What title would you give a poem based on this picture?
The Road Not Taken
L.O.
To explore different interpretations of poetry.
Discussing LANGUAGE
Verbs
Adjectives
Similes
Imagery
Alliteration
Repetition
Punctuation and
sentence length
Tone
Discussing STRUCTURE
Stanzas
Rhyme
Enjambment
Punctuation
Rhythm
Line endings
Repetition
The Road Not Taken
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;
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.
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,
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.
1. What is the message of this poem? Do you agree?
Robert
Frost
2. What is the structure
of this
poem?
3. Annotate this poem with any language features you can identify
Ext: write down the effect of these language features
The Road Not Taken
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.
The Road Not Taken
Explore the way the poet presents his ideas about life in ‘The
Road Not Taken’.
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Evidence
Explain
Language feature
1. What is the message of this poem? Do you agree?
2. What is the structure of this poem?
3. Annotate this poem with any language features you can identify
Ext: write down the effect of these language features
Self Assessment
Complete the following sentences :
The language feature I discussed was ________
My paragraph was strongest when it talked about_______
To improve, I could_______