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Your paper is an explication of the poem, not a simple summary of what the lines say.
First, Write two papers that clearly explain the meaning of the two selected poems. What is the theme or meaning of the poem, and how do you know? Then provide a thorough explication that illuminates how the evidence in the text supports that thesis.
You may choose any poem that we have read in this part of the course. However, you should not merely repeat a discussion we have already had during a class session. The intent of this assignment is to get you to think carefully and independently about a single poem, and to develop your own unique interpretation of that poem. Then, in your paper, you must convey that thinking and understanding to your reader.
Remember to create a clear thesis. Remember to explain yourself fully and to illustrate with examples from the poem which you carefully analyze. This is an explication only, so focus on the text itself rather than outside research.
Remember also that your purpose is not to summarize the poem, but to explicate, analyze, and explain.
Length: At least two pages per paper.
Format: MLA. You should include proper citation to our text at the end of the paper.
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Topic: The Road Not Taken
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Brief introduction of the poem
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Theme of choices
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Theme of individualism
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Theme of permanence
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Moral lesson
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Significance of the poem.
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The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken is a poem that conveys the message of the different life choices
we face. Themes are ideas that emerge from the treatment of the subject matter in literary
works. (“What Is Theme? Definition, Examples of Theme in Literature - Writing
Explained”). The central theme of the poem is that life is full of options that we have to
choose the best. The choices determine our destinies and the severity of the consequences.
Only time tells if our decisions were right or wrong, and one cannot choose to come back and
correct our choices since life does not give us that second chance.
In the first stanza, the poet is confronted by two roads that diverge. The road is a
metaphor and is compared to the choices that he faces in real life. In this case, the options are
two, and he can only choose one and therefore contemplates what the best choice is. The poet
is trying to look at the future possibilities, ‘and I looked as far as I could to where it bent in
the undergrowth’ to see if he can make a confident and right decision. The yellow wood
mentioned in the first line may be a symbolism ...