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Poetry Analysis

The Road Not Taken


By: Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry 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.
Analysis: I believe this poems resembles Tylers choices that he decides to make
throughout his senior year. One decision is when he decides to walk away, and not be with
Bethany Milbury anymore. Tyler had two choices, or two roads he could follow with the
Bethany Milbury situation. When Frost says I took the one less traveled by(line 19), I believe
this is in similarity with Tyler. Tyler chose to walk away from the most popular and hot girls
in his high school. That choice is not a choice that many would take, and definitely the one less
traveled on. Also, Frost DOES use a rhyme scheme in the poem. The rhyme scheme makes the
poem flow, and keep the reader on track. The rhyme scheme is A, B, A, A, B, C, D, C, C, D, E, F,
E, E, F, G, H, G, G, I.

House Fear
By: Robert Frost
Always--I tell you this they learned-Always at night when they returned
To the lonely house from far away
To lamps unlighted and fire gone gray,
They learned to rattle the lock and key
To give whatever might chance to be
Warning and time to be off in flight:
And preferring the out- to the in-door night,
They learned to leave the house-door wide
Until they had lit the lamp inside.
Analysis: I believe that this poem from Frost connects to the home Tyler lives in. While
Tyler does not actually live in fear of something, when he is inside, he is alone. The relationship
between Tyler and his fathers relationship continued to break throughout Twisted, and until the
end of the story was not going in a somewhat decent direction. Tylers father was very
unpredictable, and was stressed about his job throughout the entire story. Mr. Miller never
seemed to care about his family, including Tyler, until something put him in danger. The Miller
house was broken, and this resulted in house fear for Tyler. Frost does include a rhyme scheme in
the poem. The rhyme scheme is A, A, B, B, C, C, D, D, E, E. The consistency of this rhyme
scheme makes it easier for the reader to follow and understand.

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