Asked by Anonymous

What is the plot in the poem,

"The Road Not Taken" and "O Captain! My Captain!"
Answered by Reed
Read the poems and decide for yourself.
Answered by Reed
http://www.literarydevices.net/plot
Answered by Anonymous
That's not helping!
Answered by Reed
Does either poem HAVE a plot as in a story told with a beginning, middle and end?
Answered by Reed
Okay. "The Road Not Taken" has a "plot" in that the speaker reaches a fork in the road while walking in the woods. After that, it's a rumination on making choices in one's life. "O Captain..." is a lament on the death of President Lincoln. It has no story per se. I don't know what the person who wrote this question wants you to say.
Answered by Reed
Poems (and essays) do not have to tell a story, but often are explorations of ideas or feelings and often are observations of the world around us or one's reactions to the world around us.
Answered by Anonymous
Why do you think the author wrote both of these poems?
Answered by Reed
Robert Frost and Walt Whitman were not one author. See above as to why.
Answered by Anonymous
Huh?
Answered by Reed
"Poems...often are explorations..." So, what was Frost exploring? What was Whitman reacting to? THINK.
Answered by Reed
My response above that one tells you what the poets were doing. As to why? Why write anything, ever? Exploring ideas and feelings are valid reasons to write about them.
Answered by Anonymous
I still don't understand
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