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The Road Not Taken Summary & Analysis by Robert Frost

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Written in 1915 in England, "The Road Not Taken" is one of Robert Frost's—and the world's—most well-known poems. Although commonly interpreted as a celebration of rugged individualism, the poem actually contains multiple different meanings. The speaker in the poem, faced with a choice between two roads, takes the road "less traveled," a decision which he or she supposes "made all the difference." However, Frost creates enough subtle ambiguity in the poem that it's unclear whether the speaker's judgment should be taken at face value, and therefore, whether the poem is about the speaker making a simple but impactful choice, or about how the speaker interprets a choice whose impact is unclear.

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The Full Text of “The Road Not Taken”

1 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

2 And sorry I could not travel both

3 And be one traveler, long I stood

4 And looked down one as far as I could

5 To where it bent in the undergrowth;

6 Then took the other, as just as fair,

7 And having perhaps the better claim,

8 Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

9 Though as for that the passing there

10 Had worn them really about the same,

11 And both that morning equally lay

12 In leaves no step had trodden black.

13 Oh, I kept the first for another day!

14 Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

15 I doubted if I should ever come back.

16 I shall be telling this with a sigh

17 Somewhere ages and ages hence:

18 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

19 I took the one less traveled by,

20 And that has made all the difference.

“The Road Not Taken” Summary

“the road not taken” themes.

Choices and Uncertainty

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Individualism and Nonconformity

Making Meaning

Line-by-line explanation & analysis of “the road not taken”.

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.

Lines 13-15

Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.

Lines 16-17

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Lines 18-20

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

“The Road Not Taken” Symbols

Diverging Roads

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The Road Less Traveled

“the road not taken” poetic devices & figurative language, extended metaphor.

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“The Road Not Taken” Vocabulary

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• Yellow wood
• Undergrowth
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Form, Meter, & Rhyme Scheme of “The Road Not Taken”

Rhyme scheme, “the road not taken” speaker, “the road not taken” setting, literary and historical context of “the road not taken”, more “the road not taken” resources, external resources.

"The Most Misread Poem in America" — An insightful article in the Paris Review, which goes into depth about some of the different ways of reading (or misreading) "The Road Not Taken."

Robert Frost reads "The Road Not Taken" — Listen to Robert Frost read the poem.

Book Review: "The Road Not Taken," by David Orr — Those looking for an even more in-depth treatment of the poem might be interested in David Orr's book, "The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong."

LitCharts on Other Poems by Robert Frost

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Mending Wall

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

The Death of the Hired Man

The Oven Bird

The Sound of the Trees

The Tuft of Flowers

The Wood-Pile

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Teach This Poem, though developed with a classroom in mind, can be easily adapted for remote-learning, hybrid-learning models, or in-person classes. Please see  our suggestions  for how to adapt this lesson for remote or blended learning. We have also noted suggestions when applicable and will continue to add to these suggestions online.

The following activities and questions are designed to help your students use their noticing skills to move through the poem and develop their thinking about its meaning with confidence, using what they’ve noticed as evidence for their interpretations.  Read more about the framework upon which these activities are based .

• Warm-up:  Draw what comes to mind when you hear this line: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” Share your drawing with your classmates. What did you choose to draw and why? 
• Before Reading the Poem:  (think-pair-share) With a partner, look closely at this  photo . What do you notice? Which path would you choose to walk down? Why? What do you think the phrase “the road not taken” means? 
• Reading the Poem : Now, silently read the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. What do you notice about the poem? Note any words or phrases that stand out to you or any questions you might have.
• Listening to the Poem   (enlist two volunteers to read the poem aloud) : Listen as the poem is read aloud twice, and write down any additional words and phrases that stand out to you. Or, you can opt to listen to a reading of the   poem .
• Small-group Discussion : Share what you noticed about the poem with a small group of students. Based on the details you just shared with your small group and the resources from the beginning of class, what do you think that the title “The Road Not Taken” means now? How does the title of the poem impact your reading? How might the poem be different without the title? 
• Whole-class Discussion : How would you describe the narrator? What do you notice about the structure and rhyme scheme of the poem? What do you think of the ending of the poem? 
• Extension for Grades 7-8 : Join with a partner or small group and generate a list of different titles for the poem. Share with your classmates and decide on your favorite titles. Choose one or more of the titles, or use “The Road Not Taken” and write your own poem. 
• Extension for Grades 9-12:  Prepare for a Socratic seminar about “The Road Not Taken” by reading the essay “ The Road Not Taken: The Poem Everyone Loves and Everyone Gets Wrong ” and writing your own response.

Find more lesson plans featuring classic poems ranging from  Romanticism  to  Modernism  with  this round-up , including poems by  Dylan Thomas ,  Emily Dickinson ,  Edgar Allan Poe , and others. 

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A Summary and Analysis of Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘The Road Not Taken’ is one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems. It appeared in his first collection, Mountain Interval , in 1916; indeed, ‘The Road Not Taken’ opens the volume. For this reason, it’s natural and understandable that many readers take the poem to be Frost’s statement of individualism as a poet: he will take ‘the road less travelled’.

But when we analyse Frost’s poem more closely, we realise how inaccurate such a summary of the poem is. Frost himself, two years before his death, lamented the way readers and critics had misinterpreted the poem, which he called ‘tricky’.

You can read ‘The Road Not Taken’ here .

Paraphrase and summary

Rather than offer a summary of ‘The Road Not Taken’, we’ll undertake a brief paraphrase of the poem’s meaning. ‘I came to a fork in the road in the yellow wood through which I was travelling, and wished I could have travelled both paths. But obviously that wasn’t an option, so I spent a long while standing there and deliberating which to choose.

After spending a good while looking down one of the roads as far as I could see, I then took the other road, since it seemed just as nice. And it seemed to be preferable, perhaps, because it wasn’t as well-trodden as the other – its grass was less worn.

Though actually, if I’m honest, both paths were as worn as each other, suggesting that both roads were really about equal in terms of how many people had passed along them. Both of the roads were covered with leaves and there was no sign, on the morning I passed through that way, that anyone had walked either path yet that day.

I decided to come back another day and take the other path, the road I hadn’t taken. But in reality, knowing that one road tends to lead onto another, I doubted whether I would ever come back to this spot. In the future I’ll tell people, with a sigh, that two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that’s made all the difference.’

Not how the above paraphrase-as-summary turns into more or less word-for-word recital of Frost’s words in those final few lines of the poem. They don’t need paraphrasing: they’re plain as day. Why is it, then, that many readers apparently misinterpret ‘The Road Not Taken’? How should we analyse Frost’s poem, and how have we been getting it wrong?

The way the poem is often summarised – eliding the subtle self-commentary that the poem’s speaker provides – offers a clue to this interpretive misfire. Frost’s narrator comes to a fork in the road and, lamenting the fact that he has to choose between them, takes ‘the one less traveled by’.

Yet this isn’t true, as the poem’s speaker admits: the two paths are, in fact, equally covered with leaves – one is not ‘less traveled by’ after all, but it suits him to pretend that this was so, as a way of justifying his decision to take one road over the other.

After all, ‘two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took one of them, and there was absolutely nothing to pick between them’ wouldn’t have made all the difference, for there is no difference.

One of the best places to begin a close analysis of a poem is often with the title, and with Frost’s poem this old piece of advice is truer than with most poems. After all, the poem is titled ‘The Road Not Taken’, and not ‘The Road Less Travelled’: in other words, Frost’s poem foregrounds to us that it is the road he didn’t take – not the apparently ‘less traveled’ one that he did – which is the real subject of the poem.

The poem’s famous final lines are less a proud assertion of individualism, then, and more a bittersweet example of the way we always rewrite our own histories to justify the decisions we make. ‘I kidded myself that one of the roads was less well-trodden and so, to be different from the mainstream, that’s the one I took, brave and independent risk-taker and road-taker that I am.’

This isn’t true, but it’s the sort of self-myth-making we often go in for. It’s also significant here that in Mountain Interval , where it was first published in 1916, ‘The Road Not Taken’ appears as a sort of preface to the poems that follow: it’s typeset in italics rather than Roman type, as if it’s being offered as a test to the reader.

What is also less well-known than it should be about ‘The Road Not Taken’ is the fact that the poem may have begun life as Frost’s gentle ribbing of his friend, the English poet Edward Thomas, with whom Frost had taken many walks during the pre-WWI years when Frost had been living in England. (Thomas was on his way to visit Frost in June 1914 when his train made an unscheduled stop at Adlestrop railway station – an event that inspired Thomas’s poem of that name.)

Frost found Thomas to be an indecisive man, and after he’d written ‘The Road Not Taken’ but before it was published, he sent it to Thomas, whose indecisiveness even extended to uncertainty over whether to follow Frost to the United States or to enlist in the army and go and fight in France.

Frost intended the poem to be a semi-serious mockery of people like Thomas, but it was taken more seriously by Thomas, and by countless readers since. Indeed, Frost’s poem may even have been what inspired Thomas to make up his mind and finally choose which ‘road’ to follow: he chose war over America, and ‘The Road Not Taken’ is, perhaps, what forced his hand.

If you found this analysis of ‘The Road Not Taken’ helpful, you can listen to Frost reading his poem here .

About Robert Frost

Robert Frost (1874-1963) is regarded as one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. And yet he didn’t belong to any particular movement: unlike his contemporaries William Carlos Williams or Wallace Stevens he was not a modernist, preferring more traditional modes and utilising a more direct and less obscure poetic language.

He famously observed of free verse, which was favoured by many modernist poets, that it was ‘like playing tennis with the net down’.

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The Road Not Taken: Allegory Explained

“ The Road Not Taken ” by Robert Frost is a poem that has been widely read and studied for decades. It is often viewed as a celebration of individualism and the idea that taking the less traveled path can lead to great rewards. However, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that the poem is actually an allegory for the choices we make in life.

The speaker in the poem is faced with a choice between two paths, and he ultimately decides to take the one that is less traveled. Many people interpret this as a call to be different and to take risks, but the true meaning of the poem is much deeper. In reality, the poem is about the choices we make and the paths we take in life, and how those choices shape our destiny. The speaker realizes that he may never be able to go back and take the other path, and he wonders where his life would have led if he had made a different choice.

Overview of “The Road Not Taken”

“The Road Not Taken” is a poem written by Robert Frost in 1916. It is one of the most famous and widely read poems in American literature. The poem is a narrative that describes the speaker’s journey through a forest, where he comes across two diverging roads. The speaker is forced to choose one of the two roads, and he chooses the one that seems less traveled.

The poem is often interpreted as an allegory for the choices that people face in life. The speaker’s decision to take the less traveled road is seen as a metaphor for the choices that people make when faced with difficult decisions. The poem suggests that people should be willing to take risks and make unconventional choices, even if it means going against the crowd.

The poem is also notable for its use of imagery and symbolism. The yellow woods and the diverging roads are used to represent the different paths that people can take in life. The speaker’s decision to take the less traveled road is seen as a symbol of his individuality and his willingness to take risks.

Overall, “The Road Not Taken” is a powerful and thought-provoking poem that continues to resonate with readers today. Its themes of individuality, choice, and risk-taking make it a timeless and enduring work of literature.

Literary Analysis

Poem Structure

“The Road Not Taken” is a four-stanza poem with a total of twenty lines. The poem is written in iambic tetrameter, which means that there are four iambs in each line. An iamb is a metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. The poem is structured in such a way that the first three stanzas have five lines each, while the final stanza has four lines.

Rhyme Scheme and Meter

The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAAB. The first, third, and fourth lines of each stanza rhyme with each other, while the second and fifth lines rhyme with each other. The poem’s meter is iambic tetrameter, which means that each line has four iambs. This gives the poem a steady rhythm that is easy to follow.

Language and Imagery

The language used in “The Road Not Taken” is simple and straightforward, but the imagery is rich and complex. The poem is full of natural imagery, such as woods, leaves, and paths. The speaker describes the two paths in the woods as being “just as fair,” which suggests that they are equally appealing. The poem also contains a number of metaphors, such as the idea that the two paths represent different choices in life.

The poem’s central message is that life is full of choices, and that each choice we make has consequences. The speaker regrets that he cannot take both paths, but ultimately chooses the one that is less traveled. This suggests that he is a non-conformist who is willing to take risks and make his own way in life. Overall, “The Road Not Taken” is a powerful allegory that encourages readers to think about the choices they make in life and the paths they choose to follow.

Allegorical Interpretations

Individual Choice and Freedom

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is a poem that has been interpreted in many ways throughout the years. One of the most common interpretations is that it is about individual choice and freedom. The poem talks about a traveler who comes to a fork in the road and has to choose which path to take. This can be seen as a metaphor for the choices that people make in their lives. The poem suggests that individuals have the freedom to choose their own paths and make their own decisions.

Regret and Foreseeing the Future

Another allegorical interpretation of The Road Not Taken is that it is about regret and the ability to foresee the future. The poem talks about the traveler looking down one path as far as he can see, but then choosing the other path. This can be seen as a metaphor for the choices that people make in their lives and how they can sometimes regret their decisions. The poem suggests that individuals should think carefully about their choices and try to foresee the future consequences of their decisions.

The Complexity of Decision Making

The Road Not Taken can also be seen as an allegory for the complexity of decision making. The poem talks about the traveler being faced with a difficult decision and being unsure of which path to take. This can be seen as a metaphor for the complexity of decision making and the difficulties that people face when making important choices. The poem suggests that individuals should take their time when making decisions and consider all of the possible outcomes.

In conclusion, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is a poem that has been interpreted in many different ways over the years. The allegorical interpretations of the poem suggest that it is about individual choice and freedom, regret and the ability to foresee the future, and the complexity of decision making. The poem encourages individuals to think carefully about their choices and consider all of the possible outcomes before making important decisions.

Historical Context

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” was published in 1916 as part of his third collection, Mountain Interval. The poem depicts an individual looking back on past decisions and contemplating their significance. The historical context surrounding the poem is important to understanding its allegorical meaning.

At the time of the poem’s publication, the world was in the midst of World War I. The war had a profound impact on society, causing many individuals to question the choices they had made in their lives. Frost’s poem speaks to this sense of uncertainty and the desire to find meaning in one’s choices.

Frost himself had a complex relationship with the war. He was a pacifist, but his son served in the military. This tension is reflected in the poem, which explores the idea of individual choice in the face of larger societal pressures.

Overall, the historical context of “The Road Not Taken” adds depth and complexity to its allegorical meaning. By understanding the societal and personal pressures that influenced the poem’s creation, readers can gain a deeper appreciation for its message.

Robert Frost’s Perspective

Frost’s personal life.

Robert Frost was an American poet who lived from 1874 to 1963. He was born in San Francisco, California, but spent most of his life in the northeastern United States. Frost had a difficult life, marked by personal tragedy and financial struggles. He lost his father at a young age, and later lost his wife and several of his children. Despite these hardships, Frost remained committed to his art and continued to write poetry throughout his life.

Frost’s Philosophical Views

Frost was known for his philosophical views on life and nature, which are reflected in his poetry. He believed that life was full of choices, and that each choice had the potential to lead to a different path. This idea is central to his poem “The Road Not Taken,” which describes a traveler who comes to a fork in the road and must choose which path to take. The poem is often interpreted as an allegory for life, with the two roads representing different paths that one can take.

Frost’s philosophy was deeply rooted in nature, and he believed that the natural world held important lessons for humanity. He often used natural imagery in his poetry, and his work is characterized by a deep appreciation for the beauty and complexity of the natural world. This appreciation can be seen in “The Road Not Taken,” which describes the beauty of the yellow wood and the leaves that cover the ground.

Critical Reception and Impact

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is one of the most famous and widely anthologized poems in American literature. Since its publication in 1916, it has been interpreted in many different ways, and its meaning has been the subject of much debate.

The poem has been praised for its simple, yet powerful language and its ability to capture the complexities of human experience. Some critics have interpreted the poem as a celebration of individualism and the power of personal choice, while others see it as a commentary on the limitations of human agency and the inevitability of fate.

Despite the many different interpretations of the poem, it has remained a popular and enduring work of American literature. It has been referenced in countless works of literature, music, and popular culture, and has become a cultural touchstone for generations of readers.

Overall, “The Road Not Taken” has had a significant impact on American literature and culture, and its enduring popularity is a testament to its timeless themes and universal appeal.

Teaching “The Road Not Taken”

Educational approaches.

When teaching “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, educators can take different approaches to engage their students. One approach is to introduce the poem’s historical context, including Frost’s life and the literary movement of Modernism. This approach can help students understand the poem’s themes and style and appreciate its significance in American literature.

Another approach is to use visual aids, such as images of roads diverging or autumn scenes, to help students visualize the poem’s setting and mood. This approach can also stimulate class discussions on the poem’s meaning and symbolism.

Themes for Discussion

“The Road Not Taken” offers several themes for classroom discussions, including the concept of choice, the consequences of decision-making, and the idea of individualism. Educators can use these themes to encourage critical thinking and reflection among their students.

Additionally, the poem’s allegorical nature can be used to discuss broader themes such as the human condition and the search for identity. By exploring these themes, students can gain a deeper appreciation of the poem’s relevance to their own lives and experiences.

Overall, teaching “The Road Not Taken” can be a rewarding experience for both educators and students. By using different approaches and exploring various themes, educators can help students appreciate the poem’s significance and relevance to their own lives.

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The Road not taken LO: to understand why the poem is relatable To see the use of literary techniques to help create setting

The Road Not Taken-Robert Frost • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimBecause it was grassy and wanted wear,Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere 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.

Vocabulary • diverged: branched off; moved in a different direction • undergrowth: small trees and plants growing beneath larger trees • fair: promising; favourable • claim: demand or right • trodden: walked on • hence: from this time

Meaning -Title The speaker made a choice, and took a path. In taking that path, he gave up his chance to take the other one. Metaphorically, this means that the speaker is reflecting on his life choices, and how they are going to affect his life. What could have happened if he made a different choice? What his life would have been like?More than anything in the text of the poem, this title hints that the poem is about lost opportunities, and the complexities of choices, not just choosing the path that is fresh and new.

Rhyme scheme/structure/stanzas • This poem has a pretty complicated form. The poem consists of four stanzas with five lines each. These are called quintains. And in each quintain, the rhyme scheme is ABAAB. For example, take the first stanza:Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, (A)And sorry I could not travel both (B)And be one traveler, long I stood (A)And looked down one as far as I could (A)To where it bent in the undergrowth; (B)The rhythm of the poem is a bit trickier. It is basically iambic, which means that there is one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (da DUM). There are many variations in this poem, most of which are anapestic, which means that there are two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (da da DUM).If you read the poem aloud, you should be able to hear four distinct beats per line. It will sound roughly like this: da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM.Let's look at the first line as an example. Stressed syllables are in bold and italic.Two roads | diverged | in a yell|owwoodEach of the four feet in this line is iambic except for the third, because both "in" and "a" are unstressed syllables, making it an anapest.So this poem has a rhythm and rhyme scheme, but they depart a little from the norm, just like the speaker of this poem, who chooses his own path.

Setting • Our setting is in a forest, but it's not "lovely dark and deep" like the woods in one of Frost's other famous poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Instead, these woods are yellow. It's fall in this poem – the trees are turning colors, and the leaves are falling. There's a nice little road, probably gravel or dirt, running through the woods, which suggests that there's a good amount of traffic running through here. But it's early enough in the morning that the fallen leaves are still fresh on the road, and one road is even grassy. Neither road shows much sign of wear.

Imagery In The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost uses imagery to really describe his surrounding."And both that morning equally layIn leaves no stop had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!"Robert Frost says that the leaves hadn't been trodden black and this puts an image in my head of a perfect layer of leaveson a forest floor or along a trail. It may put a different image in your head but the important thing is that it puts an image inyour head.

Assonance • In the first line the poet uses assonance. Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound within a line of poetry. In the first line it says Two roads diverged in a yellow wood • The “o” sound is repeated in “roads” and “yellow”

Metaphors ? • Take a look at the poem and see if you can find any line in the poem where there is a specific metaphor. • The poem as a whole is a metaphor. A metaphor can be defined as a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to a person idea or object which is not literally applicable. Robert Frost is comparing the paths in life to the choice one must make when reaching a crossroads. The poem speaks of the actual choices in life as roads one must choose to take. Metaphorically the roads represent choices in life.

Questions for understanding ? . What is the speaker in the poem doing? What does the speaker encounter? What decision does the speaker have to make in the poem? Infer the season. How do you know? Describe the conflict the speaker feels. Why do people find this poem relatable?

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The Road Ahead, Or Not Taken?. The County “Poor Farm”. Case Studies of Life Insurance for Middle America. 2005 NAIFAmn Roadshow Presented by: Robert J. Hanten, LUTCF, FIC. Some Background Assumptions :.

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The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken. What is the significance of the title of the poem?. By 谢爱仪 NO.19. Which one would you like to take?. A B. The Road not Taken. The image: the road The theme: take the road not taken.

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The Road Not Taken. Originally Published in 1916. By: Emma Anderson and Gianna Paden. Written by Robert Frost Originally published in 1916 in Mountain Interval We recommend this poem be kept because it is a classic poem full of poetic devices, figurative language, and sound devices.

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What is Poetry?. Poetry is:. A verse written to inspire thought.Formulated from someone's feelings about something you see or a point of view on a subject.Unique. Elements of Poetry. Rhythm: The movement of words in a poem. The stress, number, and pattern of syllables affect the feeling of the poem.Rhyme/Sound pattern: Affects the pleasure of poetry. The sounds of words convey the intended meaning of the poem..

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The Road Not Taken Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken Robert Frost. Mr. Reetz English Concepts. Robert Frost. 1874-1963 – born in San Francisco Studied at Harvard poems show deep appreciation of natural world His images - woods, stars, houses, brooks, - are usually taken from everyday life. The Road Not Taken.

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The Road Not Taken (often enough)

The Road Not Taken (often enough). William Baldyga, DrPH, MA Associate Director, Institute for Health Research and Policy Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration, SPH . Institute for Health Research and Policy. Campus wide, transdisciplinary, led by Dr. Susan Curry

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The Road Not Taken. By Robert Frost Published in Mountain Interval in 1916. Created By: Shelby Gray and Blair Dean. Rhyme Scheme . 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

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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. 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,

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“A Road Not Taken”

“A Road Not Taken”. ROBERT FROST. Let’s Read!. We’re going to read first, then answer some questions. What are the differences between the two roads? Is the author happy with his choice? Do you think it was a difficult decision? What does the poem mean?. Next Set.

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“The Road Not Taken” & “The Road Less Traveled”

“The Road Not Taken” & “The Road Less Traveled”. Read each text and respond – see the handout. View/listen to each text. Read each text again and annotate/text code features that pop out at you.

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The Road Not Taken. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 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, And having perhaps the better claim

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The road not taken

The road not taken. By Robert Frost. "Road at Chantilly" by Paul Cézanne. The road not taken by Robert Frost. 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;

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Sept 27 – Lit – The Road Not Taken

Sept 27 – Lit – The Road Not Taken. Agenda: Title Analysis Poetry Analysis Goals: Analyze poetry for meaning. Homework: Analysis – “The Road Not Taken” Upload all five analyses to turnitin.com by 11:59 Sunday night. Title Analysis. “The Road not Taken”. Poetry Analysis.

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“Charles” and “The Road Not Taken”

“Charles” and “The Road Not Taken”. April 21-26. Monday, April 21, 2014. Practice Prior Skills. Learning Goals. ________ means at the same time. __________ means gave up. _________ means with doubt or disbelief. ____________ means boldly disrespectful.

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The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost. The Poem – First Stanza. 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; . The Poem – Second Stanza.

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The Road Not Taken. ICT for social inclusion: myth or reality?. Dr Peter Day Community Networks for Action (CNA) projects University of Brighton. Think about it. Contextualising the discussion:. Question for the discourse.

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The Road Not Taken. By Lian Chieh Ko. 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;. Q1: What makes the traveler look down one path as far as he could?.

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The Road Not Taken. Why you shouldn’t take the “road” most readers of this poem have taken. The poem seems to be saying…. Most people think this is a poem about a courageous individual who chooses the road “less travelled by.”

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The Road not Taken/ Robert Frost

The Road not Taken/ Robert Frost. 10th grade 5 points. Stanza #1. 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;.

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“The Road Not Taken” By: Robert Frost

“The Road Not Taken” By: Robert Frost. Casaccio’s Question. What would you say is the most important decision you have made thus far in your life? How did you make this decision? Looking back, was it a good decision or do you have regrets?. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

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The Road Not Taken. Eileen Hsu & Nelly Kao. Zhu, Naichang.  英詩十三味 =Enjoying Poetry . Taipei: 書林 , 2009. 113-114. Print. Watch and Listen. Ford : The Road Not Taken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wwXfAFQoh8. Robert Lee Frost.

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The Road Not Taken-Review

The Road Not Taken-Review. Bridging Text and Context How to find and write the connection. Stages in Writing the Bridging. Read the task carefully and translate difficult words. Highlight with 2 different colors the words that are connected to words or sentences in the poem

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22 Things You Might Not Know About the Stanley Cup

By sean hutchinson | jun 5, 2023, 3:56 pm edt.

Of all the major sports trophies, none can compare to the storied history and quirkiness of the Stanley Cup. Here are some interesting facts and crazy stories about the iconic trophy—which is older than the National Hockey League .

1. The Stanley Cup is named after Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston.

Frederick Arthur , Lord Stanley of Preston, was the Governor-General of Canada when he purchased the decorative cup in London for 10 guineas in 1892. Stanley donated the cup to award Canada’s top amateur hockey club after he and his family became infatuated with the sport at Montreal’s 1889 Winter Carnival; it was first awarded to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (or MAAA) in 1893.

2. There are actually three Stanley Cups.

Stanley’s original cup from 1892, known as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (above), was awarded until 1970, and is now on display in the Vault Room at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

In 1963, NHL president Clarence Campbell believed that the original cup had become too brittle to give to championship teams, so the Presentation Cup was created and is the well-known trophy awarded today. (Skeptics can authenticate the Presentation Cup by noting the Hockey Hall of Fame seal on the bottom.)

The final cup is a replica of the Presentation Cup, which was created in 1993 by Montreal silversmith Louise St. Jacques and is used as a stand-in at the Hall of Fame when the Presentation Cup isn’t available.

3. It’s one of a kind ...

Unlike other major league sports trophies , a new cup isn’t made every year. Instead, after each championship, the names of the players, coaches, management, and staff of the winning team are added to the cup. The first team to have its roster engraved was the 1906-07 Montreal Wanderers, whose names were etched within the inner bowl of the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. The only other team names engraved on the inner bowl are the 1914-’15 Vancouver Millionaires.

4. ... And it’s always changing.

More and more teams wanted to be immortalized, so the decision was made to put a separate single ring below the original cup that each new winning roster could be etched on it. Between 1927 and 1947, a new, more streamlined and vertical incarnation of the cup was used. Thanks to its cylindrical shape, it was nicknamed the Stovepipe Cup —but by 1948, the trophy had become too tall to hold or put on display, so the shape was changed to the tiered version used today.

5. The Stanley Cup’s rings are detachable.

Since 1958, five bands of championship names are engraved around the base of the cup. When the rings become full, the oldest band is removed and preserved in Lord Stanley’s Vault at the Great Esso Hall in the Hockey Hall of Fame. A blank replacement band is then put in its place to be filled with the names of the next champions. If all of the rings in the archive were added to the current Stanley Cup, it would be 6.25 feet tall (which is still not as tall as Zdeno Chara ).

6. The NHL has official engravers put each name on the cup.

There have been only four official engravers sanctioned by the NHL. The first was the 1948 Stanley Cup designer Carl Poul Petersen, a Danish engraver who moved to Montreal in 1929 and worked with his sons Arno, Ole, and John Paule in his engraving shop until his death in 1977. The current engraver is Louise St. Jacques (creator of the replica of the Presentation Cup), who took over from the second and third official engravers, Doug Boffey and his father Eric, at their shop Boffey Silversmiths in Montreal in 1989.

To inscribe each name individually, St. Jacques disassembles the cup from the top down, and then clamps the band being engraved in a homemade circular jig. She uses special small hammers and a series of letter stamps to strike each letter into the silver while using a metal level to keep the names as straight as possible. St. Jacques estimates that each name takes approximately a half-hour to inscribe and that it takes a non-continuous—not to mention patient—10 hours to complete every name for the winning team.

7. But they’re not always perfect.

Many champion player and team names are misspelled on the Stanley Cup . The name of the 1980-’81 New York Islanders is misspelled as “Ilanders,” and the 1971-’72 Boston Bruins’ name is misspelled as “Bqstqn Bruins.” Most of the errors are left as they are—it would be too costly to fix the mistakes. But fans believe the errors add to the idiosyncratic nature of the cup.

Corrections have been made, though: When 1996 champion Colorado Avalanche’s Adam Deadmarsh's name was spelled “Deadmarch” on the Cup, it was stamped out and corrected after he publicly stated how heartbroken he was about the error.

8. Sometimes the winning teams don’t play by the rules.

The NHL will allow no more than 52 names from each year’s winning team to be engraved, with the assumption that the people included are affiliated with or have played on that club during the Stanley Cup finals.

But Peter Pocklington—the former Edmonton Oilers owner perhaps best known for trading away The Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky —included his father, Basil, on the list of names to go along with the 1983-’84 champion Oilers, despite the fact that his father wasn’t officially affiliated with the team. The league had the engraver strike out Basil’s name with a series of capital X s.

9. There can be extenuating circumstances.

When the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1998, the team asked that Vladimir Konstantinov ’s name be engraved on the cup, even though he didn’t play that year. The NHL allowed it because Konstantinov was a team member who was seriously injured in a car accident before the Wings defended their title.

There are also a couple of instances where no names were inscribed at all, like when the cup wasn’t awarded in 1919 due to the influenza pandemic. It also wasn’t awarded for the 2004-’05 season because of a lockout between the league and the players union. The entire space for the players’ names reads “SEASON NOT PLAYED.”

10. Some people make multiple appearances on the Stanley Cup.

Henri Richard, brother of Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice “Rocket” Richard and a hockey great in his own right, is on the cup a record 11 times as a player, while Scotty Bowman appears on the cup the most for a coach with nine Stanley Cup wins as the skipper for the Red Wings, Penguins, and Canadiens.

With 23 victories , the Canadiens have taken home the Stanley Cup more than any other team—though their last win, unfortunately for Habs fans, was back in 1993 . Montreal also holds the record for most consecutive cup wins with five in a row from 1956 to 1960.

11. One fan tried to steal the cup—but not for the reason you’d expect.

Montreal fans are so possessive of the cup that during the 1962 playoffs, when the cup was on display at Chicago Stadium for the defending champion Black Hawks (the name was compressed to “Blackhawks” in 1986), Habs fan Ken Kilander attempted to take the cup and walk right out the door with it. When a police officer caught and questioned him, Kilander responded , “I want to take it back where it belongs—to Montreal.”

12. The Stanley Cup isn’t only for men.

Seventeen women have their names inscribed on the cup. The first was Marguerite Norris , who was the president of the Detroit Red Wings for their 1954-’55 season victory. Sonia Scurfield is the only Canadian woman to have her name inscribed; she was the co-owner of the 1988-89 champion Calgary Flames.

13. Some people are superstitious about it.

Various players are wary of the cup if they haven’t won it yet, and steer clear if they’re still in contention—in fact, some players on conference champion teams won’t even touch the respective Western Conference Campbell Bowl or Eastern Conference Prince of Wales Trophy so they don’t jinx their team’s chances at the real prize.

14. The Stanley Cup has a chaperone.

The Stanley Cup is always accompanied by at least one representative of the Hockey Hall of Fame, dubbed the Keeper of the Cup. The current keeper, Philip Pritchard , has held the position since 1991 and even maintains a Twitter account to update followers on where the cup goes from day to day.

Way back when the cup was donated, Lord Stanley mandated that two trustees must always be appointed to care for the cup and ensure it was kept in proper condition. The two current trustees are Brian O’Neill and Ian “Scotty” Morrison, and according to the Hockey Hall of Fame, they “have absolute power over all matters regarding the Stanley Cup.”

15. The cup belongs to the players … for one day.

The NHL allows each championship team 100 off-season days with the cup (accompanied by the keeper, of course) to do with it as they wish. It was the 1994-’95 New Jersey Devils who formalized the tradition of giving each player one personal day with the cup during the off-season. In fact, since the ‘03 season, the Hall of Fame has been keeping journals of the cup’s travels with each winning team . Though some players use their day with the trophy for peaceful reflection, others have gone a bit wild with Lord Stanley’s Cup, as you’ll see below.

16. The Stanley Cup has gone swimming at least three times.

Following their 1991 victory over the Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins legend Mario Lemieux hosted the team at his house. When Lemieux wasn’t looking, Penguins winger Phil Bourque decided he wanted to see if the cup could float—and threw the trophy into the captain’s in-ground pool . It didn’t float, and immediately sank to the bottom.

Two years later the cup also found the bottom of Montreal Canadiens goaltender Patrick Roy’s pool . But in 2002, when Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hašek attempted to swim with the cup, the keeper had had enough: He demanded Hašek dry off the trophy and give it back, thus cutting short his allotted personal day.

17. The Stanley Cup once spent all night in an Ottawa canal.

When the Ottawa Hockey Club, now known as the Ottawa Senators, won the cup in 1905, the members of the “Silver Seven” had a little too much fun celebrating their victory. After the team banquet, some not-so-sober players brought the trophy outside and allegedly decided to test their accuracy by trying to kick the then-small Cup into Ottawa’s Rideau Canal .

Once successful, they went on their drunken way and forgot all about it—until their teammates realized the next day that the trophy was missing. The Stanley Cup was retrieved and given to a player named Harry Smith, the most responsible man on the team, for safekeeping.

18. The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in 1924, and then forgot it on the side of a road.

When the members of the 1924 champion Canadiens got a flat tire on the way to the team’s victory banquet at owner Leo Dandurand’s house, they had to remove the cup from the trunk of the car to get to the spare tire. The players, eager to celebrate their win, quickly changed the tire and made their way to the party. When the traditional time came for each player to drink champagne from the silver bowl, the cup was nowhere to be found. The players had left it on the side of the road . They hopped in their car and sped back to the place where they had changed the flat and found the cup in a snow bank—right where they had left it.

But that wasn’t the first time a Montreal hockey team had forgotten the cup. The 1907 Montreal Wanderers left it at the home of a team photographer; the photographer’s mother used the cup as a flower pot until the team came back to retrieve it.

19. Kids have been baptized in the Stanley Cup.

After the Colorado Avalanche won the 1995-’96 championship, defenseman Sylvain Lefebvre used his personal day with the cup to have his daughter christened in the top bowl.

Eleven years later, after the Detroit Red Wings won in 2007-’08, Swedish left-winger Tomas Holmström brought the silverware back to his native country so that his cousin could baptize his 7-week-old daughter in the trophy. In 2017, Pittsburgh Penguins forward John Archibald gave his infant son the same treatment. And in 2022, Avalanche defenseman Jack Johnson had his three kids baptized in the cup: “His three kids’ baptism was planned before the playoffs, and it turned out the date was Johnson’s day with the Cup,” The Athletic writer Peter Baugh tweeted . “So the kids got baptized in the Cup itself.”

20. It has reportedly seen its fair share of vice.

The Edmonton Oilers were a force to be reckoned with in the 1980s. Between 1984 and 1990, the team won five Stanley Cups and were led by two hockey greats, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier (above). Legend has it that after their 1986-’87 win, Messier brought the cup to an Edmonton strip club called the Forum Inn and set the trophy on the main stage. One of the dancers at the club then reportedly incorporated the cup into her risqué routine.

When he won the cup again in 1994 with the New York Rangers, Messier and his teammates brought the trophy to another strip club— Scores in Manhattan .

21. It might hold a curse.

When Messier and the Rangers won in 1994, it ended a record 54-year championship drought for the Broadway Blueshirts (the team hadn’t won since the 1939-40 season). Fans believe that the curse might have been brought on because the Rangers disrespected the cup.

During the 1939-’40 season, the mortgage on the Rangers’ home rink—at the time the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden—was finally paid off. To celebrate, the management of the team symbolically burned the mortgage documents in the bowl of the Stanley Cup. Then, left-winger Lynn Patrick and his teammates allegedly urinated in the cup’s bowl to celebrate their victory. The Rangers finally took home the trophy again in 1994, but they haven’t won hockey’s ultimate prize since.

22. The Stanley Cup went to war.

It’s been all over the world, from Russia to the Czech Republic to Sweden, but in 2007, the Stanley Cup went to war. To boost morale for Canadian and American troops serving in the Middle East, the cup was flown into an active war zone at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for a meet and greet. Canadians love nothing more than hockey, and you can read up on the reactions from the troops on the Hall of Fame’s Stanley Cup Journal when it went to Afghanistan here .

This article was originally published in 2017; it has been updated for 2023.