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Forward Motion

FORWARD MOTION

Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” was written back in1916, yet its message is timeless. Robert Frost has taken the moment-to-moment occurrence of decision-making and transformed it into a literary work we are able to visualize with our minds eye.
Frost idealized this process to create a long lasting impression that would be a source of inspiration and encouragement to all its readers.

Frost begins his poem at the fork of two roads. He knows he must keep moving forward, but his dilemma is choosing which road to take. In an effort to explain the difficulty in this decision Frost begins by writing:
Two roads diverged in yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both,
And be one traveler, (719 )
Frost first line say’s “Two roads diverged in yellow wood”. Frost could have simply said two roads separated in yellow wood, but this would have taken away from the deeper meaning. Websters Encyclopedic Unabridg...

Posted by: Cinthia De Ruiz

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