Identify one example of figurative language in robert frost's "the road not taken" and explain how it relates to the poem's larger themes.

This poem is an example of an extended metaphor.

A metaphor is a comparison between two things that are not alike. In this case, a road and life are being compared. In this extended metaphor, the speaker never actually makes a direct comparison between life and the road.  In other words, he does not say life is a road.  Yet the entire poem implies it.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took...

    In Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," he uses a lot of metaphors. Frost, for one, is doing this by comparing these roads, in the poem, to life. In the beginning, it starts with this character choosing between different "roads," as they go on to describe how one looked more promising, while the other was "bent in the undergrowth."  These metaphors help shape the deeper of Frost's story because, without the imaginative comparison between these roads and life, it would have been difficult for Frost to describe how heavily these decisions impacted this character later on in their life.

Explanation:

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This question is asking you to give an example of how "The Road Not Taken" uses ONE of the forms of figurative speech. Just pick one of the ones below and see if you can apply it to the poem.

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The lesson, prior to this question, describes different forms of figurative language. These are the different forms told in this lesson all summed up:

A metaphor is an implied imaginative comparison between unlike things. An example of a metaphor is "it's raining cats and dogs!"

Imagery is highly descriptive language that appeals to the senses. For example, "the lights dim, an explosion of crunching commences as puffs of light, buttery paradise burst into the scene."

Personification is when you give human characteristics to nonhuman things. An example of this is "the trees weep."

A simile is an imaginative comparison between unlike things using like or as. For example, "I’m like a bird. I’m smooth like glass. Your heart is like a stone, and this theatre is like a class."

Lastly, irony is the opposite of what you might expect. Like when a firehouse catches on fire.

-- the examples I have stated are in the lesson prior to the question --

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

a. it reminds protestors of the reasons they have to protest.