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The Road Not Taken: A Literary Analysis by Robert Frost, Lecture notes of Poetry

Instructions for analyzing two poems by robert frost, 'the road not taken' and 'nothing gold can stay'. Students are required to create blogs for each poem, write a literal and figurative meaning paragraph, and comment on three peers' blogs. The poems explore themes of choices, the transience of nature, and the inevitability of change.

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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.
Directions: What does the poem mean? Write the literal meaning and the figurative meaning.
Hint: The figurative meaning can focus on the use of symbols.
Directions: Go to your website and create a blog. The title should be Road Not Taken by
Robert Frost. Copy and paste the poem on the blog. Next, write one paragraph of the literal
meaning of the poem and include text references. Write one paragraph of the figurative
meaning of the poem and include text references. When finished, comment on at least 3 other
student’s blogs.
Literal Meaning:
Figurative Meaning:
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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. Directions : What does the poem mean? Write the literal meaning and the figurative meaning. Hint: The figurative meaning can focus on the use of symbols. Directions : Go to your website and create a blog. The title should be Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. Copy and paste the poem on the blog. Next, write one paragraph of the literal meaning of the poem and include text references. Write one paragraph of the figurative meaning of the poem and include text references. When finished, comment on at least 3 other student’s blogs. Literal Meaning: Figurative Meaning:

Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Directions : Read Nothing Gold Can Stay. What does the poem mean? Write the literal meaning and the figurative meaning. Hint: The figurative meaning can focus on the use of symbols. Directions : Go to your website and create a blog. The title should be Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost. Copy and paste the poem on the blog. Next, write one paragraph of the literal meaning of the poem and include text references. Write one paragraph of the figurative meaning of the poem and include text references. When finished, comment on at least 3 other student’s blogs. Literal Meaning: Figurative Meaning: Write down 3 sentences about what this poem means about nature. Include a text reference. Write down 3 sentences about what this poem means about life. Include a text reference.