Question

I am STILL trying to find 3 poetic devices in the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost:
Please advise if I am on the "right road" or could you put me on "the right path if I am wrong...

line 12 "In leaves no step had trodden black"--is imagery

line 19, 20 "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference" -- is symbolism

line 1 " Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"-- is personification (can a road really diverge?)

Thank you for your help!!!
Ash
I agree with your take on line 12. I think there is no personification in line 1, but there is definitely imagery in there. <b>Imagery is the poet's choice of language in order to create clear and vivid <u>images</u> in the reader's/listener's mind.</b>

There is irony in this poem, too, and that is more of what's reflected in lines 19 and 20.

The example of symbolism in this poem is the road itself -- it's symbolizing the "road of life" or a person's "path through life."

Go back to those links I've already given you and look up those terms so you're clear on them. Then find the examples in the lines.

http://www.answers.com/irony

http://www.answers.com/imagery

http://www.answers.com/symbolism

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