Robert Frost

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Robert Frost writes about a person's lust for life, greed, and life changing decisions in his poem "The Road Not Taken." The speaker's an adventurous man who's seen the choices which lie ahead and wants to have both. He is regretful even before he makes his decision about which path to take. He wistfully notes, "sorry be that I could not travel both."(line 2). His greed gives him pause; he puzzles over the impossibility of going both ways. Being a thoughtful man, who enjoys life, he wants the most from it. This causes him to go the way few others would choose. Whether the path he chose is neglected from danger, or difficulty, we don't yet know, but it's bumpy and crooked and, "bent in the undergrowth,"(line 5). Leading me to picture a dark, and forbidding journey ahead. Our traveler is not unlike Indiana Jones, going i

He can feel this commitment thinking, " I doubted if I should ever come back,"(line 15). But he ignores the feeling, abandons his caution. Onward he ventures towards the risky, and the unknown! Life only lets you roll the dice once! So our wistful adventurer bullies his own feelings for his best interest into submission and trudges onward. He is in want of both, but incapable of doing so, his better judgment aside, he tells his tale, "with a sigh"(line16).

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He looks favorably on the less frequented road, thinking of places not seen, and grander things in its end. A person who's got an adventurous flair in his soul would think of this, not yet reflecting on any consequences that might also be in store for them. He knows that the other direction is where everyone else goes, and i

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Approximate Word count = 568
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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