Figurative Language Meaning
A comparison of two unlike things without the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
What are thick bushes and plants?
What is undergrowth?
How does the speaker feel about his choice at the end of the poem?
What is reflective or thoughtful?
What do the roads symbolize?
What is choices or decisions in life?
How many stanzas are in the poem?
What is four?
When something stands for something else or represents a bigger idea.
What is symbolism?
What is in the future?
What is hence?
Where does the poem take place?
What is a forest?
What type of figurative language is "wanted wear"?
What is personification?
Why does the author repeat "Two diverged"?
What is to emphasize the importance of the choice?
A word that makes the sound it states.
What is onomatopoeia?
In the line "where it bent in the undergrowth," what does bent meant most nearly mean?
What is curved?
What decision does the speaker have to make?
What is which road to take?
Which line shows imagery?
What is two diverged in a yellow wood?
What is to show that the roads are actually the same?
A descriptive language that helps the reader see, hear, feel, smell, or taste something.
What is imagery?
What is walked on?
What is trodden?
Why can't the speaker take both roads?
What is because the speaker can only travel one path?
What type of figurative language is used when the road represent choices?
What is symbolism?
Why is stanza 4 important to the poem?
What is to show reflection on the choice late in life?
When an object or item is given human characteristics or qualities.
What is personification?
What is split into different directions?
What is diverged?
What is the poem mostly about?
What is making a choice and thinking about its impact?
What type of figurative language is used throughout the poem to compare life to a journey?
What is an extended metaphor?
How does the order of the stanza help the reader understand the speaker's experience?
What is the stanzas' move from noticing the choice, to making the decision, to realizing the roads are similar, and finally to reflecting on the choice late in life?