Compare And Contrast The Road Not Taken And The Untraveled Road

Poems can have many different meanings, some darker and deeper than others, and are concealed in a puzzle of metaphors and figurative language. “The Road Not Taken” written by Robert Frost, “The Road at The End” written by Carl Sandburg, “Song of the Open Road” written by Walt Whitman, and “The Journey” written by Mary Oliver all have different meanings than first perceived. “Song of the Open Road” depicts positive feelings in the protagonist. “The Road Not Taken” is a fairly neutral point of view of life as it is neither positive nor negative. “The Journey” can be categorized as neutral as well, but has hints of negativity, and as for “The Road at The End,” it takes a dark twist as “The End” is perceived as the end of life.

Imagine that your making a decision and you are stuck to choose between two things that could change and impact your life greatly. What would you do? What pathway would you take?

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost describes the dilemma in decision making, generally in life each individual has countless decisions to make and those decisions lead to new challenges, dilemmas and opportunities. In Frost’s poem, the careful traveler observes the differences of each path, one is bent and covered in undergrowth (Frost 5) and the other is grassy and unworn (Frost 8). In the end he knows he can only choose one of the paths, after much mental debate he picks the road less traveled and is well aware that he will likely never return to experience the other. By examining Frost 's "The Road Not Taken," we get a deeper understanding of

In the Poem "Uphill" I was able to effortlessly comprehend that the "road" symbolizes the adventure from birth to death. The obscuring sky foreshadows the end of life, and the "Inn" represents the final resting stop. In addition I was able to understand the connection between the road and the journey because Instead of the street being straight, it is "winding" and "uphill" hinting that the way of life is long and troublesome.

It is stated in the bible that “furthermore, it isn’t good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark” (Proverbs 19:2). Stating that when humans rush a process, that does not need to be rushed, the end product will not be reached. Another statement from the bible adds “may integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you” (Psalm 25:21). Integrity; doing the right thing when nobody is watching. Indicates that although no other human being might be around it is important to not deceive oneself. The core belief of the Christian worldview is “faith working though love” (Galatians 5:6). Which can be influence this scenario by having love for one another and wanting the best for those around.

Believers should leave behind further thought about Christ and to instead, focus on his teachings of good morals. “He bound the strong man, and set free the weak, and endowed His own handiwork with salvation, by destroying sin, [pg.

I’ve been brought up in a Christian home, knowing that I wasn’t created to live life my way, but to live it God’s way…serving others. However, I knew millions of children were dying, but I didn’t care enough to change my habits and do something about it.

“Change brings opportunities. Embrace it.” This is a quote targeted to people going through the process of change, from teenagers to young adults. One will never know what change may bring towards them. The turning of pathways may lead to plenty of different opportunities, which could bring happiness and fulfilment upon them. My class and I have been studying change, learning about how the text depicts the image of change, and the message behind them. The three related texts I will be discussing in this speech are “Looking for Alibrandi”, “The Road Not Taken” and “Everything will change”.

Lisa Wingate once said, ‘’The hardest thing about the road not taken is that you never know where it might have lead. The quote means that it is hard to make the decision on witch path to take because they both lead somewhere different and you might not want to go to that different place. This statement is true because you never know what will come before you. Both the ‘’Road not Taken’’ by Robert Frost and ‘’Untraveled Road’’ by thousand foot Krutch supports the statement by Lisa Wingate.

Thoreau believes deeply that one person can make a big difference in one’s own life and, in extension, the world: “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” Frost seems to believe that one person cannot even make a big difference in his own life. In “The Road Not Taken” the speaker is almost able to convince himself, at a later date, that he truly does take the road less traveled. His own self-disillusionment and self importance leads the speaker to feel more in control of his life. While Thoreau is actually able to make a significant difference in his life and the way he perceives the world, Frost’s character cannot.

also tells how it took him a while to decide which road to take and after a lot of deciding he

1)“The Road Not Taken” and the connection to Sotomayor is they both had to make a decision, a very difficult decision in the poem The Road Not Taken the narrator has to choose between two paths to take. In a way so does Sotomayor because since Sotomayor has had diabetes since she was ten years old she only could pick a select few of jobs. What she wanted to be was a cop or a detective but since she had diabetes it wasn’t possible for her to be any. She was given a pamphlet that had jobs that people with diabetes could do. The list of jobs she was able to do was a doctor, a lawyer, an architect, an engineer, a nurse, a teacher. Sotomayor had to choose and make a decision between which job she wanted to do. And the narrator in “The Road Not

I thought that this meant you should never go towards the path that has been done a million times. Go your own way no matter how hard it might be. “Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin'”. Life is about is about taking chances and it is worth it. “Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin'”.

When writing literature, if we wish to tell a story from the first-person’s point of view, we often refer to the protagonist as “I”. In both classic and modern writings, the speaker and narrator definitely become a major of part of a variety of stories. For instance, the short story “Jon” written by George Saunders, and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost both were able to clearly displays how the protagonist act as the narrator and how readers often find them creating an immense impact of the plot of the stories. Based on both texts, the narrator uses the pronoun “I” to refer to themselves, in which sometimes they sound similar and different, which further emphasizes the differences in the effect of the voices. Both the narrators of “Jon” and “The Road Not Taken” were somewhat similar, primarily because they had the abilities to convey a strong message through the theme of decision making.

I had to choose between playing a full-time summer sport or going on family vacations in the summer. Sports enriched my life in many ways such as creating more memories with my friends, allowing my pitching to improve, and gaining valuable team experience. Family vacations also could have changed my life as it allows for more family time, memories, and adventures. In the end, I chose to play a summer sport because it increased my games per year, practices per year, and a significant increase in game experience. I am happy with my decision because it gave me lifelong experiences.