Jane Horrocks

“I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” is a famous quote repeated by many across the globe. These are the final two lines from a very famous poem.The poem is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and it includes various sound devices, an abundance of figurative language, and a unique tone. The Road Not Taken has stood the testament of time and people have read this poem for over a hundred years. Sound devices greatly assist in creating a quality poem,. The Road Not

“When you’ve got to choose, anyway you look at it, you lose” - Simon & Garfunkle “Mrs. Robinson” The speaker of this poem sounds like someone who is sitting in an empty room, or a full room that feels empty and is confused about life. He is someone who knows that a choice must be made. The speaker is speaking to an audience who is in the same predicament as himself. The audience more than likely consist of teenagers and up. This is usually the time to determine what college to attend, college or

The mean girl had the characteristics of my stingy grandma who wore long gowns and walked around with a mopey face . The poems, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and Seasons Changing by Annijah Collins, McKenna Faychak, and Emily Mottley have a different meaning and mood, but both explain nature to create distinctive, interesting poems. To start off, the poems The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and Seasons Changing by Annijah Collins, McKenna Faychak, and Emily Mottley both have two different meanings

In life we come upon many decisions, and sometimes we found ourselves caught between a rock and a hard place trying to make a choice but there are points where we have to let the fate take the lead. "The Road Not Taken" focus on the idea of choice. The path that the narrator is walking on is separating in two ways, and he has to decide which direction to go. This path is not just in the forests, but also illustrates a decision in his life. Something in his life is changing, forcing him to make a

In life one is faced with many difficult choices, and they have to decide which one is the right choice. The poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is not supposed to be taken literally but figuratively, in the sense that once one has made a choice there is an inevitable sense of loss or regret. "The Road Not Taken" is one of the most misunderstood poems because readers read the poem too literally. Most readers focus on two of the last lines in the poem: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I

“The Road Not taken” is a poem that has a very extravagant usage of words. All of them fall together perfectly. This lavish poem by Robert Frost, shows how he had a choice of two roads to travel & could only go down one. When he looks back he debates on his decision & wonders if he’ll ever go back to the two roads & see the one he had not yet explore. The poet explains while staying placid. With a glance of the poem the theme doesn’t show, but once you read the poem with purpose you begin to realize

A. In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, Frost is ultimately trying to make a decision figuratively and physically. He undoubtedly wants to travel down both roads. While standing, he looks down as far as he could trying to make a decision. The two roads seem to appear about the same as the paths both have freshly fallen leaves. He stands, hesitant of the future and the path he is going to take. Regretfully knowing he cannot walk both paths he ends up taking the route that he will later tell others

“The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” are perfect examples of Robert Frost’s clear diction and simple images. This author often uses nature lyrics to describe a scene. “The Road Not Taken” and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Day” feature an outdoor, natural setting. Both poems highlight the woods and someone traveling through them. In “The Road Not Taken” Frost begins by describing two paths in a yellow wood. The narrator in the second line gives the reader insight into his

The song by Lauren Alaina, “Road Less Traveled” is connected to the poem “The Road Not Taken” written by Robert Frost. The poem and the songs are connected through the words and how they are represented. Both songs are speaking about taking the road that would not get traveled on as much. Within the poem and the song, I found four connections to each other. The first connection in “The Road Not Taken” was “And be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in

In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” the narrator of the poem analyzes his situation thoroughly prior to choosing his path. His process can be seen in several lines of the poem. For example, his decision begins, “And be one traveler, long I stood.” Similar to making any life altering decision, the narrator takes time rather than rushing in to his path. He weighs the options of each path (decision) as he “looked down one as far as [he] could…Then took the other, as just as fair.” Upon realizing