the road less traveled
Imagine that you are driving on a highway and you come to a cross in a road where there is a two-way ahead and you must travel down one of them but you don't know which one to choose. One road appears to be one that many have traveled upon while the other seems somewhat different. Which road do you choose? Do you choose the road that seems most familiar or the one that is less traveled upon? In "A Road Not Taken," Robert Frost's use of persona, tone, imagery, and metaphors allow us to realize the importance of the decision that he was faced with and its relevance not only to the theme of the poem, but to the direction of his life and his decision to be different and choose the "road less traveled upon," which was not expected of him. We can tell by Frost's reference to himself that the poem is written in the persona of first person, making Frost
In lines 14-15 which state "Yet knowing how way leads to way / I doubted if I should ever come back" he lets us know that this is a decision that cannot be altered once it has occurred. It becomes evident that he stops to weigh his options carefully through in line 3 when he "long [he] stood. When Frost says "two roads diverged in a wood, and I-," in line 18, this tells us that his tone has switched to that of a sigh as he wonders if he had made the right decision. Choosing the road "less traveled upon" gives Frost the opportunity to be unique and choose a path in life which may be more difficult in hopes to achieve what is not expected of him and make his life incomparable to the lives what others are accustomed to. When he says that "I took the one less traveled by / and that has made all the difference," in lines 19-20, Frost lets us know that he has done that right thing for him, and that is to be different and have a unique life that stands out from the rest. the speaker and the decision one that will affect his life. The use of tone, imagery, persona, and metaphors make "A Road Not Taken" believable as it puts the narrator in a real life situation that can be interchangeable with a decision that we may have to make in our own life. " At this moment Frost attempts to paint an image in our minds when he says that he "looked down one as far as I could / to where it bent in the undergrowth" (lines 4-5) and when he says that both roads appear "about the same" (line 10) he lets us know that the paths he must choose between are two that are very similar. The first route seems to be the one that is the more common of the two and we are able to support this when Frost states that the other was "grassy and wanted wear," (line 8) this is also a use of imagery in the poem since he is giving you the impression that the second road is the right one for him. " A Road Not Taken" makes us ask ourselves what will we do when we come to that crossroad, travel down the familiar path or dare to be an individual and take "the road less traveled upon" like Frost and be unique and stand out from everyone else?" .
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