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the road not taken

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

the road not taken

By: Robert Frost
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repetition

"somewhere AGES and AGES hence:" (line 17)

Hyperbole

In leaves no step had trodden black. (line 12)
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alliteration

"and looked dOwn One as far as i cOuld" (line 4)
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end ryhme

"wood - stood - could" (lines 1-3-4)
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stanza 1

  • in the1st stanza the poet is trying to say
  • that in life we have two choices, we can 
  • ether work hard or we can just get by.
  • text evidence: "two roads diverged in a
  • yellow wood." (line 1)

STANZA 1

  • IN STANZA 1 THE POET IS SAYING THAT THERE 
  • ARE TWO ROADS IN LIFE THAT YOU CAN TAKE.

stanza 2

  • in stanza 2 the poet is trying to say that 
  • both of the of the roads are equally worn
  • text evidence: "though as for that the passing 
  • there had worn them really about the same." 
  • (lines 9-10)
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stanza 3

  • in this stanza the poet is saying that 
  • one road is better than the other.
  • text evidence: "yet knowing how way 
  • leads on to way i douted if i should ever
  • come back." (lines 14-15)

stanza 4

  • in the stanza it means that you need to
  • go your own way and not do what 
  • everyone else does.
  • text evidence: "i took the one less traveled 
  • by and that has made all the difference."(lines 19-20)
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metaphoric meaning

  • I think that the poem means that there are two raods
  • that you can take, and its up to you to pick the right 
  • path. You can ether work hard and be successful or 
  • you can always be struggling through life.
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the end

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