The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

Robert Frost wrote ‘The Road Not Taken’ in 1916 at the age of 42 in New England, Massachusetts. ‘The Road Not Taken’ is one of his most popular works due to the ideology of choices that people would have to face in their life. In the early 20th century, Robert Frost based the majority of his poems from rural life in New England, where he grew up. Robert Frost was highly regarded for his deep, realistic understanding of rural life and using elaborate social and philosophical themes in his works.

Robert Frost was born March 26, 1874 at San Francisco, California and died January 29, 1963 at Boston, Massachusetts. Frost was an educator and poet. He is widely known for his poetry; some of Frost’s famous work includes The Road Not Taken, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, Mending Wall, and Out, Out─. Out, Out─ tells a story of a young boy cutting wood to help provide for his family. He then acquires an injury on his hand by the saw. The boy ends up dying due to the severity of his wound. His family returns to their duties. This poem uses many elements to emphasize death. Robert Frost uses the poetic elements of imagery, figures of speech, and symbolism to illustrate the theme of death in the poem Out, Out─.

Life is a journey full of twists and turns and unbelievable surprises. Nobody knows where the path leads they can only move forward hoping for the best. “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost, 1916. In “The Road Not Taken” a traveler is strolling through the woods and comes across two different roads he could take, and unable to travel both the poet eventually chooses which path to take. The theme conveyed is about making choices. Frost does this through the use of diction, the use of figure of speech, and the use of imagery.

In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” he said, “Two roads diverged in a wood and I—I took the one less traveled by, and it has made all the difference.” Every day, each individual has the power to make choices. He can choose the popular path or “the one less traveled by.” The most common and relatable choice a person has is what he chooses to eat. Many, if not most, Americans follow the favored “road” of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, when they consume food (Frost). But an individual must stop to think about what GMOs are and whether they are harmful in any way, despite being popular. The Journal of International Affairs interviewed Mark Lynas, an environmental writer and biologist, because of how controversial GMOs are, even amongst experts. Lynas does not believe that GMOs are harmful and wholeheartedly supports their consumption; however, contrary to Lynas’ beliefs, genetically modified organisms have caused an increase in agrichemicals and are potentially dangerous for human consumption. First, there is much evidence to support that GMOs are harmful to the environment because they cause an increase of agrichemicals farmers spray on their crops.

What is diction? The choice and use of words and phrases in writing. How does that affect a piece of literature? It creates and shapes it. What is structure? The complex construction of an arranged plan. How does structure relate to a poem? Structure in a pieces of literature, generates tension and deposition. "The Road Not Taken", is a poem published in the early 1950’s by Robert Frost. The poem is summarized into the decision one has to make in life, when approached with a cross road. While Frost might have just been lucky with his words, his choices allows readers to stimulate their mind into thinking. Frost relies on the structure of, "The Road Not Taken", as well as diction and imagery to reach his audience.

In life only one choice can be made, and that choice may affect life forever. And the right decision is not always obvious, but the decision still has to be made. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” Frost explains that everybody has to make a choice, nobody can make both choices. Everybody in life will come to a split in the road, and the decision will affect life forever. Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874. After Frost’s father death Robert Frost and his family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts when he was 11 years old. Frost published his first poem in November 8, 1894 called “My Butterfly. An Elegy”. In 1912, Frost and his wife decided to move to England where he became famous for many books of poems

Equating life with a journey is one of those most popular metaphors throughout literature. Going through a physical journey is full of twists and turns, much like personal exploration that leads to finding a person’s identity. In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, there is a definitive feeling that can be interpreted as remorse and nostalgia. Frequently, in literature regarding journeys, authors tend to use characters and objects as metaphors in order to show the reader that they are looking back, perhaps either at their life as a whole or defining moments. However, in this poem, Frost indicates that the speaker is standing at the figurative fork in the road and intends to one day look back on his life’s choices.

Chapter 9, Primary Reading: “Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken, 1916” (pg.361) 1. In this poem, Robert Frost illustrates to the reader a difficult decision that he faces. In a literal context, the decision that has blurred his judgement is a fork in the road which divides two separate paths. Unfortunately, he cannot see down either path to determine which one leads to a better location. In a metaphorical context, the two “paths” are in fact two different decisions that the poet can make in his life.

While Frost’s poem is highly relatable to every individual that reads it, it is also important because of the mind frame and life of Frost when he composed it. While many individuals believe that the poem offers a profound message on life and the choices that we make, the reality is that the poem is meant to be taken much more openly. It is a reflection of all the decisions we make without placing too much meaning into them. In 1914, Britain had declared war on Germany forcing Frost to flee to his home of England. At this time Robert Frost had formed a strong bond with fellow writer Edward Thomas. Prior to the war, the two companions had plans to move to America together. However Thomas, an indecisive man, was unable to choose between staying or

The four time Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Frost, is well known for his picturesque portrayal of rural lifestyle, focusing mainly on the New England region of the United States. “The Road Not Taken”, published in 1916 is one of his earliest written and most highly praised works. It is considered a masterpiece of American Literature and its content is frequently studied by high school and college students to this day. The poem is a closed frame narrative type consisting of four stanzas with a rhyme scheme of ABAAB. While being the most popular of the numerous poems written by Robert Frost, it has also been one of the most misinterpreted and openly interpreted poems of his

Inspired by many great ones before him, Robert Lee Frost reached the pinnacle of literary and poetic greatness. He lived a life full of suffering, lost most of his loved ones, and even thought of suicide at one point. He loved one woman for forty years. He suffered from depression when he recited "Twilight" to her and she demurred him. Robert Frost 's aesthetic view on the world in his poem "stopping by woods on a snowy evening" is linked to his modernism projected in "The Road Not Taken" (Robert Frost 's concept of choice and modernism can be seen in his poems "Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods On A Snowy Evening.")

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both.” This is the first line of the opening stanza of Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” The traveler in this story has been walking down a path and come to two diverging roads. Thus, creating a situation in which the traveler must make a decision. This poem is often misinterpreted by readers and critics. The poem is entertaining, but it is not as deep and profound as many people believe. I interpret the poem as a reflection of the uncertainties of life, but in a humorous way.

In the opinion of this poem having literary merit, a strong case will be provided. A poem that deems to have literary merit must be meaningful, aesthetically pleasing, and must require further reading and questions. The meaning of “The Road Not Taken” (Robert Frost), in my opinion, is the importance of decision making and the consequences of those decisions. The famously quoted lines, “I took the road less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”(Frost, Lines 19-20), really have a lasting impact on the audience. The reason for this I believe is the relatability of the situation. Although we try to make the perfect decision there is always the other road in the fork. Every choice has an alternative. A person’s life is just a walk through a winding trail with forks around every turn. We see the human nature in the line “And looked down one as far as I could.”(Frost, 4). The traveler looks

The Road Not Taken is a very famous poem, and it is for a great reason. Robert Frost uses literary devices in his poetry, his choice of literary devices enhance his writing and enhance his poems to better the understanding of the people that read his works. One of the major literary devices that Frost uses in his poem The Road Not Taken is symbolism. The main symbolism in the entire poem is the

In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, a traveler discovers a fork in the road, and after thorough examination of both paths in the “yellow wood” he chooses one to proceed on (1). The speaker intended to save the other road for another day of traveling; however, he knew that his path in life would drift far away, preventing him from ever returning to the other road. When the future arrives, the speaker plans to tell of his travels, and alter the truth by explaining that the path he chose was less worn by previous travelers. The extended metaphor of the poem is “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”, the roads represent the different paths a person can take in life, and the woods represent life as a whole. Therefore, the message presented