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Via Marie Arriola

This document provides context and analysis of Robert Frost's well-known poem "The Road Not Taken." It discusses Frost's biography and background as an American poet. It then analyzes key elements of the poem, including its structure, literary devices, symbolism, and themes of decision-making and the uncertainty of how life choices can impact the future. The poem tells the story of a traveler who comes to a forked road in the woods and must choose which path to take, realizing later that this decision may have led his life in a different direction than if he had opted for the other road.

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The Road Not Taken ROBERT FROST
ABOUT THE POET: Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution.“ He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named Poet laureate of Vermont.
The road not taken
ABOUT THE POEM • It is a poem that has four five-line stanzas with only two end rhymes in each stanza (abaab). Several kinds of literary devices can be found in the poem. One of the literary devices employed is antithesis. • It contains four stanzas and each one contains five lines each. This is called a quintain, hence this poem is made up of four quintains. In total this makes twenty lines thus a middle sized poem. • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, (A) And sorry I could not travel both (B) And be one traveler, long I stood (A) And looked down one as far as I could (A) To where it bent in the undergrowth; (B)
• Consonance and Assonance are widely used throughout as we can see in the following examples respectively: ''And that has made all the difference.'' ''Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 'Repetition is the final sound device that can be easily spotted in Frost's poem, especially in this line: ''Somewhere ages and ages hence:''. • Just like a song this poem has rhythm. The rhythm is iambic. This implies that there is a quiet syllable before a loud syllable. • Syntax and Structure .Each stanza contains 5 lines. Long I stood is an example of a different syntax because it would normally be said as I stood Long. • Rhythm and Meter. There is a similar syllable pattern throughout the poem. For example the first line in each stanza has 9 syllables.
Figures of Speech and Symbolism Personification Because it was grassy and wanted wear. Robert Frost is not actually talking about a road fork in the woods. Rather, he is using the concept of a diverging road to relate to making decisions in life.
THE POEM
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,
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
SUMMARY The narrator comes upon a fork in the road while walking through a yellow wood. He considers both paths and concludes that each one is equally well- traveled and appealing. After choosing one of the roads, the narrator tells himself that he will come back to this fork one day in order to try the other road. However, he realizes that it is unlikely that he will ever have the opportunity to come back to this specific point in time because his choice of path will simply lead to other forks in the road (and other decisions). The narrator ends on a nostalgic note, wondering how different things would have been had he chosen the other path.
THANK YOU !!! BY: Via Marie E. Arriola

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The road not taken

  • 2. ABOUT THE POET: Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution.“ He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named Poet laureate of Vermont.
  • 4. ABOUT THE POEM • It is a poem that has four five-line stanzas with only two end rhymes in each stanza (abaab). Several kinds of literary devices can be found in the poem. One of the literary devices employed is antithesis. • It contains four stanzas and each one contains five lines each. This is called a quintain, hence this poem is made up of four quintains. In total this makes twenty lines thus a middle sized poem. • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, (A) And sorry I could not travel both (B) And be one traveler, long I stood (A) And looked down one as far as I could (A) To where it bent in the undergrowth; (B)
  • 5. • Consonance and Assonance are widely used throughout as we can see in the following examples respectively: ''And that has made all the difference.'' ''Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 'Repetition is the final sound device that can be easily spotted in Frost's poem, especially in this line: ''Somewhere ages and ages hence:''. • Just like a song this poem has rhythm. The rhythm is iambic. This implies that there is a quiet syllable before a loud syllable. • Syntax and Structure .Each stanza contains 5 lines. Long I stood is an example of a different syntax because it would normally be said as I stood Long. • Rhythm and Meter. There is a similar syllable pattern throughout the poem. For example the first line in each stanza has 9 syllables.
  • 6. Figures of Speech and Symbolism Personification Because it was grassy and wanted wear. Robert Frost is not actually talking about a road fork in the woods. Rather, he is using the concept of a diverging road to relate to making decisions in life.
  • 8. 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;
  • 9. 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,
  • 10. And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back.
  • 11. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
  • 12. SUMMARY The narrator comes upon a fork in the road while walking through a yellow wood. He considers both paths and concludes that each one is equally well- traveled and appealing. After choosing one of the roads, the narrator tells himself that he will come back to this fork one day in order to try the other road. However, he realizes that it is unlikely that he will ever have the opportunity to come back to this specific point in time because his choice of path will simply lead to other forks in the road (and other decisions). The narrator ends on a nostalgic note, wondering how different things would have been had he chosen the other path.
  • 13. THANK YOU !!! BY: Via Marie E. Arriola