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Forward Motion
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FORWARD MOTION Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” was written back in1916, yet its message is timeless. Robert Frost has taken the moment-to-moment occurrence of decision-making and transformed it into a literary work we are able to visualize with our minds eye. Frost idealized this process to create a long lasting impression that would be a source of inspiration and encouragement to all its readers. Frost begins his poem at the fork of two roads. He knows he must keep moving forward, but his dilemma is choosing which road to take. In an effort to explain the difficulty in this decision Frost begins by writing: Two roads diverged in yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both, And be one traveler, (719 ) Frost first line say’s “Two roads diverged in yellow wood”. Frost could have simply said two roads separated in yellow wood, but this would have taken away from the deeper meaning. Websters Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary defines diverge as “to move lie or extend in different directions from a common point: branch off.” We are always at a common point or a point of origin when new roads or decisions are placed in front of us. The decision to select the correct path is so critical, Frost daydreams of traveling both roads simultaneously. Have we not been in this position at one time or another? This would be such a perfect world if we where able to experience multiple directions simultaneously, and be one traveler.
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