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1、The theme of the peom Traditionally, this poem has been understood as an inspirational poem, seeming to encouraging people to be self-reliant and not following where others have led. Actually, it dose not moralize about choice, it simply says that choice is inevitable but you never know what your ch

2、oice will mean until you have lived it.Symbolic meaning of two roads The two roads not only refer to the real roads he takes while walking in the yellow woods. More significantly, it means two different ways of life when one hesitates before the lifes crossroad. Different choices will lead to differ

3、ent futures.Summary The Road Not Taken tells about life choice. Mans life metaphorically related to a journey filled with twists and turns. One has to consider a lot before making a wise choice. Though the diverged roads seem identical, they actually lead to different directions which symbolize diff

4、erent fates.content it tells about life choice,Mans life is metaphorically related to a journey filled with twists and turns.One has to consider a lot before making a wise choice.Though the diverged roads seem identical,they actually lead to different direction,which symbolize different fatesIII. Fr

5、osts View and ThemeHis poetry concerns New Englands nature. He saw nature as a storehouse of analogy and symbol, so his concern with nature reflected deep moral uncertainties.His poetry often probes mysterious of darkness and irrationality in the bleak and chaotic landscapes of an indifferent univer

6、se.The quest of the solitary person to make sense of the world has become the central theme of all Frosts collections and made his poetry among the most accessible of modern writers. The poetry of Robert Frost combined pastoral imagery with solitary philosophical themes.V. About the Poem “The Road N

7、ot Taken”Frost claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London. Frost has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always felt wondering what they might have missed by no

8、t taking the other path.About the poem, Frost asserted, “You have to be careful of that one; its a tricky poem very tricky.” Superficially, the poem has been and continues to be used as an inspirational poem, encouraging self-reliance, not following where others have led. But a close reading of the

9、poem proves not so.The Framework of the Poem Stanza One- Describes Situations Stanza Two- Decides to Take Less-travelled Road Stanza Three- Continues Description of Road Stanza Four-Recalls the Road Taken and Not Taken 4. How do you understand the word “sigh”?Is it a kind of nostalgic relief or regr

10、et? 5. What might the two roads stand for in the speakers mind? (the symbolic meanings) 6. Why does Frost himself claim that this is a tricky poem? What does he want to convey in this poem?4. How do you understand the word “sigh”?Is it a kind of nostalgic relief or regret? The word “sigh” is a trick

11、y word. Because sigh can be interpreted into nostalgic relief or regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambig

12、ous here for the speaker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong.5. What might the two roads stand for in the speakers mind? Clearly, this poem is endowed with abundant symbolic meanings. In the speakers mind, the two roads not only refer to the real roads he has to take while walking in

13、 the yellow wood, more sigificantly, it means two different ways of life when one hesitates before the lifes crossroad. Different choices will lead to different futures. For the poet, it also shows his attitude towards poetry creation. “He prefers to take the less-travelled road” suggests that he do

14、esnt follow suit but employs the traditional pattern in spite of the influence of modernist innovation6. Why does Frost himself claim that this is a tricky poem? What is the theme this poem? Three things make his poem tricky- the time frame, and the words “sigh” and “difference”. Traditionally, this

15、 poem has been understood as an inspirational poem, seeming to encouraging people to be self-reliant and not following where others have led. Actually, it does not moralize about choice, it simply says that choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it. This is also the theme of the poem.