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1、road not taken 罗伯特弗罗斯特 未选择的路 赏析Rhyme scheme: ABAAB v Realistic nature description v Portrayal of basic qualities of human nature. v In the poem, the poet utters a sign that sometimes in life one has to make a decision when facing two roads without knowing where the roads lead. v His poetry concerns

2、New Englands nature. He saw nature as a storehouse of analogy and symbol, so his concern with nature reflected deep moral uncertainties. v Stanza One- Describes Situations v Stanza Two- Decides to Take Less-travelled Road v Stanza Three- Continues Description of Road v Stanza Four-Recalls the Road T

3、aken and Not Taken How do you understand the word “sigh”?Is it a kind of nostalgic relief or regret? The word “sigh” is a tricky word. Because sigh can be interpreted into nostalgic relief or regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If

4、 it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambiguous here for the speaker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong v Clearly, this poem is endowed with abundant symbolic meanings. In the speakers mind, the two

5、roads not only refer to the real roads he has to take while walking in the yellow wood, more significantly, it means two different ways of life when one hesitates before the lifes crossroad. Different choices will lead to different futures. v For the poet, it also shows his attitude towards poetry c

6、reation. “He prefers to take the less-travelled road” suggests that he doesnt follow suit but employs the traditional pattern in spite of the influence of modernist innovation v Traditionally, this poem has been understood as an inspirational poem, seeming to encouraging people to be self-reliant and not following where others have led. Actually, it does not moralize about choice, it simply says that choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it. This is also the theme of the poem.