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sigh: deep breath
hence: here, in the future

He says that in the future, he will take a deep breath and say that once upon a time,
he had reached such a point in life that there were two options for him and he
travelled on that road which had been travelled upon by lesser number of people.
That decision of his decided his future. Similarly, in future, when you grow up, then
you will say that once upon a time, when you were young, you had two options. The
choice that you made, made you what you became of it. This is a very strong
message for all the students - that you should be wise and be careful while making
choices out of the options that you have in your life because your future depends on
the choice that you make today.

The Road Not taken- Literary Device

Literary devices used in ‗The road not taken‘

The analysis of literary devices explains the hidden meanings of a literary text or a
poem. The use of literary devices is intended to bring richness and clarity to the text
with different meanings. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is also filled with
important undertones with the following literary devices.

 Metaphor: There are many metaphors in the poem like road, fork in the road
and yellow woods. The road in the poem is the metaphor of life, while the fork
on the road metaphorically represents the choices we make to determine the
course of our lives. Similarly, yellow woods are the metaphor of making
decisions during the hard times of a person‘s life. These metaphors used in
this poem emphasize the importance of different decisions we make in
different situations and their impacts on our lives.

 Imagery: Imagery is used to make the readers feel things through their five
senses. The poet has used images of the sense of sights such as
leaves, yellow woods and these images help readers to actually perceive
things they are reading. The image of the road helps readers to visualize the
road providing a navigation route to the traveller.
 Simile: A simile is a device used to compare things with familiar things to let
the readers know it easily. There is one simile used in the second stanza such
as ―as just as fair‖. It shows how the poet has linked the road less taken to the
easy way through life.
 Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds such as the sound
of /a/ and /o/ in quick succession in ―though as far that the passing‖ and in
―Somewhere ages and ages hence.‖
 Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds such as /d/
in ―two roads diverging in a yellow wood‖ and /t/ sound in ―though as far as the
passing there.‖

 Personification: Robert Frost has personified road in the third line of the
second stanza. Here, it is stated ―Because it was grassy and wanted wear‖ as
if the road is human, and that it wants wear and tear.

 rhyme scheme, ‗ABAAB‘