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Compare & Contrast Poem #1

Compare & Contrast Poem #1. Compare & Contrast Poetry Essay. The process of studying both the differences and similarities, side by side, of two separate text. . =. Poem #2. “A Road Not Taken”. Robert Frost – “A Road Not Taken”. X Y

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Compare & Contrast Poem #1

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  1. Compare & ContrastPoem #1

  2. Compare & Contrast Poetry Essay • The process of studying both thedifferencesand similarities, side by side, of two separate text. = Poem #2 “A Road Not Taken”

  3. Robert Frost – “A Road Not Taken” X Y “Two roads diverged into a yellow wood” (Stanza 1, line 1)

  4. What is the difference between the two paths? X Y X = Y “And both that morning equally lay” (Stanza 3, Line 11) “I took the one less traveled” (Stanza 4, Last 20)

  5. Nonconformity? Is this about the author not wanting to conform? It’s called “road NOT taken” not “road less traveled”.

  6. Regret? “And sorry I could not travel both” (Stanza 1, line 2) “I doubted if I should ever come back” (Stanza 3, line 15)
 • FEAR of regret about the choices made.

  7. Did he make a choice? • And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way 
I doubted if I should ever come back. (Stanza 3) • Look at Verb Tense. What is it? • First three stanzas is written in past tense. Rest is future speculation. “I shall be telling this with a sigh” (Stanza 4, Line 16)

  8. Wasted Life? • “ Two roads diverged in a yellowwood” (Stanza 1, Line 1) • Happiness, youth, sun….. • “And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black” (Stanza 3, Line 12-13) • Darkness, death, tragic….end of life?

  9. Now, time to chart YOUR course! • Be courageous! • Pick a theme…poetic device to focus on (from vocab list) and find both the similarities and differences in “A Road Not Taken” ANDPoem #2. • Then Narrow your Focus (in your thesis): • Example: “ While Robert Frost’s poem ”A Road Not Taken," underscores themes of "A," "B," and "C" and "second author's name" poem, "second author's title" reveals themes of "D," "E," and ”F”, it is apparent by juxtaposing these two texts that….

  10. “and that made all the difference” • Remember there is no right, or wrong. What counts is how you defend and express what you interpret. • Explore the “road not traveled”, and come up with your own unique take!

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