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A 3.5 page (3 pp. + 1/2 pg. outline) paper which examines the literal scene and situation, the mood of the speaker at the poem’s end, the metaphorical implications, and considers what the title emphasizes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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completely uncomplicated, consisting of a conventional poetic form of four five-line stanzas, with a rhyme scheme of abaab that remains consistent throughout. However, appearances can often be deceiving, which
is Frosts ironic message. Life is comprised not of one single decision but of many, often made at a moments notice, and must be shaped by the face value
of information. It is only in those moments of hindsight, when doubt begins to creep in, and the mind is forced to acknowledge that maybe wrong choices were made
because perceptions can be misled by false impressions. Frosts speaker asks the question that has been echoed through the ages by many: Would my life have turned out differently
if I had selected the road not taken? The literal scene and situation of the poem describes a middle-aged man who has taken an autumn walk in the New England
woods, perhaps to leisurely contemplate life. When he loses his way and must choose between two different paths: 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. Oh, I kept
the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back (Frost 105). After picking a road
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