Jane Horrocks

Robert Frost is a poet who is known for writing simple stories that contains deeper meanings about life. In “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both depict measuring life's decisions as a piece of the account. These poems signify a journey, where one must choose between two paths in life. In both poems, the speakers reach a point of uncertainty in their journeys. Although both stories have similar aspects in life decisions, there are some differences. These differences

On "The Road Not Taken" Most people believe that "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost was written to inspire people to be different, and to not follow the majority. However, the poem was actually written to gently tease one of Frost's good friends, and fellow poet, Edward Thomas. Frost and Thomas would take walks in the woods together, and Thomas would take Frost down one path and later regret not choosing a different path. This would lead one to believe that Frost is actually ridiculing

The Road Not Taken theme essay Luiza De Vasconcelos It takes a lot to find the real meaning in a book or piece of text; or does it? Sometimes finding the thesis of a piece of text is as easy as just reading the text once or maybe twice. For example, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost has a lot more meaning than the literal meaning. 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

The road to any desired destination is individualistic and often hindered with difficulties. Dante Alighieri’s epic poem “Dante’s Inferno” and Robert Frost’s well known poem “The Road Not Taken” present the obstacles and choices made by two men. The approach and decisions made by Dante and Frost ultimately produce the similarities and differences between both poems. “Dante’s Inferno” and “The Road Not Taken” center around locational, situational and representational aspects of life and fate. The

Wouldn’t it be best for a responsible driver to dispose of roadkill on a dangerous road rather than swerve and endanger your life and the lives of other ignorant drivers? You might say “of course!” and it seems to be an easy decision to make. However, in William Stafford’s poem “Traveling through the dark” the speaker finds this decision very difficult. The speaker stops and finds a dead and pregnant doe. After wrestling with his dilemma, he chooses to push the body into the river below rather than

Many writers use symbolism to help reveal things or say something important about life in a special way In the poem, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the author uses a variety of phrases that contains symbolism. All of this symbolism also leads up to a very common theme that we must usually several times in our lives. First of all, this poem uses a lot of symbolism to reveal many things that also applies to us in our lives. To begin with, Robert Frost describes two (2) similar roads. One

In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” he uses imagery of the road to represent choices. This poem’s lesson can be used in life every day. The first stanza represents the idea that life has choices, the second and third stanzas represent the good and bad of the choices we make, and the persona of the poem chooses the harder choice that wanted wear. First, life has choices. Every day we have to make choices. Whether it be what to wear or what to eat for breakfast. Those are not very important

Another poem I chose to go with my theme was “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. This poem explains how choices are like a fork in the road. There are two paths that you have the option of taking but each one will lead to a different place. It shows that depending on your actions and what you choose to do, each path will lead to something different from the other. This poem also shows that there is a choice everyone makes. You can either make your own choice and follow your path or you can follow

Ellen Kennedy Mrs. Hunt English Composition II 16 March 17 The Road Not Taken The Road Not Taken was written by Robert Frost. The poem was first published in 1916 in Mountain Interval. This poem is one of Frost’s most popular poems. The speaker in this poem is at a crossroads, and is choosing which path they should take. Knowing his choice will determine his future he chooses which path will take. The speaker then imagines himself in the future telling his story how taking the road

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about a choice, and when we are faced with making a decision we have to choose one, but that also means that we have to give up on the other opportunity to do something else. That one decision can determine our entire lives. When the speaker chose “the one less traveled by,” the speaker says, “ has made all the difference.” The poem begins with a dilemma, the need to come up with a decision and solve the problem. When out walking, the speaker comes to a fork