What is Robert Frost's metaphor for life? Download this handout. Look at the picture. What is this "story" about, and what is Robert Frost trying to communicate about life?
Write an essay of at least a page and a half responding to Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” Be sure to look at the footnotes on the page if you do not know what some of the words mean.
Please write in essay form. Use the questions to help you with your writing, but do not re-write the questions. Answer in one long essay.
Framing questions for your writing:
1. What is this poem about?
2. What is the message it is trying to convey about choices in life?
3. Which “road” have you chosen/travelled so far in your life? “The road less taken,” or the road more commonly taken? Explain why you picked that road, and what your life has been like because of that choice.
4. Extra credit: Why is the poem called “The Road NOT Taken”? Isn’t the poem about the road he DID take? Why does he choose to call the poem “The Road Not Taken”?
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