The Appreciation of The road not taken.docx

1、The Appreciation of The road not taken英美诗歌赏析 院系:外国语学院 姓名：程萌 班级：0902 学号：40904042 The Appreciation of The road not takenThis poetry The road not taken was written by Robert Lee Frost, who was perhaps the most beloved poet and the most successful American poet widely accepted all over the world in the

2、20th century. Frost always wrote in a simple form with profound ideas. Most of his poems are shot and direct on the informational level, with simple diction. However, it would be a mistake to imagine that Frost is easy to understand just because he is easy to read. As a matter of fact, his poems wer

3、e very carefully constructed; the profound ideas are often delivered under the plain language and simple form. This poem is a very typical one, which can cause people to think about many things in life.From this poetry, I can not only appreciate its beauty as poetry but also learn Life philosophy, t

4、herefore I like it very much! First of all, I want to analyze beauty in form of this poetry. There are four stanzas together and five lines in each stanza. It is traditional iambic tetrameter and there are eight syllables in each line.Secondly, I want to analyze analyze sound of this poetry. The rhy

5、me scheme is “abba” and in conversational rhythm. From this point, we can see his excellent skill of writing.Thirdly, I want to analyze analyze artistic conception of this poetry. Before that, I must make a summary of it. The speaker stands in the woods, considering a fork in the road. Both ways are

6、 equally worn and equally overlaid with un-trodden leaves. The speaker chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. Yet he knows it is unlikely that he will have the opportunity to do so. And he admits that someday in the future he will recreate the scene with a slight twist

7、: He will claim that he took the less-traveled road. The poem begins as if the poet was walking in a wood in late autumn at a fork in the road. Why was it autumn? In my opinion, in this season people will feel sad of life and we are tend to consider about the real meaning of life, no matter in the p

8、ass, on this moment or in the future. So, the time also plays a very important role in expressing his centre theme. It seems that he was choosing which road he should follow. Actually, it implies the important decisions which one must make in life. One must give up one desirable thing in order to po

9、sses the other.In the next stanza, after the judgment and hesitation, the poet made up his mind to take the road which was grassy and wants wear. When I get some information of his whole life, I Believe that it was the symbol of poets choice of a solitarytaking up poetry writing as his profession.Th

10、en, in the third stanza, as his two roads were equally pretty, he felt pitiful for abandoning the other as soon as he made the choice. He knew that his promise of “next choice” will be nothing than an empty promise. It always happens in our real life. Once we have made a choice at a crucial point, w

11、e can never return back as everything is changing. From my viewpoint, we should be cautious when we arrive at that point.Last, the poet was imaging many years later when he is recalling the choice he made today, he would respond with nothing else but a sigh. The choice which you made before will hav

12、e a great influence on your life in the future. In ones whole life, there are may be three or four key moments that can decide future. So, everyone shall make the best choice in order to have a bright future.Robert Frost is a master at pulling a thread out of what looks like quite a simple theme. Th

13、is poem, as many of his poems, begins with the observation of nature. By the end, all the simple words condense into a serious, philosophical pro proposition: When anyone in life is confronted with making a choice, in order to possess something worthwhile, he has to give up something which seems as

14、lovely and valuable as the chosen one. Then, whatever follows, he must accept the consequence of his choice. It is impossible for him to return back to the beginning and have another chance to choose differently.This is also a symbolic poem. The“yellow wood” may symbolizes sophisticated society, in

15、which most people are likely to follow a profitable but easier way; each “road” symbolizes a possibility in life; the “traveler” symbolizes every individual in the human world; the “grassy and wanted wear” road symbolizes a solitary life style; while “the way leads to way” symbolizes the complicated

16、 circumstances of human world. It is said that the function of poetry is entertainment as well as education, and of course I can learn a lesson from this poem. The last sentence “And that has made all the difference” revile its theme, which is the choice we made before, epically at the key moment, w

17、ill decide our future life. Even though I am in my early twentieth, I can still realize the importance of making choice, which I have to admit that I am not good at it.In my mind, family、friendship and love play very important roles in our whole life, so we are not able to live without of them.In te

18、rms of family, when we are children of our parents, choice is important for us. Whats the reason? Lets think about it carefully, to university students, we are now adults and we will enter into the society and take up our responsibility to support family soon. Our parents are getting older and older

19、, so we have to try our best to let them live a happy life. However, it often happens that we spent all our time in earning money rather than accompanying our patens. Many people believe that only if they have enough money they can live a sweet life. However, they dont notice that there is something

20、 that cant be bought by money. Actually, money is important to everyone, which is the basic insurance of normal life. Whats more important to us is our family member. We should care about them when we have spare time. For example, our parents will leave us someday, if we are keeping on working and i

21、gnore them, maybe we will regret when we earn enough money but they are not with us any more. So, we must make choice very carefully toward our family members. Only if we stay together can we overcome any obstacles finally. No matter how busy we are, we should spare some time to accompany our famili

22、es, which is the best choice I believe!In terms of friendship, we will come across some problems with friends, even the best friend. Different people have different personalities、habits、preferences and attitudes toward thing, if we want to get along with others, we have to consider about other peopl

23、es thoughts. Therefore, we have two choices when problems appear, one of which is to understand friends and have a good communication with each other, and the other choice is to break up with friends and lose that friendship forever. Everyone has his or her good points and weak points, as friends we

24、 should help them to do better. In order to keep good relationships we have to learn to forgive other people. In fact, true friends are extremely important. A friend in need is a friend indeed. They are always ready to help us just as we are ready to help them. They will give us a hand without askin

25、g for any requirement. So, if we make a right choice we can obtain previous friendship. In terms of love, making choice seems extremely important. Everyone wants to find a suitable partner to get married. So when we are young we rarely realize the importance of cherishing people who are accompanying

26、 us now. We want to find a more excellent people to establish a family and we believe that he or she will appear soon. However, the reality is cruel. After many years, we may find that we made a wrong choice. The people who stayed with us before are just the most suitable partners. It is said that t

27、he first love is most pure and most people wont forget it in the whole life. Because of all kinds of reasons we break up with our lovers. Maybe we loved each other very deeply, but we separated due to other reasons. In my opinion, we should stick to our love except we dont love any more. If we give

28、him or her up wrongly, we will regret in the rest of life. From this point, we must make a wise choice when we meet this problem. In my opinion, communication is the most effective tool to solve problems between lovers. We should speak it out whatever our feeling is and then we can find satisfactory

29、 solutions. All in all, love is a kind of scared thing. We shall cherish it and take all factors into consideration. Never make a choice hastily! Apart from the three emotions, career is surely also an important part to our life. Now, we are just students and study is our job. In our study, making c

30、hoice is also a kind of art I think. We shall study hard so as to have a good future, or we will live a poor life maybe. For most common people “Knowledge is power” is true, so we must fighting when we are young. Of course, some talents are very gifted, and they have special ways to achieve success

31、except from receiving normal education. That is also a kind of choice. In the future, we will have our own jobs. What kind of job is suitable for us? How can we do it better? Shall I work in this company or another? All of those questions need carefully thinking. Whats more, every choice you make will have a lasting influence in life. So, we must try our best to make a choice wisely!All in all, the poetry is worthy of being read, I believe that I can get deeper feelings when I become old. I really love this poem in my heart!