By, Rebecca Klett

Robert Frost- A Road Not Taken

The Road Not TakenTWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I couldTo 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 thereHad worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally layIn 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 sighSomewhere 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

AboutThe

AuthorRobert Frost

Birth & Death

-Born in San Francisco

-Died in Boston in 1963

Family Life- At 11 years old, Robert Frost’s Father died- 3 years after Graduation, Frost married Elinor White, who he shared Valedictorian Honors with.-Dropped out of Harvard due to Tuberculosis and his second child’s birth.- 3 years later his oldest child died.

Schooling -Graduated From his local public high school (Lawrence High)in 1982 & earned valedictorian honors- Shortly went to Dartmouth Collage.- Was a special student at Harvard University in 1897

Moving- Born in San Francisco- Moved to Lawrence, MA after fathers death- Moved to Buckinghamshire, England after

Marrage- Later moved to Gloucestershire, England- Finally moving back to the USA living in

Franconia, NH

Fun FactsRobert Frost did many jobs:• he taught grammar school• spent time working hard at a mill• helped a newspaper reporter. His marital issues reflected in his later poem Home Burial.

He later published his first poetry book called a Boy's will in 1913.

Later in life, he received many awards and even read at Kennedy's inauguration in 1961.

Influences:- His life inspired poetry like

the book Home Burial, made after his son’s death.

- His poetry was also influenced by nature, as shown in A road not taken, were Frost explains 2 roads in a forest.

Poetic Devices:

“Two roads diverge in a

yellow wood”

Image: Hyperbole:“Somewhere ages & ages

hence”

Assonance:"... long I stood... in a yellow

wood... Far as I could....""...better claim...about

the same..."

Theme

You might not be able to see were your choices will lead you in the long run,

but sometimes Its better to take the way that’s harder, even When most people

don’t take it Because it can have better outcomes