Poem+Comprehension

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 marked 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.

13. __The Thought Fox__
I imagine this midnight moment’s forest:  Something else is alive  Beside the clock’s loneliness  And this blank page where my fingers move.

Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness:

Cold, delicately as the dark snow, A fox’s nose touches twig, leaf; Two eyes serve a movement, that now And again now, and now, and now

Sets neat prints into the snow Between trees, and warily a lame Shadow lags by stump and in hollow <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Of a body that is bold to come <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Across clearings, an eye, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A widening deepening greenness, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brilliantly, concentratedly, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Coming about its own business <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It enters the dark hole of the head. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The window is starless still; the clock ticks, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The page is printed.

- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The two poems that really sent a strong meaningful message to the readers in my opinion were “The Thought Fox” and “The Road Not Taken”. They both were very dark, deep, and touching poems. The theme of “A Road Not Taken” is about how everyone must take risks in their lives because people will have to take responsibilities sooner or later and not just follow everyone around. This theme relates to “The Thought Fox” because in “The Thought Fox”, the writer decides to not be afraid of the fox, he stays and watches. He takes a huge risk and it ends up being a huge inspiration on his writing. The last line in “The Thought Fox” had a huge impact on this poem. “The page is printed.” It states that the fox was just his imagination and it ended up being an inspiration to make this poem. The last line in “The Road Not Taken" also had a big part of the poem. “And that has made all the difference.” When you read that last line you realize how taking risks makes a huge difference in your life and you have to accept those differences. The poem “The Road Not Taken” had a more meaningful conclusion because it was like an inspiration to my life, while in the other poem it was only an inspiration to the writer’s life. Both these poems did have strong conclusions, inspirational writing, and they both had a fair amount of poetic devices.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The poem “The Road Not Taken” was like a giant metaphor to reality, while “The Thought Fox” was more of a fantasy type poem. In “The Road Not Taken” it compares the roads as being different choices in life. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” “The Thought Fox” seemed like a fantasy type poem because it was the writer’s imagination, as explained in this quote: “Cold, delicately as the dark snow, a fox’s nose touches twig, leaf;” There is a good example of repetition in “The Thought Fox”. “Two eyes serve a movement, that now, and again now, and now, and now.” This describes that the fox is moving swiftly from tree to tree and its like the eyes are everywhere. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” the word “I” is repeated a lot to help get the message across that it isn’t their choice it is our own. The words “ages and ages” was another example of repetition in this poem, which helped to say that the road is obviously very old. “I imagine this midnight moment’s forest.” This is an example of alliteration from the poem “The Thought Fox”. When the author used “midnight moment’s” it gives the forest more description. In the other poem there is no alliteration because it doesn’t really seem like the poem even needs it. It already describes in such detail without alliteration. The main poetic device in the paragraph “The Road Not Taken” was a metaphor because it isn’t literally deciding which road to drive on, and in the other poem it is just a giant dream or imagination.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">These two poems were a huge inspiration to my life because of the message that they both sent. “The Road Not Taken” inspired me to take risks, move on in life, and not to do something because everyone else did it. “The Thought Fox” gave me the inspiration to never give up on writing or anything because the thought will come to you eventually. I like how "The Road Not Taken" was such a deep and touching poem while, "The Thought Fox" was more of a sorrowful poem because of how the writer seemed really lonely. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Though deeper within darkness i<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">s entering the loneliness". <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">These poems were very well written, and most likely sent a deep message to everyone that has read them.