In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” personification is used through the symbolization of the roads. Frost’s metaphorical embodiment of the two roads reflected as ways, journey and even as an adventure in life. He describes the decision people need to take in their lives as he had to, when he was needed to choose between two roads to go in his life. The poem amplifies Frost’s own life and decisions. The poem is addressed to all people who get in to their crossroads in life, where they need to decide between two roads to travel in. The paradox is when Frost regrets on choosing one road over another because he loses all its possibilities. However, he chose the better road even though he contrasted it when he realizes that both roads are mainly the same. Frost uses also an antithesis as the fact that he cannot go in both ways, although he wants to.
Frost’s personification of the two roads symbolizes people’s thoughts and feelings towards life, and in what road they should choose to go through. His embodiment is described through the two roads, when he started to regret that he cannot take the two roads together because he is just one person. It reflects on his spirituality, and the fact that people always wondering if there is more than one path to go in life. As the road Frost chose that can be “grassy and wanted wear” (574) so can be a person’s thought. The road he chose is good, but it is also as same as the other road. Frost contrasts the two roads from the beginning of the journey, which means the forks of a person’s life when deciding in which way to go. Frost wished he could go both ways, but he knows he cannot. He tried to look on what is at the end of the road. Thus, he tried to choose in wh...
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...his life. He asserts that paths in life can be the same, and each has positive and negative characteristics. Frost used the metaphor of a traveler who goes in the woods, and needs to decide in which road he should go next when enters a crossroad. Similarly, in life a person needs to decide in which path he should go when he tries to choose the better one. However, no one can really know which one is better. It reflects on people’s dilemmas in their everyday lives when they need to decide on all sorts of things. A person can assume what is best for him, but he will not know, unless he will take all the ways that are possible for him. Unfortunately, it is impossible as Frost describes in his poem. His belief that one way is better than the other shows his emotions about his life and his regrets, to some extent, to the road he had not taken.
The central image that Frost presents, which is the path, provides a clear picture that the reader can focus on in order to reveal something about the poem. The “two roads diverged in a yellow wood'; vividly portray the fact that it is always difficult to make a decision because it is impossible not to wonder about the opportunity that will be missed out on. There is a strong sense of regret before the choice is even made and it lies in the knowledge that in one lifetime, it is impossible to travel down every path that one encounters. In an attempt to make a decision, the traveler "looks down one as far as I could." The road that will be chosen leads to the unknown, as does any choice in life. As much as he may strain his eyes to see how far the road stretches, eventually it surpasses his vision and he can never see where it is going to lead. It is the path that he chooses that sets him off on his journey and determines where he is going and what he will encounter.
Have you ever been faced with two important decisions? Life is full of options and when when you encounter two decisions you have to choose what path you are going to take. Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” represents two tough decisions and having to choose one and not the other. Robert Frost uses a few poetic devices, such as, metaphor, symbolism and vivid imagery to express and show the decisions we make in life. These poetic devices also help Robert Frost get his point across about the roads.
The imagery created in The Road Not Taken, helps the author depict a internal and physical conflict of a decision that will change his path forever. The imagery used in the poem is when Frost states, “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,” (Line 7-10 Frost) The imagery used by the author creates a mental image for the reader to see the important differences of the description of the path, the safe route looking more pleasant and comfortable for him to walk, while the other is dark and abandoned, giving it more of a risk. Seeing both and describing their appearance, it has an influence on the author but also the reader. Frost not only applies his own life between making an important decision to stay safe or take a risk, but this mental image is also allowed to be applied to the readers. Frost makes the decision to take the risky route, which is also relevant still to our society. Frost explains the risky road was well worth it because of the positive energy he receives. Creating this image, he wants the reader to understand it is well worth it to take a risk in your life because they might feel the same energy Frost
Frost realizes that had he taken the other road he would not be where he is today. He was adventurous and choose the road that had been traveled the least recently and that one decision changed his life
In this poem, Frost illustrates that every person has his own opinion. He states “Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim” (line 6-7). What make it better was “it was grassy and wanted wear” (line 8). It was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seems that the other people take the more popular one. “And both that morning equally lay/ In leaves no step had trodden black” (line 11). No one had yet to pass by on this road since the leaves have fallen. “I kept the first for another day” (line 13). The desire to travel down both paths is expressed and is not unusual, but “knowing how way leads onto way” (line 14). The speaker of this poem realizes that the decision is not just a temporary one, and he “doubted if I should ever come back”
The speaker is at spot in the road where it is splitting, he can see that both paths are equally worn. The speaker then goes through a dilemma, where he doesn’t know which path is the better one to take, the speaker know that he has to pick one of them and there is no turning back once he (Frost Early Poems). How the reader interprets the speaker’s point of view is based on each stanza, the organization and form of the poem, and the use of a metaphor with the poem and the path of life.
In his celebrated poem "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost describes the decision one makes when reaching a fork in the road. Some interpret Frost as suggesting regret on the part of the traveler as to not choosing the path he forgoes, for in doing so he has lost something significant. Others believe he is grateful for the selection, as it has made him the man he is. The diverging roads are symbolic of the choices society is faced with every day of life. Choosing one course will lead the traveler in one direction, while the other will likely move away, toward a completely different journey. How does one know which is the right path; is there a right path? The answer lies within each individual upon reflection of personal choices during the course of life's unfolding, as well as the attitude in which one looks to the future.
624)” is thought to be about life choices and which path you choose to take, except this poem can simultaneously have deeper philosophical meanings concerning free will and choice. Take the first lines, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both (lines 1-2, pp. 624)…”, here Frost puts the speaker on a man-made road in a wooded, or nature made setting show that even if you are alone and make your choice, you are still following a road that someone has already taken before and will be taking again, but the choice of which to take is still yours to make. The speaker also shows remorse for not being able to take both roads. Does that mean that he wants to be able to take both roads simultaneously, or does he want to return and take the road later?
nis English 102 7 May, 2015 Most people live a lifestyle of routine which can lead to a successful, yet dull life. Keeping to such a routine can be overwhelming, but the possibilities that it can lead to are endless and rewarding. While both poets Dickinson and Frost believe in expanding range of possibilities in life, the two differ in the process of reaching those possibilities. Frost advocates that the experience of trying new things will allow an individual to process and further expand their knowledge by simply taking the path less taken by others.
The two roads in the poem relate to various paths one might be faced with in life. One path “bent in the undergrowth” (5) which means it had taken many times. However, the other path “was grassy and wanted wear” (8). This is the path in one’s life, which seems “unpopular” at the time. Not many people choose the path that is not typically chosen by others. This is what Frost is doing in his poem as he uses these solid metaphors: challenging his readers to “go against the flow” as the man did.
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” provide us contrasting and sometimes similar glimpses of life. “The Road Not Taken” is about taking control and living life. “Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening” entails the desire for rest, perhaps due to the speaker’s feelings of weariness from facing life’s struggles. The poet also explains the tough choices people stand before when traveling the road of life. Sometimes people regret the possibilities of the road not chosen, sometimes people feel proud about the road they have chosen.
There is never a straight path for one to follow on life's journey. By using two paths in which to choose from, Frost leaves one to realize that everyone must travel and will reach a point of decision. With stating 'And sorry I could not travel both,'; Frost
In “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” written by Robert Frost, there are two poems that can be compared together to gain new insight into their deeper meaning. In these two poems Robert Frost illustrates the journey of two contrasting travelers, who are given choices along the way to explore their decisions and thought processes. These carpe diem, seize the day, poems presents options for the travelers that are negative, but in the end implies to persevere. In “The Road Not Taken” the setting takes place in the woods, where the speaker has two roads and contemplates one at a time (“Road”). While in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” the setting travels from a village to the woods, where the speaker stops between
The main theme of the poem that Frost attempts to convey is how important the decisions that one makes can be, and how they affect one’s future. In lines 2-3, he expresses the emotions of doubt and confusion by saying, “And sorry I could not travel/ And be one traveler, long I stood”, which explains how the speaker contemplated their decision of which road to take. In the closing, line 20 of the poem further reestablishes the theme when it states, “that has made all the difference”, meaning that making the decision of which road to take for themselves is the important key for a successful future. Frost helps to express this theme by using symbolism to portray a road as one’s journey of life. Using symbolism, Frost suggests that the speaker of this poem is taking the harder of the two roads presented before them, because the road the speaker chooses, “leaves no step had trodden black” (12...
Perhaps one of the most well-known poems in modern America is a work by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken. This poem consists of four stanzas that depict the story of the narrator traveling through the woods early in the morning and coming upon a fork in the path, where he milled about for a while before deciding upon one of the two paths, wishing he could take both, but knowing otherwise, seeing himself telling of this experience in the future.