The Road Not Taken

The analysis of this is really about the cycle of nature and comparing it to the cycle of life. Also, no matter what happens in life, nature will keep going on. Also, in your life as a human your life is constantly changing, different and unpredictable, but nature goes through the same cycle over and over again. An example, when the leaves change color and fall , but grow back. The major point in this poem isn’t about the traveler, it’s about nature , human beings and the harmony between them. Many people think that we can escape death and everything that’s in life but honestly, we can’t because life is just one huge

is called, “ The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost, in this poem talks about how a person who is

The poem “The Road Not Taken” is a piece of literature written by the American poet Robert Frost. Its genre is poetry. It is considered poetry because of its structure. It has a distinct numbered group of lines in verse normally called stanza.

When it comes to making a decision, people tend to go through a series of questions before leading to what they believe is the best choice. We tend to turn the opposite way when it comes to doing something that is out of our comfort zone. When being faced with the choice of taking one that is not the majority recommendation, we turn our back to avoid it. In the Road Not Taken, Robert Frost conveys the importance of taking into consideration all the possibilities and outcomes as well as staying open minded along the way. His purpose is to show at times the answer to some of our problems won't be as clear as we would like them to be. At times like these, its best to just step back and re-evaluate what your goal outcome is and what's the best step forward to bring you there.

The poem I have selected for my topic is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874. He was Born in San Francisco, his father, William Prescott Frost Jr., and his mother, Isabelle Moodie, moved there shortly after getting married in Pennsylvania. Robert’s dad died from tuberculosis when he was eleven years of age. He then moved in with his mother and sister, Jeanie, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. His only sister, Jeanie, was two years younger than him, at the age of nine when he moved in with them.

An important topic in this piece of poetry is choosing your path. The author is taking himself on a journey, and this poem shows his struggles as he tries to find out what he wants to do and where he wants to go. It shows how choosing your life is not easy because you see a clear path of what other people are doing, but you know that is not who you are. The strongest piece of evidence to support this theory is

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.

Out of all the poems that I have read within this online course, Robert Frost has become my favorite poet. Robert Frost’s poems are mostly about nature and daily life. His poems are very relatable and leave you with something to ponder on. I appreciate how the author gives us, readers, something to think about when we are finished with his poems. “The Road Not Taken” is my favorite piece by Frost.

In every individual’s life span, they will come across a point in time where they need to make a life changing decision. It is up to each individual whether to take the road where the majority of society already walked down, or take the road “less traveled by” (line 19). The two poems are similar in that they both describe outcomes made possible by two different choices. They are also similar in the fact that they both illustrate how different choices and decisions can change each

The poem “The Road Not Taken” is about more than choosing a path, it is about choosing the path which you want. Despite the authors contradiction in the second stanza by claiming that one path was “grassy and wanted wear” compared to the other, both paths are equal. This is confirmed in the next two lines where it states “had worn them really about the same” which simply meant that both paths were equally used and both bore a claim as well as the other. The idea behind the poem was that the person choosing the path chose the one which they wanted regardless of what other people chose.

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”, this is the first line of the poem (line 1). The speaker automatically starts off with a metaphor. Once we continue reading on through the second stanza, we see that the roads are being compared to a choice having to be made. We are also given plenty of imagery. For example, we know that the woods are yellow. This means that it must be around the time of fall, and the leaves are beginning to change. In line eight, the speaker tells us that one path appears more green and grassy than the other. Also, in stanza three, along the way of their chosen path, he or she fell asleep. The speaker wakes up telling us that it is morning, and it appeared that no steps had been made on their path chosen. Personification is also a device used throughout this poem. In line eight, the speaker describes the path as, “grassy and wanted wear.” Using the word “wanted” gives the path a sort of a human like characteristic. This is also an example of an

The figurative meaning of the poem is obvious since it describes tough choices we have to make, especially during a dilemma. The first literary device of metaphor of the yellow nature to mean autumn occurs in the beginning of the woods and has the effect of making choices at old age or at the fall of one’s life. The second literary device to be discussed is that of antithesis and occurs in the first stanza where the traveller wishes to “travel both” roads at the same time. The device has the effect of explaining confusion and lack of a definite choice of

The reader can assume it may be the fall season, because of the “yellow woods” mentioned in the first line (1). Robert Frost mentions “snow” several times in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Day” (4). After deciding which path to take, the traveler in “The Road Not Taken” continues on his journey. There is a clear progression of time along this path. The narrator states, “Oh, I kept the first for another day!” which suggests that the traveler contemplated going back and choosing the other path (13).

Throughout the poem, a theme begins to develop. One theme for this poem could be making a life decision. In the beginning, it appears that the traveler is making a tough decision. The text states that he wants to take both roads maybe to be successful and accomplish his goals in life.

The next instance of symbolism  is "Yet knowing how way leads on to way, / I doubted if I should ever come back."  This means to me that the writer knows that whichever path he chooses will be irreversible.  His choice will make changes in his life that he will not be able to take back and he will never again be at that same starting point. The last use of symbolism in the poem is "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference."  These lines say to me that the writer has led a satisfying life.  That he did chose wisely and although it wasn't necessarily an easy life, it was fulfilling for him and he is proud of the choices he made.