The poem begins with the narrator regretting that he had not been able to take both paths instead of being forced to take just one to one. This person looked as far as he could to see what was ahead on both of the roads he could have taken, but he could only see as far as where the path turned and disappeared in the underbrush. In the second stanza the person says they took the other road because it was grassy and wanted wear but, it was not much more worn than the other road. The third stanza says both of the roads were covered in leaves and had not been walked on frequently. This was to the extent that the leaves covering them had not been made black from the feet of other travelers.
I talk to my friends in a different way than I should, so when I begin to write, I write what I’m use to speaking. This is another major problem I have in writing because I will never learn how to write proper English. My third goal is to focus and understand a piece of literature. In other words, if we begin to read an uninteresting book, I start to slack off and not pay any attention. I need to learn to get use to books that I never imagined me reading because I don’t have a choice but to do it.
The courage to start a new journey is the theme and the first connection between these two stories. In “The Road Not Taken”, the first line “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood (Clugston, 2010, p.45)”shows that the character has arrived at a crossroad, thus starting the beginning of his journey. The next two lines tell the reader that he stands alone and apologies to the roads for he could only choose one to travel. This implies that the journey itself might not be difficult, but choosing the right road to start his journey would be. The roads are said to be equally worn the same, giving little foresight to which would be the best road to travel.
Title: The Road Not Taken My thought: ''The Road Not Taken'' by Robert Frost is a well-known poem about the journey of life. The literal meaning of this poem by Robert Frost is pretty obvious. A traveler comes to a fork in the road and needs to decide which way to go to continue his journey Own Words: 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;1 Summary, Stanza 1 :On the road of life, the speaker arrives at a point where he must decide which of two equally appealing (or equally intimidating) choices is the better one. He examines one choice as best he can, but the future prevents him from seeing where it leads. ________________________________________ Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim,2 Because it was grassy and wanted wear;3 Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, Summary, Stanza 2 The speaker selects the road that appears at first glance to be less worn and therefore less traveled.
The very first line in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (as cited by Clugston, 2010). Right away I notice the color “yellow”. According to Journey into Literature, yellow means the approach of decay or aging (as cited in Clugston, 2010). The fact that there are two roads, a fork in the road, reminds me of how many choices we have in life. Which path is the right one?
Peter Drucker said, "We spend a lot of time helping Leaders learn what to do. We don't spend enough time helping them learn what to stop." That one comment gave me the idea of making a list of things not to do for leaders. The rest of the book was what he was doing anyway, helping people change behavior. Author was at the publisher's and he said, "What's the book about?"
A Road Not Taken Chris Smith ENG 125 Carolyn Karas 20 December 2013 A Road Not Taken What are choices? Choices are the avenues used to aiding the process of decision making because every situation has multiple outcomes. Neglecting to make conscious and educated decisions, we will fail to gain strength and limit our individual growth. Robert Frost’s “A Road Not Taken” provides us as readers with a perfect depiction of what struggles life may have in store for each of us. His poem captivates his readers or listeners and sends them on a fictional road that describes how each situations outcome may be altered by the choices being made and how a conclusion will be different every time.
This is why the speaker takes his time thinking which path to choose because not only is he concerned about which road to take but also which path in life is the correct one. There could be more than one correct road but in reality you only choose one. When the speaker finally chooses a path automatically it can feel the mood changes because the speaker knows that it will not come back to be able to take the other path, left by in the past. The character then regrets its missed opportunity. In the beginning of the poem when the traveler is introduced for the first time he has to make a decision of what road to take.
In some of the stories written by Fitzgerald the symbolism of time has been tied into the themes. In the novel The Great Gatsby and the short story “Winter Dreams” time is shown as disillusionment and the destruction of dreams. Fitzgerald uses time as a way to comment on how dreams will never be obtainable. The characters in these stories such as Jay Gatsby and Dexter Green have dreams that make them live their lives for something that they could have had in their past. Dreams are unobtainable when it requires the past to change.
Also, the first thing that comes to mind upon thinking of literature would be Shakespeare himself. Since a young age, the idea that Shakespearean text is tedious and boring somehow managed to find its way into our younger generation, which generates the false image that literature is a dull and repetitive subject. As a result, several schools do not even offer literature in their curriculum, which brings us to our question at hand. Everyone should be given the opportunity to study literature, as there will always be a group of people who are passionate about the art of the English language. If we were to continue denying these groups of people from taking literature, it will eventually die out in our society, like it or not.