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1. Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Unbelievably Written. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. <http://www.unbelievablywritten.com/?p=232>.



2. "Be Inspired to Do Great Things | Reading For Your Success." Reading for Your Success : Discovering Your Own Path to Personal Freedom. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. <http://www.readingforyoursuccess.com/about/inspiration>.




3. "The Road Not Taken by ~Anachronist84 on DeviantART." Anachronist84 on DeviantART. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. <http://anachronist84.deviantart.com/art/The-Road-Not-Taken-50928248?offset=10>.




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5. "Fall Pictures: For Autumn Splendor Year Round." Squidoo : Welcome to Squidoo. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. <http://www.squidoo.com/fall-pictures>.


6. MUSIC - Hans Zimmer - "Cry"

Multi-Modal Poem: The Road Not Taken

I decided to do Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken."

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

 

 The Road Not Taken, is a poem that consists of four stanzas, five lines each and has a rhyming scheme of ABAAB. Most people have read this poem in school in an English class, or have seen it on a hallmark card, but never really find the real meaning of this poem. Robert Frost says in the poem, "Though as for that, the passing there had worn them really about the same." Speaking about both of the roads that he stands before, he sees that they are "worn the same," therefore, neither road is really less traveled. The decisions that we make in life are ultimately the "roads" we travel down. Later in the poem, he states how he will look back on this moment and he sighs. He realizes that at some point in his life, he may regret his decision of the road he took, or at least think about the other road and what that road may have taken him too. The last two lines of this poem leave a hopeful and inspiring feel for the reader; however, the poem is called, "The Road Not Taken," not, "The Road Less Traveled." This is a significant part of the meaning behind this poem. This suggest a theme of "Carpe Diem," or, seize the day. There is no RIGHT path but rather in that moment of having to decide, just the one you choose to take, and the one you don't.

 

 Murray states, "...students must learn how the imagination is required for logical, reasoned, claim-based argument; how the emotions are not only omnipresent but integral to image and textual production;" I believe that this poem is great for what Murray says. There are many descriptive sentences, and hidden themes that can make a students' imagination run wild. There is a lot of interpretation that can be taken away from, "The Road Not Taken," and with those interpretations, creativeness will happen. To further back up this theory, Murray also states, "All symbolization, including traditional notions of language, is based in image because our brains function through image." This means that when reading words, we immediately start picturing things in our head that we think the words are portraying. Overall, this written text can be made into an amazing multi-modal piece that can help students really get the true meaning of the poem.