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Essay / The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost - 956
There are times in life when you find yourself facing two paths. They seem different. However, they are the same. Choose one and follow it, as difficult as it may be. Robert Frost, born in San Francisco on March 26, became one of the greatest American poets of the 20th century and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" both depict a monumental moment in the speaker's life, where the narrators are offered two paths in life, where they must choose n no matter which of the paths to follow. . In “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” Frost’s use of theme, meaning, and writing format helps bring these two poems to life. Frost's use of theme and meaning, both describe the decisions or choices the narrator must understand "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping at Woods on a Snowy Evening". In “The Road Not Taken,” the speaker describes encountering a problem during his journey, at a crossroads. “Two paths diverge in a yellow wood” (Bouchard/Frost). He has to take one down, but believes he won't be able to change his decision. Taking the pros and cons into account, the speaker chooses the one that is less crowded. “He predicts that the path he chooses will greatly affect his life. In fact, it makes "all the difference", that he recounts this with a sigh, "I will say this with a sigh", (Frost) indicated that he would have questions about where the other path would have could bring him. Bouchard). “The Road Not Taken” is a dual perspective when it comes to making choices. One is quite obvious while the other is more subtle. "This expresses both the disorder of choice and the depressing expectation that the choice he makes between ...... middle of paper ...... ly from line to line, with the balance of the rhythmic pull of the line, "The speaker never really arrives, nor really leaves" (Ingebresten) The natural scene of the woods is enhanced by Frost's added drama, while his sense of dramatic and contextual irony undercuts it. simplicity of the story In conclusion, the use of theme, meaning and writing format of "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping at Woods on a Snowy Evening", both share the choices that the. narrator has to do daily without knowing the outcome of each decision The poem “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” is a significant poem This conveys an important idea of fulfilling one's duties and responsibilities while alive. , while “the road not taken” is a decision, for better or worse, the choice he makes will be permanent and very effective. We cannot travel all the roads available to us; we must make a choice and move forward.