♥ Monday, June 29, 2009
POEMTwo roads diverged in a yellow woad,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, 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,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both 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.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGEThis poem has a number of figurative languages embedded. It includes hyperboles, mtaphoric language. The hyperboles include 'Somewhere ages and ages hence' and 'to where it bent in the undergrowth'. The metaphor is the comparison between the two paths, when he said 'Tworoads diverged in a yellow wood'. His use of figurative languages is to emphasize his point of view of the two paths and his choice that was made. It also emphasizes his feelings of the path he has not chosen.
I like this poem because it creatively uses figurative language to emphasize on certain points that the poet want to tell us. There is also a very important message in this poem. It tells us that the path less traveled is more of a challenge and will be more difficult to overcome, the when the path is suceeded, rewards are better and there will be a stronger feeling of success. It also tells us tht Robert Frost, the poet, loves to take up challenges as the rewards will be even better even if it means to overcome more obstacles along the way.
Chan Sian Wen 1i202
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