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.
This poem, selected by me, is the one I will use now to discuss the use of figurative language in poems.
1. How are the 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?
Firstly, I will start with hyperbole. The hyperbole is used in the sentence, "I-I took the one less traveled by". There is a emphasis placed here when Robert Frost said "I-I". He used this literary technique to show that he is the maker of his own destiny and not anyone else. He is the one who will make the decision to decide his own fate. Another hyperbole is when he wrote "ages and ages", to exaggerate how much time has gone by since he made that decision to take one of the roads.
Next, we will look at the next literary technique, which is personification. I believe that this technique is used when they Robert Frost wrote, "Because it was grassy and wanted wear". By saying the the road "wanted wear", it is sort of like a personification as it shows that the road craved for being used. The road craving for something is almost the same as how a person would crave for something, probably also to be used. He used this to show that the road was really longing for use to exaggerate that it has really not been taken by people in a long time
Now, we will look at another literary technique, simile. In this poem, this literary technique is used in two instances. The first one is "as far as I could", while the second one is "as just as fair". This literary technique is used to show how far the persona looked down the road and what he thinks of the other, looking as good as the other road.
Another literary technique is metaphor. However, as the definition of a metaphor is that it is used to make a comparison between an object and another without the usage of "like" or "as", I feel that there are completely no metaphors in this poem at all.
Lastly, the literary technique used in this poem is symbolism. The "two roads" represent the decisions we people have to make in our life, which is what the "yellow wood" symbolise. These symbols are used to show that in life, people inevitably will have to make decisions, whether they like it or not. These symbols are also to show that a decision has to be made, even if the decision is a complete mystery to you. You will definitely have to make a decision to choose your fate.
2. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.
I like this poem as it tells us that in life, we will inevitably have to make decisions, whether we like it or not. Sometimes even, we might not even know what our decisions might lead us to, negative or positive consequences. This poem also tells us that we must be extremely careful in whatever we do. We must be like the persona in the poem, spending such a long time thinking over what decision he should make as it could make a huge impact to our life, whether positive or negative. We must always be prepared to make decisions in our life and always think it through carefully before making the decision. This tells us that we are the maker of our own destiny. It is our decision that we affect our life forever. This is a very special poem as it tells us to do all these through an instance that might happen to us one day in reality, when you are in the forest and don't know where you should go, as your life might be at risk. Besides, this poem also tells us that taking the more common decision or path might not always be a good thing. Probably, all of them had met with difficulties along the way, but you would not know. Taking the less common decision or path might be a better option as you might discover or accomplish things people have not done before. Therefore, I like this poem as it is a very meaningful one, telling us that it is inevitable to make decisions, whether it will bring us negative or positive impacts and that we should not always be following people. We should have our own mindset as well in order to succeed in overtaking others.
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.
This poem, selected by me, is the one I will use now to discuss the use of figurative language in poems.
1. How are the 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?
Firstly, I will start with hyperbole. The hyperbole is used in the sentence, "I-I took the one less traveled by". There is a emphasis placed here when Robert Frost said "I-I". He used this literary technique to show that he is the maker of his own destiny and not anyone else. He is the one who will make the decision to decide his own fate. Another hyperbole is when he wrote "ages and ages", to exaggerate how much time has gone by since he made that decision to take one of the roads.
Next, we will look at the next literary technique, which is personification. I believe that this technique is used when they Robert Frost wrote, "Because it was grassy and wanted wear". By saying the the road "wanted wear", it is sort of like a personification as it shows that the road craved for being used. The road craving for something is almost the same as how a person would crave for something, probably also to be used. He used this to show that the road was really longing for use to exaggerate that it has really not been taken by people in a long time
Now, we will look at another literary technique, simile. In this poem, this literary technique is used in two instances. The first one is "as far as I could", while the second one is "as just as fair". This literary technique is used to show how far the persona looked down the road and what he thinks of the other, looking as good as the other road.
Another literary technique is metaphor. However, as the definition of a metaphor is that it is used to make a comparison between an object and another without the usage of "like" or "as", I feel that there are completely no metaphors in this poem at all.
Lastly, the literary technique used in this poem is symbolism. The "two roads" represent the decisions we people have to make in our life, which is what the "yellow wood" symbolise. These symbols are used to show that in life, people inevitably will have to make decisions, whether they like it or not. These symbols are also to show that a decision has to be made, even if the decision is a complete mystery to you. You will definitely have to make a decision to choose your fate.
2. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.
I like this poem as it tells us that in life, we will inevitably have to make decisions, whether we like it or not. Sometimes even, we might not even know what our decisions might lead us to, negative or positive consequences. This poem also tells us that we must be extremely careful in whatever we do. We must be like the persona in the poem, spending such a long time thinking over what decision he should make as it could make a huge impact to our life, whether positive or negative. We must always be prepared to make decisions in our life and always think it through carefully before making the decision. This tells us that we are the maker of our own destiny. It is our decision that we affect our life forever. This is a very special poem as it tells us to do all these through an instance that might happen to us one day in reality, when you are in the forest and don't know where you should go, as your life might be at risk. Besides, this poem also tells us that taking the more common decision or path might not always be a good thing. Probably, all of them had met with difficulties along the way, but you would not know. Taking the less common decision or path might be a better option as you might discover or accomplish things people have not done before. Therefore, I like this poem as it is a very meaningful one, telling us that it is inevitable to make decisions, whether it will bring us negative or positive impacts and that we should not always be following people. We should have our own mindset as well in order to succeed in overtaking others.
Nice analysis, but didn't question two state that it must be less than 100 words?
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2 stated "no less", which also means more than. :)
ReplyDeleteDexter, answering Ryan's question