Road Not Taken Annotation

The poem “The Road Not Taken”, focuses on the theme of choices. Frost accomplished the theme by using conflict and imagery. Every single person, at one point in their life or another, faces a fork on the road that causes a conflict. Conflict on choices, begins an inner battle within one’s self and it causes turmoil. For example, the quote “Two roads diverge in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both (Frost line 1)”, the narrator in this poem has to make one choice; he has to go either one direction or another in life and he cannot look back. The choice itself

On third stanza, the poet is providing additional information on the season by “And both that morning equally lay, in leaves no step had trodden black”. This imagery of the season autumn symbolises the perfect layers of yellow leaves on the path as for a long period of time no one has walked on it yet. On third line, onomatopoeia was used which is “oh” that illustrates an emphatic tone for the decision that he made. The traveller is now regretting the decision that he made.

“The Road Not Taken” written by Robert Frost uses several poetic devices such as imagery and personification to emphasize how indecisive Frost is about his decision on which road he should take. “The Road Not Taken” is about how the narrator chooses a path that he was once confused and worried about but over time become content with his final decision.

Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken” describes a traveler faced with a choice of which one of two roads to travel. He knows not where either road might lead. In order to continue on his journey, he can pick only one road. He scrutinizes both roads for the possibilities of where they may take him in his travels. Frost's traveler realizes that regret is inevitable. Regardless of his choice, he knows that he will miss the experiences he might have encountered on the road not taken.

?The Road Not Taken? (1916) tells of someone faced with two of life?s decisions however only one can be chosen. Whichever road is taken will be final and will determine the direction that their life takes. Frost drives this poem by a calm and collective narrative, spoken by the traveler of the diverged roads. Who is speaking with himself trying to convince himself of which road is the better choice. Frost wrote this poem using standard, modern language.

In the poem The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost, Frost uses imagery, formal diction, a consistent meter and many other literary devices to describe the act of decision-making and how we justify the decisions we have made. Frost also leaves the literal/figurative meaning of the poem up to the reader’s interpretation.

Frost, Robert. The Road Not Taken. 1916. Frost’s poem shows the theme of choice and how that decision could make a difference in life. From the viewpoint of a traveler, he displays the act of choosing between one path or the other, demonstrating how the choice would cause a varying outcome compared to the alternative path.

The poem my group and I chose to annotate was Robert Frosts “The Road Not Taken". We chose this poem because it is one of the most widely recognized poems of all time. The assignment was a bit complex in my opinion, especially when it came to part two the write up part. Part 1 was a good experience being that it was a group assignment. I had a fantastic team, and we each shared a part in annotating the poem. We each had a role in the annotation of the poem, we took two parts of speech each to identify in the poem and we rotated roles as well. The difficult part was trying to identify main verbs from adverbs, and adverbs from adjective. In our poem, we managed to find all the parts of speech listed that we have been working with over the last few weeks of class.

The poem depicts a man was walking in a forest, down a path one autumn morning and arrived at a fork in the road. He studied the paths, looked intently down the first, then walks down the second even though there was no noticeable difference in the roads as shown by the verse "and both that morning equally lay" line 11. The sojourner saw that neither path had been frequented "in leaves no step had trodden black" line 12. As he went down one path he thought he would like to return and try the other path, but realizing it is improbable because he knows "way leads on to way" each choice leads to another new choice. He acknowledges that in the future he would remember with emotion "I shall be telling this with a sigh" remembering with regret of what was down that other path.

Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is a tricky poem to understand. While Frost uses a metaphor to disclose the speaker’s emotions, he also reveals a meaning behind the emotions themselves. This poem showcases Frost’s use of humor to add yet another depth of meaning, but the metaphor throughout the poem must be understood first. The two roads in the poem represent different directions in life.

The road not taken by Robert Frost is about choosing paths, and choosing a direction. The paths are ones in life that are not necessarily physical ones, but more likely spiritual. Frost says in stanza two that he wished he could travel both paths. Which shows that he is not discerning between right and wrong, but between two life or vocational decisions. The first path is well traveled, indicating drawing attributes like ease, wealth, and fame. The second, however less traveled, it the one he picks. Frost saw something attractive in the second path, hidden in its grassiness; something that would actually fulfill him in life, despite walking alone. Frost says that throughout life there will always be decisions to make that will lead a person

One famous poem by Robert Frost is “The Road Not Taken.” In this poem, Frost tells of someone who has stopped at a fork in the road and is trying to choose between two paths. The two paths are both long but he can only choose one. In the end, he chooses the one that not many people go through. The paths in the poem symbolize a choice.

Robert Frost was an American poet whose works were both prolific and . His works are read and understood by all, young and old. Writing during a crossroad period between the 19th and 20th century, Frost uses elements form both time periods to create his unique style of poetry. He is widely considered one of the greatest poets and his work is still read and analyzed to this day, with many stresses on real life issues and lessons. Robert Frost, in his poem “The Road Not Taken” uses imagery, sound devices, and metaphors, to convey a situation in which the speaker must make a choice, between two roads, in which they opt for the one less traveled.

If there were two roads to choose, which would you choose? That's what The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is about. The theme of the poem is that life's full of choices and you may choose the choice you wouldn't normally choose. What theme does the road not taken have well, that's not easy to explain, but this will give you the time.

This path is not just in the woods, but also represents a decision in his life. Something in his life is changing and is forcing the character to make a choice. Yet he/ she has a really hard time deciding. One minute he thinks one way is better and then the next both paths are about the same.