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  1. Metaphor- a figure of speech that substitutes a word or phrase for another to show similarity or parallel between the two ideas. The whole poem is written in a metaphorical tone. the road not taken Summary

    1. Metaphor- a figure of speech that substitutes a word or phrase for another to show similarity or parallel between the two ideas. The whole poem is written in a metaphorical tone.

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  1. The poem "The Road Not Taken" essentially avoids giving advice on picking a particular path to take and instead discusses the results of making a choice. The grassy lanes and yellow forests symbolize the various future possibilities. The decision to choose the less-traveled path will be the one theRead more

    The poem “The Road Not Taken” essentially avoids giving advice on picking a particular path to take and instead discusses the results of making a choice. The grassy lanes and yellow forests symbolize the various future possibilities. The decision to choose the less-traveled path will be the one the future self regrets the most.

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  1. In the poem The Road Not Taken, one road is clean and more people walk on it while the other is grassy, difficult and only a few people walk on it.

    In the poem The Road Not Taken, one road is clean and more people walk on it while the other is grassy, difficult and only a few people walk on it.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Both roads seemed exactly similar. They were laid equally. Leaves were fallen on the both roads in an untouched manner. Both were curving inside the wood in such a way that they were visible up to their turn.

    Both roads seemed exactly similar. They were laid equally. Leaves were fallen on the both roads in an untouched manner. Both were curving inside the wood in such a way that they were visible up to their turn.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The nature of poet’s choice remains ambiguous. It is subjective. One can know the right or wrong in retrospect. Here, one gets a feeling that the poet loves the difference made by the choice so probably his choice is right.

    The nature of poet’s choice remains ambiguous. It is subjective. One can know the right or wrong in retrospect. Here, one gets a feeling that the poet loves the difference made by the choice so probably his choice is right.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    It is a realistic description of the wood in which the roads are diverging. Yellow means the season is autumn. Yellow may also mean that the majority of trees are probably birches or alder.

    It is a realistic description of the wood in which the roads are diverging. Yellow means the season is autumn. Yellow may also mean that the majority of trees are probably birches or alder.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Once a choice is made, the consequence happens. The poet has already chosen a path and faced a whole new world. He is contemplating that point where he was standing in front of the wood and thinking and now the choice has brought all the difference.

    Once a choice is made, the consequence happens. The poet has already chosen a path and faced a whole new world. He is contemplating that point where he was standing in front of the wood and thinking and now the choice has brought all the difference.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    It means that it is the limitation of a human being that one person can not take two paths even if both looks attractive so a choice has to be made. So, the poet says that I could not travel both.

    It means that it is the limitation of a human being that one person can not take two paths even if both looks attractive so a choice has to be made. So, the poet says that I could not travel both.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poet is saying that he chose one way to enter and kept the other one for some other day and he knows that in this world one doesn’t know which way will lead to where so one may find other ways from one way and he is sure that there is less chance of taking the other path some other day.

    The poet is saying that he chose one way to enter and kept the other one for some other day and he knows that in this world one doesn’t know which way will lead to where so one may find other ways from one way and he is sure that there is less chance of taking the other path some other day.

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