Marc Ian B.

Cadayona 02-03-2020
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XI-STEM C 21 Century Literature
WORKSHEET WEEK 7
Evaluation:
1. Figures of speech in the poem, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.
1. Two roads diverged in a yellow road, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference  Metaphor

2. Two roads diverged in a yellow road  Imagery

3. Because it was grassy and wanted  Personification

4. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both  Apostrophe

5. And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the underground
Then took the other, as just as fair  Simile

2. Categorize and give explanation on the biographical, linguistic, and

socio-cultural context of the poem and author using the table below.
Biographical Linguistic Socio-cultural
The author, Robert The poem uses different The poem depicts, in a
Frost, in the poem, tells figures of speech to metaphoric way, how
the story of his friend make the story more hard it is in life to make
making life-changing interesting and deep. decisions especially
decisions which can when it can impact a
never be reversed back. person or a society
greatly.
Marc Ian B. Cadayona 02-03-2020
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XI-STEM C 21 Century Literature
Explanation
Biographical – The poem, “The Road Not Taken”, was inspired by the author’s real-life
friend, Edward Thomas, who unintentionally was influenced by Frost to be enlisted in
World War I. His life-changing and regrettable decision has inspired this poem to be
released. Later on, Thomas died in 1917 in the Battle of Aras.

Linguistic – The poem was intended to have words and figures of speech like metaphor,
personification, and simile, just as a gentle mocking of Thomas’s decision.

Socio-cultural – It was made also to inspire readers to think before one should decide
because in our society, there are a lot of significant choices that we should make in
order to succeed like deciding a course for college or choosing an answer from a
multiple choice test. They may be a lot of open doors and opportunities in life, but there
must be one decision we should make and all of the choices must be carefully
examined