The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Question 1

What are the themes of TRNT?

Answer 1

Nature

Decision making

Question 2

QUOTE: What images of nature do we see in TRNT?

Answer 2

“yellow wood”
“undergrowth”
“grassy”
“leaves no step had trodden black”

Question 3

What is the tone of TRNT?

Answer 3

There is a tone/mood of regret, yet it is measured and calm

“And sorry I could not travel both”

Question 4

What is the effect of the speaker using the personal pronoun ‘I’ nine times in the poem TRNT?

Answer 4

The poem feels personal. The subject matter invites the reader in, rather than excludes. It is a situation we all face

Question 5

What is the effect of the use of enjambment at the beginning of TRNT?

Answer 5

Perhaps to mirror and emphasis the length of this pathway that, although he tries, the speaker isn’t able to see to the end

Question 6

What is the effect of the repetition of “ages and ages” in TRNT?

Answer 6

Adds to that idea of time and makes the line feel longer

Question 7

What is the impact of repeating “two lines diverged in a wood” at the beginning and end of the poem? What is this type of repetition called?

Answer 7

It brings the poem full circle and reminds us of what is important in the poem; the act of having to choose is inevitable. This repetition at beginning then end is called anaphora