Also, growing up, a lot of my musician friends often referred to Robert Frost. Robert Frost’s short poem, “The Road Not Taken,” uses a symbol to capture the meaning in the short poem. “Symbol- A word picture that presents an object, person, or action that conveys two meanings: its own literal meaning and something it stands for as well” (Clugston, 2010). “’The Road Not Taken,’ is one of Frost's most popular and anthologized poems, showing the energizing effect that his stay in England had upon his poetic life. The poem works so well in part because of his brilliant use of ambiguity to describe the difficult but necessary process of making choices in life, a theme that would be central to his work” (The Road Not Taken, 2001).
He told me if I did not feel the same way, I could get rid of them. However, how could I throw those beautiful writings away? After reading some of them, I was really touched and knew that he was the one for me. Even though we broke up a few years ago, I still keep his letters with me as precious properties. That is one of the benefits from being a good writer, which is capable of having certain good impact on your readers.
The most prominent message that Frost is trying to convey through the poem “The road not taken” is the crucial nature of making decisions. There comes a time in his life where he has to decide which of the two equally seemingly appealing choices is a better one and makes the decision to take either one. Frost illustrates this theme clearly in several lines throughout the poem. For example” Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both” (Frost) whereby he takes up the metaphor of a road splitting into two separate routes and he is standing at the point of divergence. Since he can only travel one way, he has to make a conscious decision of choosing the right path.
Alone, he stands looking down the one path that seems to be the one taken by those who came before him. I interpret this to represent choices that are made in life. When someone must make decisions in life they are faced with choosing to go in a direction that is safe and conforms with what others would do or they may take risks and go in a direction that is different and more challenging. It is this choice that the speaker finds himself facing in the first stanza. Faced with making a decision on which road to take, the speaker uses the second stanza to talk about choosing the road less taken by others.
The first paragraph in both poems sets the scene for what is about to come, "We'd found an old Boche dug-out". Nothing particularly eventful happens in these paragraphs but they are needed as they help the reader picture what it would be like to be where the reader is so they can imagine what is happening more vividly. Owen often describes seemingly insignificant things which help build up this mental picture in the readers mind. Only when the reader is truly immersed in the setting of the poem does Owen hit them with the actual event. Each poem puts across its key messages in different ways.
The poem was pretty boring at the beginning and I didn’t fell the poet was trying to prove anything. I didn’t get the poet’s point almost until the end of the poem. The theme was very beneficial for the reader and it helps the reader think and do whatever he/she wants in this life without hesitating and before it’s late, as the student said, but I would have also said that there was another theme which tells us to live our life the way we want it not only to get experiences. The theme has reminded me of a person that have once wanted to do something very badly but he couldn’t do it. What happened and very briefly is that a dear friend of mine, whom had once lived, wanted to travel to many countries he had in mind.
A traveler has come at a crossroads and is forced to make a choice on which "road", or path of life, he needs to take. Both paths are inspected equally; the traveler makes a choice and continues down the road. The common interpretation is that the author is happy with this choice he has made. He decided to choose the road less traveled, and for this he is able to say "with a sigh" in his old age that he has chosen the correct road, and that it has changed his life for the better. The decision he made has paid off, he is not just a regular person, and he’s lived an adventure by choosing the less traveled road.
In the final stanza he says “I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”(lines 19 and 20). I think that he choose to take the path he thought that less people took because it was more difficult than the opposite one. Even though there’s a chance it might be more challenging it made a huge impact on his life because in the end a good outcome is all that matters. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost in order to properly analyze and really understand the true meaning of the poem you have to break it down. Not only each stanza but also each line.
#4, pp. 196-198, Summer 2002. To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell’s To His Coy Mistress is undoubtedly my favorite poem thus far this semester. A poem that is very difficult to comprehend, but as you read and study it a few times it clearly becomes easier to understand Marvell’s work. A dictionary is very supportive for this poem to understand the histories of words.
Each poem expressed either similar or different ways in which the poet or the speaker used positive or negative human emotions. In the poem Going, by Bruce Dawe a positive technique has been used to create a mood of happiness and content although the poem is revolved around death. This poem differs immensely from that of Daddy, by Sylvia Plath as that poem is much more dark and bleak. Sylvia Plath has used direct address in order to create a much more sensitive frame of mind for the reader. The purpose of this poem is to celebrate his mother in laws life and way of living in order to honour her.