Carlos Rivas

KOSY NWANKWOPeriod 3/ English

The Road Not TakenRobert

Frost

OThe Road Not TakenO 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.

BackgroundOBorn in San Francisco, CaliforniaOBirth Date: March 26, 1874O In 1931, he was awarded Loines Prize

for poetryO In 1938, he was given a gold medal by

the National Institute of Arts and Letters

ORobert Frost has won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry not one but four times

Genre and FormO"The Road Not Taken" is a

lyric poemOThe poem has four stanzas

and each stanza has five lines. Also, in each stanza the rhyme scheme, ABAAB

Language OThe 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

OThe 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

OThe 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 ContextOSetting: the woodsOTime: in the morningOSeason: AutumnOSituation: the speaker deciding

which path to take

MotivationOThe speaker gets motivated to speak in the tone by him saying “Oh, I marked the first for another day!”

OIn this statement he is saying that he would probably come back to the road that was more traveled by.

ThemesOSome themes that the poem

contains are: Individualism, Caution, Commitment, and Accepting a challenge.

OFor example, we can see the theme of individualism when the poet states “I took the less one traveled by”, which refers to himself

SpeakerOThe speaker in the poem is the poet

OIn the poem, the poet uses I, which indicates that he is speaking in first person point of view

AudienceOThe speaker is talking to people that have trouble deciding on things that they do

OIn the poem, there’s a description of a decision of which of the two paths to take

SummaryOThe 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 ResponseOOur 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 PoemO There I wasO On a bright morningO With two paths in front of meO Each one with a different destination

O One covered with leavesO While the other had noneO Many people taking the simple path O With no obstacles in their way

O I took the path that nobody bothered to take O With a challenge in every turnO Knowing that it will not be easyO It will be worth it at the end

ImprovementOOur poem improves the message of the original by making it more easier to understand the message of the poem