IT Home Learning: Lesson1

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

1)The figurative usage of language in this poem includes symbolism and hyperbole. The words in which symbolism is used are "Two roads diverged" while the words in which hyperbole is used are " ages and ages" as it is an exaggeration.

The poet chose to use symbolism and hyperbole is beacause by using the hyperbole, it represents that it is unreaslistic and he is immortal and since this entire story tells the stopry of how he would heve liked it to happen, thus by using the symbolism. it would mean the different desicions that we must make in life or maybe even him wanting to make a different decision in life to probably a much improved way of living if he had taken the other path.

2)I like this poem because he tells the story or the poem in a way which he wanted and not how it actually happened, thus, it creates a sense of desire and longingness to want to know his side of the story. Not only that, but in the last stanza, it turned out to be a twist and he created a delibrate personal myth by creatig a persona in front of us. "A sigh", it could be regret or relief which is ambiguous and the last word " difference" is it positive or negative which makes me wonder. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference." With the punctuiation, it creates a sense of hesitation and suggests a moment of uncertainty, momentarily pausing as if he is contemplating what to say just before he lies

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