![]() ![]() Frost shows a reader only one of view on this problem most people can not but agree with the main point. The significance of the poem lies in its subject matter and theme: human uncertainty in the choice. Such words like “sorry”, “sigh”, “difference”, “another day” contribute to the mood of the poem.ģ. A reader sees himself in the poem: everyone can be uncertain in making a choice.įor this reason, the mood of the poem is quite sad that can be seen in the following lines: “And sorry I could not travel both”, “Oh, I kept the first for another day!”, “I shall be telling this with a sigh”, “And that has made all the difference”, etc. He believes that one should choose one of the roads, but nobody knows for sure whether this choice will be right or not. In the poem, Frost shows his uncertainty in the fork of life. The identity of the narrator is more or less predictable. Once, he will sigh with remorse, and recollect these roads in the wood nevertheless, sometimes, people can not change the way chosen. The narrator anticipates the wrongness of the decision in his future, and realizes that betrayal of the moment of decision is inevitable. The roads “equally lay” mean people are free to make a choice (Frost, 11).Īlso, there is an irony that can be seen in the following lines: “I shall be telling this with a sigh/ Somewhere ages and ages hence” (Frost, 16, 17). Symbolism of the poem, expressed by the road-metaphor and other elements, contributes to Frost’s perception of the world: a human being may choose only one road to follow for this reason, decision can be a difficult process, because everyone realizes that one day, one may regret of the choice made. It is evident, that the poem has a philosophical view on a human choice in life. The narrator wants to show that life does not have a right path: there is only other path and chosen one. The title of the poem focuses the reader’s attention on the road that is not taken by a person. All the people encounter this dilemma.Ģ.2. Also, the symbolic epithet “less traveled” means that the road is full of challenges (Frost, 19). Such symbolic metaphor like “roads” (Frost, 1, 18) suggests an idea of human lifelines or the ways which one chooses in life to follow. For example, the epithets “just”, “fair”, “grassy”, describe the road, chosen by the narrator (Frost, 6, 8). The figures of speech contribute to the imagery of the poem. The euphony facilitates the process of absorbing into the poem, and allows to experience with the narrator the problem of choice. The whole poem is not a situation but person’s reflection of the setting: there are two roads, and only one of them can be chosen, and it does not matter whether it will be right or not. ![]() In the same time, the first line “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” deepens a reader into the poem’s setting (Frost, 1). For example, in the first stanza, assonance (“wood”, “stood”, “looked”, “could” “both”, “roads”) gives an opportunity to catch the following information, concentrated in these words: a person stood in the wood, looked on the both roads, and considers which road to chose, realizing that it is a quite difficult task (Frost, 1, 2, 3, 4). The poem’s rhyme emphasizes on the words that create the message thus, one should pay attention to the following sound devices. In the word “difference”, the stress is on “-ence”. The rhyme is strict however, the last line is an exception: “And that has made all the difference” (Frost, 20). Lines have four syllables (iambic tetrameter). Each of four stanzas of “The Road Not Taken” consists of five lines (the scheme is ABAAB). First of all, it is necessary to understand the rhyme of the poem. One may note that the poem’s rhythm and structure provide clues to the overall meaning. The poem “The Road Not Taken” gives an opportunity to deepen into the main theme: the uncertain human nature and problem of choice.Ģ.1. The analysis helps to understand the message of the poem and realize the author’s vision of the world. Evaluation of any poem seems to be impossible without the analysis of its sound devices and figures of speech. The following analysis is based on Frost’s poem, presented in their book. Kennedy and Dana (2010) discussed the symbolism of this poem in their book. ![]()
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