker tells the story, attempting to convey the importance of the garden to the adult woman because of the joy she still takes in reminiscing about her experiences, regardless of the perceived success of
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Interpretation on Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken by Endah Wahyuni Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken seems to represent indecision. It tells us about a travelers who is standing in front of two different roads that basically look the same. He doesn’t know where each of the roads leads to, but he should make a choice whether he would take the first road or the other in order to move forward. Of course the roads here are just a symbol. It represents something much concrete in our reality:
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The Road Not Taken Poetry Explanation The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is one of the most famous poems ever written. It is also one of the most misunderstood poems. Many people have been faced with “a fork in the road”. This may include a choice between two decisions, a choice between jobs or careers, or a choice between other things. Because you can only choose one, there is the “road” you did not take. In the future, you may look back on these decisions and may have regrets. The Road Not Taken
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The first chapter from How to Read Literature Like a Professor explained how important setting is in a piece of literature. “Geography is setting, but it’s also (or can be) psychology, attitude, finance, industry--anything that place can forge in the people how live there” (174). Some of the readings this week that were impacted greatly by their setting were the Frank X Walker poems. His poems were all about the setting and how different races could be found in Appalachia. His poems would not have
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Imaginative Journey Notes: The Stimulus Booklet 1.The road not taken: - Robert Frost o Imaginative Journeys allow us to explore future possibilities through speculation o Extended metaphor of the ‘road’ used to express both past and future decisions and actions. Frost describes using the imagination in times of indecision to explore the consequences of possible choices. – “…long I stood /And looked down one as far as I could” o Each of the four stanzas characterises one stage of this process
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Thesis: The same path taken will not lead to the same destination This thesis is important to me. It is a commentary on our humanity and both our common and disparate journeys. In our collective sojourns not everyone will arrive at the same destination even though the same path was taken. Is this statement altruistic or naïve? I think this comment is about humanity at its best. Conformity is not an answer but a compromise. Mediocrity is another outcome of taking the same path with the expectation
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I. Introduction a. Facts: Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times; he had unique approach to poetry. He believed that a poem began with delight and concludes in wisdom. b. Thesis: The poetic pieces displays the difficult decisions individuals make in order to progress in life. Moreover, one choice can alter the future for better or worse. II. Body c. Body i. Surface meaning: An individual comes to “x” in the road and must decide which path he must
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