Carlos Rivas KOSY NWANKWO Period 3/ English

The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Carlos Rivas KOSY NWANKWO Period 3/ English

The Road Not Taken • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimBecause it was grassy and wanted wear,Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I marked the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere 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.

Background • Born in San Francisco, California • Birth Date: March 26, 1874 • In 1931, he was awarded Loines Prize for poetry • In 1938, he was given a gold medal by the National Institute of Arts and Letters • Robert Frost has won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry not one but four times

Genre and Form • "The Road Not Taken" is a lyric poem • The poem has four stanzas and each stanza has five lines. Also, in each stanza the rhyme scheme, ABAAB

Language • The language of the poem contributes to its meaning by the assonance in the poem. For example, in the first stanza you can hear the sound “oo”, in the second the sound is “ai”, in the third the sound is “ay”, and in the fourth one you can hear the sound “I”

Organization of the poem • The poem is organized with a resolution with a result at the end. For example, the poet states “And that has made all the difference”, which solves the problem about choosing the road less traveled

Patterns of rhyme and rhythm • The patterns of rhyme and rhythm contribute to the meaning and effect of the poem because you feel like if you were in the woods with the speaker of the poem. Throughout the whole poem, the poet describes the paths, leaves, and the time of season in the woods

Dramatic Context • Setting: the woods • Time: in the morning • Season: Autumn • Situation: the speaker deciding which path to take

Motivation • The speaker gets motivated to speak in the tone by him saying “Oh, I marked the first for another day!” • In this statement he is saying that he would probably come back to the road that was more traveled by.

Themes • Some themes that the poem contains are: Individualism, Caution, Commitment, and Accepting a challenge. • For example, we can see the theme of individualism when the poet states “I took the less one traveled by”, which refers to himself

Speaker • The speaker in the poem is the poet • In the poem, the poet uses I, which indicates that he is speaking in first person point of view

Audience • The speaker is talking to people that have trouble deciding on things that they do • In the poem, there’s a description of a decision of which of the two paths to take

Summary • The speaker of the poem tells the reader about his situation regarding coming upon a path that splits into two. Also, he tells the reader how it made all the difference by taking the road less traveled instead of taking the other road

Initial Response • Our initial response to the poem is that we found it confusing at first ,but after we read it a few times we managed to understand the message of the poem

Our Poem • There I was • On a bright morning • With two paths in front of me • Each one with a different destination • One covered with leaves • While the other had none • Many people taking the simple path • With no obstacles in their way • I took the path that nobody bothered to take • With a challenge in every turn • Knowing that it will not be easy • It will be worth it at the end

Improvement • Our poem improves the message of the original by making it more easier to understand the message of the poem

Carlos Rivas KOSY NWANKWO Period 3/ English