![]() (Hopefully the perspective is self-explanatory since Socratic is already complaining about this answer's length). ![]() #color(white)("XX")#weak-strong-weak-strong-weak-weak-strong-weak-strongĬan be applied (with some care) to every line of this poem. Using ! under strong beat syllables and ' under weak beat syllables, here is what I cam up with for the first two lines of the first verse: Symbolism: The road is a representation for the journey. Working from the "syllablified" lines, work out a pattern of "strong beats" (the syllables that you really "punch" when you are reading) and "weak beats" Poetic Devices: Assonance: There is a repetition of the o sound in the words roads and yellow. #color(white)("XX")#the comma must be read as a pause (a very weak beat). #color(white)("XX")# diverged (di-verg-ed) as di-verg'd Metaphor: There are many metaphors in the poem like road, fork in the road and yellowwoods. ![]() In The Path Not Taken most lines contain 9 syllables, but some "fudging" is necessary to be able to read the poem with a consistent pattern of 9 syllables per line.įor example, line 1 of verse one, we need to read: The best loved of the American poets Robert Frost (1874-1963) was born in USA. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is also filled with important undertones with the following literary devices. Break the lines of the poem down into a consistent number of syllables per line. Personally I find rhythm the most difficult to extract in an analytic manner (although, with a good poem, it's form is usually intuitive). Which gives a rhyme pattern: #color(red)(a) - color(blue)(b) - color(red)(a) - color(red)(a) - color(blue)(b)#Ĭhecking this against the remaining verses show that this pattern continues for all verses in the poem. In this poetry lesson, students explore various forms of poetry, discover figurative. Using variation and his brand of words, Robert Frost’s poems followed a unique composition. He works within the form, but at times, the form works within his style. Robert Frost has used an interesting style in ‘The Road Not Taken’. #color(red)("wood") - color(blue)("both") - color(red)("stood") - color(red)("could") - color(blue)("growth")# Students examine literary elements in the poem The Road Not Taken. Life is about the paths you do choose to walk through, not about the road not taken. Using the first verse as a prototype, the lines end with: ![]() This paper is about to analyze the The Road Not Taken is one of Robert Frost based on it. The rhyme or rhyme pattern is based on the endings of lines in each verse. There are plenty literary devices in this poem to be discovered. The only example I found was a the end of the middle line of the second verse: "wanted wear". There is relatively little alliteration (use of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent words) in The Road Not Taken. For any unfamiliar with this poem, the complete form can be found here ![]()
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