Tuesday, June 30, 2009

E-Learning Day 1(Figurative Language)

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,
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.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere 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

"Because it was grassy and wanted wear" is an emphasis on "the road less taken by people.
"ages and ages" is a hyperbole to tell the authors a long span of time.
"I-I ..." shows hesitation in what the author has to say.

I like the poem because the poem is well-written and it is meaningful. It puts across the message that in life, there are choices to be made. Do not follow the crowd, and do not look back, there is still a long way ahead of you.

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