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Term Paper Title	Imagery, Polyvalence And Metaphor Develop “The Road Not Taken” Into ‘Everyman’s’
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Imagery, Polyvalence and Metaphor Develop “The Road Not Taken” Into ‘Everyman’s’ Poem

     In 1915, Robert Frost penned a poem that some have dubbed “Everyman’s Poem.”  The poem
speaks of a person who came to a fork in a road and had to make a decision as to which way he or she
would proceed.  Literally speaking, many readers can associate some point in their travels with this event.
However, the reader soon realizes that Frost intended a deeper meaning in the poem.  Frost used various
techniques to include this deeper meaning.  The most significant of these conventions are metaphor,
imagery and polyvalence.  Through these conventions Frost developed a poem which most readers can
relate to their own lives.  Everyone, at some point, has had to make a decision that would be unalterable.
However, through these conventions, Robert Frost has presented a major facet of life to the reader in the
form of a road.
     From the first line in the piece, the reader begins to develop a mental picture of a road that forks in
a wood.  He describes the wood as “yellow,” which gives the reader the impression of autumn.  He
continues by saying, “To where it bent in the undergrowth;” which further develops the reader’s mental
image of the scenery (5).  Also, in the second stanza, Frost writes that the speaker made a decision on one
road “Because it was grassy and wanted wear;” (8).  This further deepens the reader’s sense of the scenery.
All of this imagery is used to familiarize the reader with the surroundings.  This, in turn, allows the reader
to relate to the poem on a literal level.  The imagery allows the reader to develop a mental picture of where
the character of the poem stands.
     The deeper meaning, however, is developed throughout the piece by Frost’s use of metaphor and
polyvalence.  Many readers of today have heard the phrase “The Road of Life.”  Robert Frost uses his
“road” to promote the same idea.  The reader develops an idea that the road represents the path of life; the
fork represents the...

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