Extra Poetry Blog

For this blog, I am going to reflect on the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. It is on page 563 in our book. The reason that I choose to reflect on this poem is because it is one of my favorite poems. I think it could be considered a narrative poem because it tells a story about a person who is walking in the woods and has to decide which path to take. The poem has visual imagery in it. It describes the woods, the roads, and the traveler. There were end rhymes in this poem. An end rhyme is a rhyme that occurs are the end of lines. There was a rhyme scheme and pattern. Each stanza abaab rhyme pattern. I do not think there was any figurative language in this poem. There were not any similes, metaphors, or onomatopeias. I think the reason why I like this poem so much is because I it was easy to understand. There were not any words that I did not know. There did not seem to be any hidden meaning or message. I did not have to sit here and think about what it was supposed to mean. I am not a big fan of poetry because most of the time when I read a poem it doesn't make any sense, and I think to myself why can't they just say what they mean. This poem and a few others that I have read are not like that. Another poem I really like is "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost and pretty much anything by Edgar Allan Poe.