![]() ![]() ![]() Using the term "traveler" with the choice represented by the roads reinforces the notion that the poem is about a person making a choice that will influence the trajectory of his or her life. The Choice The person has a way to go before being at the final destination and being able to rest. While the denotation of the word means simply one who is on a journey, the connotation in the poem is that of a person on a journey through life. The word "traveler" also connotes weariness. The setting greatly contributes to the overall meaning of the poem. When we feel like we are running out of time in our lives, our choices have a lot more depending on them and the decision we end up making holds a lot more significance. In this way, the yellow woods also serve as a reminder of the narrator's mortality, increasing the gravity of the decision before them. The fact that the woods are yellow also connotes that the narrator is nearing the end of life - or the "autumn" of life. However, the connotation of the wood is that it represents life itself, which can be confusing and make the clear choice we need to make hard to see. On the surface, the narrator is simply in a "yellow wood." The yellow implies that it is fall since the leaves are turning. The setting for the poem also holds additional meaning. The word choice here is strategic what better way to depict the tough decision of what direction to take your life than two separate roads in front of you? The narrator is not just choosing a road to cut through the woods, but a path to take through life. The road not taken book by robert frost series# Each road represents a different choice the narrator can make, and each choice will lead to a different series of events, or path in life. ![]() The connotation of "road" in the poem is both choice and the journey of life. In the first line of "The Road Not Taken," the “two roads diverged” in a wood are more than just roads they are a good example of an extended metaphor , or a metaphor that is referenced several times throughout a work. The denotation of a word is its actual meaning, while the connotation of a word is the meaning that is implied. Upon breaking up the different parts of Robert Frost’s poem, one can better understand both the denotative and connotative meaning throughout. ![]()
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