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The Road Not Taken - Coggle Diagram
The Road Not Taken
Stanza 1
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
Extended metaphor: the two roads/ fork in the road (denotation) is being compared to the life choices we have to make (connotation)
roads symbolise life choices; yellow wood symbolises autumn (exploring themes such as reflection, maturity and change)
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And be one traveller, long I stood
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Stanza 2
Then took the other, as just as fair,
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And having perhaps the better claim,
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Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
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He realises the paths are similar and the differences between the life choices/roads may not have been that huge
Stanza 3
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Oh, I kept the first for another day!
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Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
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Stanza 4
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
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I took the one less travelled by,
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Tone
nostalgic, reflective, uncertain
Message
The decisions or choices we make shape our lives. The poet encourages the readers to think deeply about the life choices we make as they are irreversible and uncertain.
Themes
life choices, individuality, uncertainty and regret
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