Jane Horrocks

The poem “Her Kind,” written by Anne Sexton, is like a walk down the speaker’s memory lane; a dark and twisted memory lane. Anne Sexton, an American poet, was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1938 and at a point in her life she suffered from a mental breakdown; and eventually committed suicide (815). Sexton’s poem is written about the speaker’s past self and experiences; we could assume that the speaker of the poem is actually her. The speaker is reminiscing on many of the things that she has been in the past, for example, a witch and a caretaker. The poem seems to highlight the speaker’s personal experiences and attitudes, which gives the poem a significant and friendly tone. The readers do not know much about the speaker except that she is a woman and they can understand why the speaker’s life has been everything but normal. The poem “Her Kind” consists of three stanzas, each of which observes a different aspect of a woman and also, the speaker’s personal progression and experiences of these different characteristics. The author begins the poem with the first word being “I,” which explains who’s experiencing the different things that the speaker talks about. The word “I” attaches the readers to the speaker of the poem. The speaker immediately starts talking about and emphasizes on being a witch: a “possessed”, “lonely”, and “twelve-fingered” witch. With the word “possessed,” Sexton is proposing that at times a woman can be infatuated; meaning that from time to time, a…

As we grow older you run into many decisions that affect the outcome of your life. Sometimes you get stuck choosing between your friends and your future. The poem, "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost, tells the reader about how there are two "roads" to go down, the way everyone else is going, or going the opposite way to help better you. In my life I have made many choices that have affected me. Many of my choices are based upon my future rather than friends, because honestly you never know…

The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost is a short poem about a character who encounters with two roads that diverged in a yellow wood, and he has to choose which road to go. For the narrator it is impossible to see what lies ahead, he examines booth roads accurately and thinks that one road is less worn by passers that another. However, he realizes that both roads are likely equally traveled and complains that he will probably never return to take the other path. Moreover, the narrator thinks of…

"The Road Not Taken" describes a situation many individuals will face throughout life: which road is the right one to travel? Scholar John Savoie argues that, "the poem holds a place in virtually every Americans imagination from adolescence onward" (5). The narrator of the poem is described as taking "the road "less traveled by" (line 19). Robert Frost has skillfully written the poem to not only provide a situation many can relate to, but to challenge thought through his use of language in the…

Poetry Analysis of “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is made up of four stanzas of five lines each, and has iambic rhythm. By using symbolism, literary elements, and rhyme scheme, Frost is able to make readers think about choosing between diverging paths in a wood, and he sees that choice as a metaphor for choosing between different directions in life. “The Road Not Taken” has four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB, which means it is an…

While reading The Road Not Taken, I was able to grasp the author's intentions. I was able to compare this poem with the decisions we all have to make in life.Wr are often worried or concerned abut a decision we made. We often wonder if we have made the right decisions, and this can make us feel overwhelmed. I believe Robert Frost has interpreted most of the decisions we make in life into this poem of a man choosing which path to take in a "yellow wood". We have to make…

Instead of speaking, he pulled out a pen and paper and began to draw a large greater than sign. When he finished drawing, he said “This symbol represents the two different paths you can take in life. One of the roads will lead to success and the other will lead to failure. The farther you go down one road the harder it is to get back onto the other”. When I was just 14 years old I received a talk from my father that will forever pop into my head when I have a decision to make. I knew my father…

Throughout the course of Introduction to Literature, I read many short stories, poems, and even dramas. However, for the purpose of this paper, I chose the short story “The Worn Path” by Eudora Welty and the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Out of all the literature covered in class, these two pieces were the two I not only enjoyed the most but found myself relating to the most as well. The theme for “The Worn Path” is one that I developed being a mother for over 20 years, and the…

“The Road Not Taken” The Road Not Taken is a very metaphoric poem by Robert Frost in 1916. It has the rhyming scheme ABAAB. The poem was written for a friend of Roberts. In the beginning it explains the setting, a yellow wood, referring to a fall woods setting. The poem then explains that one path was destroyed with undergrowth and worn, and the other was grassy, yet appeared quite the same in terms of wear. In The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost suggests that acknowledging and making risky…

Recently, I had a chance to read “The Road Not Taken”, one of the most familiar and popular poems of Robert Frost. The poem was about two different directions, which indicate the paths in life. The narrator did not know what they will be, but he had to make a decision on one of them, and he regretted on another way. He took the road that less traveled by because he might be different than everyone else. Moreover, the poetry represented that every road has both misfortune and pleasant surprises.…