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The Road Not Taken
By
Robert Frost
Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry that 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
1. The roads that the author finds are a) the one that most people take and therefore is more worn
b) the one less traveled, the one that people have not touched and therefore the natural beauty is preserved
2. The speaker chooses to go on the less traveled road
3. I would choose to go on the road that is less traveled by because of the fact that other people hadn't been there earlier to ruin its beauty
4. The speaker does seem happy about his decision because he talks about how taking that road made all of the difference
5. I view choices in my life sometimes negativly but mostly positivly.I am more excited about opportunities and usually jump at the chance to get them. But if there is a conflict with the choices then I have to think about it.

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
By
Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
And miles to go before I sleep.

Stopping in the Woods on a Snowy Evening
1. The speaker's attitude on seeing the woods is one of mysterious and content. The speaker is also very intrigued by the woods.
2. The horse hesistates because the path is so different and he has never been on it. Thinking the speaker has made a mistake.
3. The author used the winter scene because it makes everything seem still and silent. Cold and uninviting so that the woods seems more mysterious.
4. At the end of the poem the author remembers his obligations to the promises he kept and keeps going on his way without stopping.
5. I view the ending in a positive way because the speaker appreciates the woods and the nature but also doesn't get side tracked enough to divert him from what he has to do and who he has made promises to.