Poetry- The Road Not Taken

Recently Mr. Lundberg instructed us to complete a task on poetry. The question is


The poem I choosed is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere 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.

1. How is figurative language used in the poem? Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is, and why the poet chose to use this figurative language.
One of the figurative language used in this poem is symbolism. The writer uses the figurative language by using "roads' to describe "choices". I think that he is describing himself as a poet. He relates this 'road' to his real life.


2. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.

I like this poem because the meaning of the poem is very obvious and make reading more easily. Besides that, the poet uses imagery to potray the scenes in the woods to make people imagine the beautiful scenes in the woods. Furthermore, the poet uses quite many of figurative language to make the poem more interesting. He can relate this poem to his real life which is not easy because he use symbolism to bring up the "hidden meaning".