the road not taken
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By Robert Frost
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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 claim,Because 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 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 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.
What
does this mean?
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Poetry
Type of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to the reader’s emotions and imagination.
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Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem
Repetition of accented vowel sounds, and all sounds following them, in words that are close together in a poem.
Rhyme schemes are shown by letters (aabbcc)
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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;
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b
a
a
b
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Speaker
Voice that is talking to us in a poem.
It is never the poet.
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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.Who is the speaker?
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Meter
Generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
A foot is usually between 2-3 feet, a combination of accented and unaccented syllables.
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! ! - ! - - ! - ! Two roads / di verged / in a yel / low wood
! ! - ! - - ! - ! Two roads / di verged / in a yel / low wood
- ! ! - - - ! - ! And be / one trav el / er long / I stood
- ! - ! - ! - - ! And looked / down one / as far / as I could
- ! - ! - - ! - ! To where / it bent / in the un / der growth
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Stanza
Group of consecutive lines in poem that forms a single unit.
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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 claim,Because 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 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 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.
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