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    The poem discusses making a decision at a fork in the road and wondering about the path not taken. It is about how life presents choices and we must choose one direction, but not knowing how the other path may have led. The central message is that it is normal to contemplate what may have happened had the alternative choice been made.

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    The poem discusses making a decision at a fork in the road and wondering about the path not taken. It is about how life presents choices and we must choose one direction, but not knowing how the other path may have led. The central message is that it is normal to contemplate what may have happened had the alternative choice been made.

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    The Road Not Taken

    by Robert Frost
    David Gellman
    The Road Not Taken
    Read by Robert Frost

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaQgRiJukA
    Understanding the Poem:
    Vocabulary:

    ● diverge - to go in different directions from the same point, or to become different.


    ● undergrowth-a mass of bushes, small trees, and plants, growing under the trees in a forest.
    ● fair- neither very good nor very bad:
    ● claim-to state that something is true or is a fact.
    ● trodden(V3 of tread) -to put your foot on something
    ● sigh-to breathe out a deep breath that can be heard, esp. because you are tired, sad, pleased.
    ● hence-for this reason; therefore or from this time
    Theme
    ● The main theme of the "The Road Not Taken" is that it is often impossible
    to see where a life-altering decision will lead.
    ● Thus, one should make their decision swiftly and with confidence.
    ● It is normal to wonder what the outcome would have been if the other
    road, the road not taken, was the road chosen.
    The Message
    The central message is that, in life, we are often presented with choices.

    When making a choice, one is required to make a decision.

    Viewing a choice as a fork in a path, it becomes clear that we must choose one
    direction or another, but not both.This poem is about the road taken, to be
    sure, as well the road not taken, not necessarily the road less traveled.
    Any person who has made a decisive choice will agree that it is human nature
    to contemplate the "What if..." had you made the choice you did not make.
    Structure
    ● Four stanzas, each five lines in length.
    ● Has a steady rhythmical four beat.
    ● First Person
    ● Rhyme scheme of ABAAB.
    ● The tone is meditative.
    Symbols and Meaning
    ● Literally, "The Road Not Taken" tells the story of a man who reaches a fork
    in the road, and randomly chooses to take one and not the other.
    ● The road, itself, symbolizes the journey of life, and the image of a road
    forking off into two paths symbolizes a choice.
    ● The whole poem is an extended metaphor; the road is life, and it diverges,
    that is, splits apart–forks. There is a decision to be made and a life will be
    changed. Perhaps forever.
    Mood
    Frost describes the forest as a "yellow wood." Yellow can be considered a
    middle color, something in-between and unsure of itself.

    This sets the mood of indecision .


    Setting
    In a forest , in Autumn (based on the color)
    Robert Frost
    Robert Frost was born on March 26th, 1874.

    One of the most celebrated poets in America.He received 4 Pulitzer Prizes.


    Robert Frost’s father was a former teacher who later turned newspaper man.

    For more information read :

    http://www.robertfrost.org/biography.jsp

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