What are the poetic devices used in The Road not Taken by Robert Frost and where they are found in the poem?

Answer 1

One poetic device is personification: "Because it was grassy and wanted wear "

He is saying that the grass wanted wear, but the grass does not have feelings or needs. So it is personification.

Imagery:

" Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" and " And both that morning equally lay/It leaves no step had trodden black" because they paint a very clear and descriptive picture in your mind.

Extended Metaphor:

Extended metaphor throughout the poem, representing different journeys and paths we take on our journey's.

Written in first person, gives it a personal tone, allowing the reader to observe workings of the persona's mind.

Tense:

in the last stanza frost changes the tense from past to future, when changing tenses he develops an anticipating, predective tone, showing he assumes he'll be happy of his choice to take the road less traveled by, when he looks back at it in the future.

Repetition:

" And sorry i could....."

" And be one traveler...."

"And looked down one as far..... "

This repetition shows extended deliberation over his decision.

Answer 2

The poetic devices used in "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost include metaphor, symbolism, and personification. Metaphors can be found when the speaker compares a decision to choosing a path in a forest. Symbolism is evident in the two diverging roads representing life choices. Personification is present when the roads are described as having attributes like wear and grass.

Answer 3

metaphor; in the first line