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Exploring Poetry: Read, Write, Share. By Elizakelly Shortsen. Analysis of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”. and. Presentation of Elizakelly Shortsen’s poem “The Test Not Taken”. Analysis. TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EXPLORING POETRY: READ, WRITE, SHARE
By Elizakelly Shortsen
ANALYSIS OF ROBERT FROST’S POEM
“THE ROAD NOT TAKEN”
Presentation of Elizakelly Shortsen’s
poem “The Test Not Taken”
and
AnalysisTWO 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 could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
First, you should know that this poem has a figurative and a literal meaning. There are like two layers to the poem.
AnalysisThen 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,
Literally: a guy comes to a fork in the road while he’s walking in the woods. He can’t go both ways, so he looks down both paths. He chooses the one that looks less worn out. He guesses that he will never come back and walk down the first road. And he thinks about telling his grandkids the story of these two roads.
AnalysisAnd 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 way,I doubted if I should
ever come back.
The figurative meaning of the poem is really cool. Frost is talking about making decisions. No matter how hard you try to figure out what will happen with your choice, you really don’t know what will happen in the future. Frost suggests that you don’t choose the same thing that everyone else has chosen.
AnalysisI 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.
Frost tells us, through the analogy of a road in the woods compared to a choice in life, that making a choice that isn’t following the crowd, will make a difference in our whole lives. He’s kind of saying “go your own way.”
MY POEM“THE TEST NOT
TAKEN”Modeled after
“The Road Not Taken”
My Poem: “The Test Not Taken”
Two tests appeared to me, laid upon my desk
And gleeful I could not take them both,And complete them equally well, that taskI chose to avoid and with my face a maskOf determination, I took neither, my oath;
I hid them beneath my chair and under a book
The teacher thought I was doneShe chose not to call my name or even lookFor those tests that had been placed in that
nookNot a single question answered, not a one.
And then the bell rang and I left the classroom
The lonely paper hidden safely thereUnder my desk awaiting its eventual doomDestined for the trash I know it was soonFor the custodian would find them in the
chair.
I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two tests appeared to me and I---I didn’t take either and why…And another year in 8th grade has made all
the difference.
Thank you for watching. Robert Frost’s poem is in the public domain. I included these 3 poetry terms:
Analogy Figurative Literal
I think I have earned a B. Shout outs to: Ginny, Martha, Trigette,
Patricia, Vanessa, Phyllis, and Linda and my BFF Ish. We couldn’t have done it without your support.