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ENG1D8C
Wednesday,February10th,2016
Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,
Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear
Thoughasforthatthepassingthere
Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame,
Andboththatmorningequallylay
Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack.
Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!
Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,
IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.
Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh
Somewhereagesandageshence:
Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI
Itooktheonelesstraveledby,
Andthathasmadeallthedifference.
ThepoemTheRoadNotTakenbyRobertFrost,Ifeelconveysacomplexprogressionof
mylifethathighlightsmanyeventsthathaveoccurredinmylife.Thispoemconsistsof
arhythmicschemeABAABwhichhasbeenplacedtorepresentaseriousorstricttone,
tocreateareflectivemood.Itiscomposedoffourstanzaswithfivelinesineachinan
overallmoderatelength.Inthefirststanza,atravelerisputforthinfrontofaforkinthe
pathandheisleftwonderingwhichonetotake.Althoughhecannotpleasebothsides
bychoosingboth,hecanfindtheroutelesstravelledbyasstatedinthesecond
stanza.Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear.
Inthethirdstanza,ithasbeenagreedthatbothpathsareinfactequalandhemight
taketheotherpathanotherday,yetheknowsitwillneverhappen.Andboththat
morningequallylay,Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack.Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanother
day!IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.Inthefourthstanza,thetravelerknowsthat
somedayisasked,he/shewillsay,Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathasmadeall
thedifference.
InthepublishedpoemIconsidermyselftobethattravellerwhoencountersmanypathsin
lifewhereasasallmaydifferbutrequirethesamelevelofefforttowalkthrough.Inmy
inspiredpoemIhaveincludedandmirroredthemainliterarydevicesused.Adeep
metaphorisbeingforeshadowedthroughoutthepoem,withthetwoidenticalpaths(the
fork).Anopposingtensionisbeingcreated,withtwooptionsathand,thereisabattle
betweenchoice,luckandfate.Inalltheeventsthathaveoccurredinmylife,a
combinationofthethreehasalwaysbeenconnectedtotheresultsthatoccur.Repetition
andechohasbeenakeyliterarydevicethroughoutthepoem.Followingeachthought,
thetravellerisbeingbroughtbacktothemomentwherehe/shewaslefttochooseapath
andbeginstorecreatethesceneusingfigurativelanguage.Figurativelanguagecanbe
foundinlinessuchas,Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear,Inleavesnostephad
troddenblack.TheRoadNotTakenasinformedinthetitlefinisheswithsenseof
guilt,insuchasthelastlinebreakingthatstricttoneendingwith,Andthathasmade
allthedifference.
CandyStreet
BY:NAOMIEAMALATHAS
Theuntouchedmemoriesofyesterday,
Laysawaitingtoberevealedbythehandsofothers
Yetitshallnotbewhiskedaway
Norfoundahearttobestoredsafetostay
Butbesharedandkeptwithanother
Storedawayamongjarbyjar,
Ifcuriositybeams,thatshallbothsweetandsour
Unexpectedsurprisesbothnearandfar
Connectedlikeconstellationseachoneastar
Likeatwosidedknifeeachwouldscar
Althoughcandystreetmayremain
Withlollipopsandswirlforeternity
Ifonedesirestocaptureandclaim
Likecottoncandy,likefame,
Sowillthepiecesofidentity
Ishallbeleftwondering
Themistakesofyesterday
Shallbecoveredlikecherryblossomfrosting
Manyleftstunned,guiltyandwandering
Thesweetestpathleftforme,Iwillsay
Thispoeminspiredby,TheRoadNotTakenmatches/paralleltothestyleof
fourstanzas,fivelineseachwitharhymeschemeABAAB.Thetitleisironicand
metaphoricimplyingthatmylifeislikeaCandyStreethowever,thereissadnessleftto
overcome.Thetitleisbothmetaphoricandironic,meaningthatmylifeislikewalking
downCandyStreet,butsadnesscanbefoundifyoureadbetweenthelines.Punctuation
suchasthecommasaswellasthedashinthelaststanzatocreateaninterrupted
thoughtwhichwasalsoincludedinthepublishedpoem.