Robert Frost Metaphors

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both." (Frost 1) - in life, there are many "paths" or choices; ways one can go in life. He explains that many people go one way, perhaps because others went that same way. "Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear" (Frost 1) In this, Frost is explaining that many people went one way while he wanted to travel the less worn one, because it might hold beautiful views – good experiences that no one else had gotten the chance to learn from. Life, he explains through this metaphor of travel, is full of choices. And going down one path may change ones life. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I- I took the one less traveled by; and it has made all the difference." (Frost 1) Robert Frost continues to teach an important life lesson to readers around the world through this extended metaphor

Conclusively, Frost uses multiple literary devices to create a more easily understood piece. Frost clearly depicts a real life situation in this poem by creating a problem involving decision making. Frost begins the poem by showing two roads, both covered in leaves. Both paths appear to be worn at about the same condition, but Frost cannot decide whether or not one road is better than another. He expresses his decision making process by elaborating on how he still would like to keep the first path for another day. However, he changes ideas and states how his decision that he took with the less traveled path was life-changing. The extended metaphor allows the reader to understand the figurative meaning of the roads, and apply them to real-life

In the first line of the poem, readers can picture the speaker standing at “two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” This line paints a clear picture of the poem’s setting. Further along in the first stanza, imagery is used when the speaker says, “and be one traveler, long I stood/And looked down one as far as I could/ To where it bent in the undergrowth” (3-5). Here, the readers can visualize the speaker standing at a path analyzing what it has to offer. Imagery is also illustrated when the speaker chooses the other path “because it was grassy and wanted wear” (8). The path is personified to illustrate how the speaker is tempted to travel it instead. In this stanza, the speaker makes his or her decision and begins a new experience. In the next stanza, the paths are referenced again when the speaker says, “In leaves no step had trodden black” (12). This line paints a picture of two paths that have never been travelled by anyone else before the speaker. Through the use of imagery, the two roads are given illustration, and the readers can gain insight on how the reader comes to make his or her

Frost’s use of imagery, is perhaps the strongest of all the poetic devices that he has weaved into the poem. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...and i'm sorry I could not travel both, long I stood...and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth”(1-5), is the first of Frost’s use of imagery, which is evidently also the first stanza. I interpreted this in two ways, literally and figuratively. Literally, it is about a person, who is at the fork of a road and does not know which road to progress on. Figuratively, Frost is using the two roads to symbolize the different choices that could be made and how

The fork in the road symbolizes a major decision in the narrator’s life. Much as in life, we are sometimes faced with two options of which we can only choose one. In the first stanza he looks long and hare at both of his options, trying to weigh which has the greatest potential. “And Looked down one as far/ I Could To where it bent in the undergrowth (Frost stanza 1). The narrator has thought of the dilemma over while trying to anticipate where one path would take him but, like many non-supernatural people he cannot predict the future. Frost is using metaphors to illustrate that the narrator has been given two choices can only choose one, Hopefully picking the right one.

In 1916, Robert Frost wrote the very famous poem titled “The Road Not Taken.” In the poem “The Road Not Taken,” author Robert Frost uses metaphors, tone, setting, and subtle symbolism to portray the overall theme of evaluating life’s tough decisions. While this poem could be interpreted very simplistically or literally, it is actually full of many different metaphors. These metaphors emphasize Frost’s outlook on decisions that one must face throughout their life. “Two roads diverging” is a metaphor for two choices presenting themselves in one’s life.

The first sign of figurative language shown in the poem are similes. In comparison to the leaves on the trees Frost said, “Like girls on hands and knees that throw their air before them over their heads to dry in the sun” (Frost). This is known as a simile because it compares two totally different things by using the word like or as. As for the tone, this quote gives off a happy and cheerful tone because he described some little girls having fun to describe the leaves on the trees. He also stated, “Life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with cobwebs” (Frost). In this quote he is basically saying life is tough, and this gives a depressed tone to the

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.

At last, I reached a familiar area. I stood before the two paths, both identical, save for a slight disturbance in the leaves from where I had trekked through earlier that day. The words of Robert Frost’s poem rang through my head, seeming eerily similar to my current situation. I pulled out the poem, and began to read. “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. Then took the other, as just as fair and having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear. Though as for that, the passing there had worn them really about the same,” I read aloud, glancing up at the twin paths lying in front of

The speaker in Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is a conflicted person, and to me is a man of mystery. However, as the reader of this poem we are drawn in by the undergoing a life-changing decision. He is contemplating the direction in which he will lead his life and is using that of a fork in the road to base his future on. The speaker is impulsive and adventurous, the reason that he has chosen the less traveled path.

Frost is able to utilize imagery through the use of metaphors to show how trauma can break someone. To begin with, he uses the narrator as a device for showing how damaged someone can become after a traumatic experience. This traumatic experience being a war that took place in the real world, but with lines such as, “And life is too much like a pathless wood” it's almost as if it has caused a war within himself(44). Also, escapism is used to help further this point of how damaged he is and he even talks about wanting to leave this world and just restart by saying, “May no fate wilfully misunderstand me/And half grant what I wish and snatch me away/Not to return. Earth’s the right place for love”(50,51,52).

The first theme, the outdoors, is best revealed in his poem “The Road Not Taken.” In this poem, Frost uses a fork in a road to describe making decisions in life. Given the main idea, most likely the poem is referring to Frost’s decision to leave farming to follow poetry. Frost uses five lines of poetry in each verse with similar length. Using the technique of inferring, analysts can conclude that the poem relates to the theme of “perfect” decision making. It shows that decisions can not always be perfect. Frost uses symbolism and imagery to display a visual representation of a decision. For example, in lines 1 & 2 Frost uses the fork in the road in a forest as a reference to a decision with two choices. He evaluates each side (trade-offs in a decision) and chooses a side as in lines 4 & 5. Shortly after, he describes the side he chose. He says the road was “grassy” and that it was “not worn.” This creates not only a mental image but the realization that one side can visually appear better than the other. On line 12, he states that there are leaves on the ground which we can picture and also believe that it is autumn. From line 16 to 20, he repeats the first stanza. This represents the reflection of his decision. Although he repeated the first stanza, Frost removed the word yellow, that described the woods, and also said that he chose the one less traveled, and he did not regret it. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference (The Road Not Taken).” Frost does this to show that decision making can be hard, but it is best to evaluate and choose the decision that is best suitable, not what everyone else chooses. Throughout this poem, Frost tries to bring attention to questionable/uneducated decisions in life and make the best of them through his tone and word choice. Frost’s theme of imperfection can be seen either

Robert uses many metaphors to show how his decision impacted his life and future. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both”(1-2) is a deep metaphor for our lifetime and tough decisions. These “roads” are the options that we have in life, and unfortunately we have no way of finding out whether or not which path is correct. Although, Frost isn’t directly applied for whose reading it, it almost puts life more in perspective for us because it get the reader to think about the decisions that they make in life a little bit more in depth.

Robert Frost is one of the most honored poets in America. Frost’s poetry is known to be often dark and symbolize the universe through nature. Countee Cullen is an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen is known for his poetry, fiction, and plays. Both poets bring forth the recognition of the internal struggles in life. Robert Frost’s” Design” and Countee Cullen’s “Yet Do I Marvel” question God’s design of life on Earth.

The Modern period was a time where society had been reinventing itself. Among many artists, Robert Frost stands out due to his belief that because of the oblivious attitude people had at the time, the era turned from prosperous to a form of damnation. He expresses this through the broad theme of mortality in his poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” and his personal hardships through the Great Depression.