The road not taken

The Road not Taken - Video https://youtu.be/KUaQgRiJukA

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Bring on the tough stuff - Discuss! (there’s not just one right answer.)

 

  1. Do you think the road the speaker took was really the less traveled one? Why?
  2. What do you think the chances are that the speaker will get to come back and try the other path?
  3. Do you think the speaker regrets his choice, or is happy about it? Why?
  4. What type of choices do you think this fork in the road represents for the speaker?
  5. What personal choices does this poem remind you of?

 

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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