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    The poem "the Road Not Taken" by Robert frost, I feel conveys a complex progression of my life that highlights many events that have occurred in my life. In the poem, a traveler is put forth in front of a fork in the path and he is left wondering which one to take. The traveler knows that someday is asked, he / she will say, "i took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"

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    The poem "the Road Not Taken" by Robert frost, I feel conveys a complex progression of my life that highlights many events that have occurred in my life. In the poem, a traveler is put forth in front of a fork in the path and he is left wondering which one to take. The traveler knows that someday is asked, he / she will say, "i took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"

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    PoetryAnthology

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    Mrs.
    ENG1D8C
    Wednesday,February10th,2016

    Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,
    Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear
    Thoughasforthatthepassingthere
    Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame,

    Andboththatmorningequallylay
    Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack.
    Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!
    Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,
    IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.

    Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh
    Somewhereagesandageshence:
    Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI
    Itooktheonelesstraveledby,
    Andthathasmadeallthedifference.

    ThepoemTheRoadNotTakenbyRobertFrost,Ifeelconveysacomplexprogressionof
    mylifethathighlightsmanyeventsthathaveoccurredinmylife.Thispoemconsistsof
    arhythmicschemeABAABwhichhasbeenplacedtorepresentaseriousorstricttone,
    tocreateareflectivemood.Itiscomposedoffourstanzaswithfivelinesineachinan
    overallmoderatelength.Inthefirststanza,atravelerisputforthinfrontofaforkinthe
    pathandheisleftwonderingwhichonetotake.Althoughhecannotpleasebothsides
    bychoosingboth,hecanfindtheroutelesstravelledbyasstatedinthesecond
    stanza.Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear.
    Inthethirdstanza,ithasbeenagreedthatbothpathsareinfactequalandhemight
    taketheotherpathanotherday,yetheknowsitwillneverhappen.Andboththat
    morningequallylay,Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack.Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanother
    day!IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.Inthefourthstanza,thetravelerknowsthat

    somedayisasked,he/shewillsay,Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathasmadeall
    thedifference.

    InthepublishedpoemIconsidermyselftobethattravellerwhoencountersmanypathsin
    lifewhereasasallmaydifferbutrequirethesamelevelofefforttowalkthrough.Inmy
    inspiredpoemIhaveincludedandmirroredthemainliterarydevicesused.Adeep
    metaphorisbeingforeshadowedthroughoutthepoem,withthetwoidenticalpaths(the
    fork).Anopposingtensionisbeingcreated,withtwooptionsathand,thereisabattle
    betweenchoice,luckandfate.Inalltheeventsthathaveoccurredinmylife,a
    combinationofthethreehasalwaysbeenconnectedtotheresultsthatoccur.Repetition
    andechohasbeenakeyliterarydevicethroughoutthepoem.Followingeachthought,
    thetravellerisbeingbroughtbacktothemomentwherehe/shewaslefttochooseapath
    andbeginstorecreatethesceneusingfigurativelanguage.Figurativelanguagecanbe
    foundinlinessuchas,Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear,Inleavesnostephad
    troddenblack.TheRoadNotTakenasinformedinthetitlefinisheswithsenseof
    guilt,insuchasthelastlinebreakingthatstricttoneendingwith,Andthathasmade
    allthedifference.

    CandyStreet
    BY:NAOMIEAMALATHAS

    Theuntouchedmemoriesofyesterday,
    Laysawaitingtoberevealedbythehandsofothers

    Yetitshallnotbewhiskedaway
    Norfoundahearttobestoredsafetostay
    Butbesharedandkeptwithanother

    Storedawayamongjarbyjar,
    Ifcuriositybeams,thatshallbothsweetandsour
    Unexpectedsurprisesbothnearandfar
    Connectedlikeconstellationseachoneastar
    Likeatwosidedknifeeachwouldscar

    Althoughcandystreetmayremain
    Withlollipopsandswirlforeternity
    Ifonedesirestocaptureandclaim
    Likecottoncandy,likefame,
    Sowillthepiecesofidentity

    Ishallbeleftwondering
    Themistakesofyesterday
    Shallbecoveredlikecherryblossomfrosting
    Manyleftstunned,guiltyandwandering
    Thesweetestpathleftforme,Iwillsay

    Thispoeminspiredby,TheRoadNotTakenmatches/paralleltothestyleof
    fourstanzas,fivelineseachwitharhymeschemeABAAB.Thetitleisironicand
    metaphoricimplyingthatmylifeislikeaCandyStreethowever,thereissadnessleftto
    overcome.Thetitleisbothmetaphoricandironic,meaningthatmylifeislikewalking
    downCandyStreet,butsadnesscanbefoundifyoureadbetweenthelines.Punctuation
    suchasthecommasaswellasthedashinthelaststanzatocreateaninterrupted
    thoughtwhichwasalsoincludedinthepublishedpoem.

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