The Road not Taken - Video https://youtu.be/KUaQgRiJukA
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Bring on the tough stuff - Part 2!
Writing with Purpose—Extended Metaphor
What decisions have you made this week? Did you choose to stay up late one night to
watch a movie? Did you go to bed earlier than usual? Did you get homework done or did
you put it off? Did you pack your lunch or buy it?
You can probably think of hundreds of decisions and choices that you’ve made this
week. What choices had a consequence – big or small? Staying up late may have left
you tired in English class. Buying your lunch may have meant you had to spend your
allowance.
Choices have consequences whether they are big or small. The poem ―The Road Not
Taken” is about making choices. As a matter of fact, the entire poem can be read as a
metaphor about a choice the speaker makes – it is a comparison between two things.
Metaphorically speaking, what are those two things?
When a poet uses a metaphor throughout an entire poem, it’s called an extended
metaphor.
Write a poem about a recent choice and consequence