Name: ________________________Date: _________________ Class: _________
Lesson – “The Road Not Taken” and “The Road Less Traveled” Analysis
Read and respond. Read each text and record your first impressions. What does the title mean? What is the
poem about? What message is the author trying to convey?
“The Road Not Taken”
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“The Road Less Traveled”
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Listen to each text. Read each text again.
Directions: Each group will analyze the above texts. Compare & contrast each text for interpretive meaning
through the use of literary elements/poetic devices (see below for group assignment). The group will
represent their findings by creating a mini-poster reflecting their analysis. Mini-posters will be presented to
the class in a Gallery Walk format.
Group 1 - Investigate theme: What is the basic message about life or the human experience that each author
conveys? After examining each text, decide how they are the same or how they are different. How does each
author develop theme and convey his message?
Group 2 - Investigate sound devices: Compare and contrast the use of rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration,
onomatopoeia, repetition in each text. How does each author use sound devices to create meaning and
develop tone & mood?
Group 3 - Investigate imagery: Compare and contrast the use of word choice in each text. Analyze each text
for sensory images through word choice including the use of figurative language.
Lesson – “The Road Not Taken” and “The Road Less Traveled” Analysis
Gallery Walk Response
Literary
Element
Poetic
Device
Theme
“The Road Not Taken”
Similar
“The Road Less Traveled”
Sound
Devices
Imagery
Reflection: What did you discover? Consider the intended audience (you) and the overall theme. Choice: How do
these texts connect to you personally (text to text)? to something else that you’ve read (text to text)? to something
occurring in the world now or in the past (text to world)?
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