The path that is traveled more often has a predictable outcome that keeps one inside their comfort zone, even though it may not be the most beneficial choice. Frost seems to be saying, “faced with a choice between two roads, the speaker chose the less used, less popular, more adventurous one” (71). In his comparison of the two roads, Robert Frost shows the reader the importance of making a decision and how it could affect an individual later on in life. By comparing the two roads, the traveler finally makes up his/her mind, choosing the road that is more beautiful and less traveled. The traveler took the plunge, taking the road that had not been used as often as the other.
This was to the extent that the leaves covering them had not been made black from the feet of other travelers. The person also says that they continued on the road they chose, and because they knew that one way leads to another “way lead on to way" the person doubted they would ever return to this part of the road. Finally, this person says they will tell the story when time had passed and they were older that he had the choice of taking only one road, and taking the one he did made a big difference in their life. The most important fact of the theme is the way Frost compares roads to options or choices a person can make in their lifetime. By the narrator regretting he could only take one path it means they do not have the chance to take many directions in their life at a single time to see how each will play out.
Many times, people try and take the “worn out” road, because some people would rather keep it safe than taking risks through life. Frost does an excellent job at analyzing each road and showing the reader how important it is to make sure you are making the best decision for you and your own life. Just because everyone is doing it, does not mean we should jump on the bandwagon and do what everyone else is. For example,
This helps to convey to his audience that Eminem is needed by him to bring him to the brighter future of what he wants to become. Another example of the use of imagery is “This fuckin black cloud still follows” (Stanza 6, Line 14) which illustrates that his past or present troubles still haunt him, this then allows the audience to realize that he hasn’t become as clean and focused as he had intended. Eminem expresses him self in this poem quite personally, relating to his desire to change. “You won’t take the sting out of these words before I say 'em” (Stanza 3, Line 2) is another example, which signifies how eager he is to change before his troubles overtake him. As the poem is investigated further, there are many more diverse literary techniques found within Eminem’s writing.
It’s a fact, and one you should be aware of.” But let’s see how this journey ends. The boy, who all his life thinks ahead, finally realizes there is another life without planning. He begins to enjoy life. He begins to admire his father’s skill and finesse. We need to understand that caring for children can be expressed differently.
It was throughout the course of many years that I learned that acquiring an answer to an issue doesn't necessarily solve. It was the matter of self maturity and the growth of the inner being that helped all my questions make sense. Those are the factors that played the biggest role in helping my personal odyssey move. Is there another universe?, I don't know. But not knowing the answer to that question doesn't change a thing.
Eric Severson had to make a decision between the safety of his children over the need of hitchhikers, leaving him feeling torn between responsibilities of family and social needs, he feels some remorse for not being Christ like and helping the hitchhiker, but his family’s safety is primary. Though his decision is not wrong nor right, the majority would probably feel he made the ethically right decision, but in the end this was an easy choice and small choice to make. He may wonder if anyone had stopped to help that hitchhiker, but for many this conflict is negligible, especially for those who do not see the need of the hitchhiker as a responsibility, thus undetectable. “The tearing can be bittersweet” (p. 155). Many people proclaim to want less government and government regulation intrusion in their lives, yet when something goes wrong, such as a housing sub-prime mortgage melt down, people proclaim, “where was the government to protect us?” “Isn’t the government responsible for protecting the citizens?” However, are the executives of those companies
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.
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.
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.