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Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken'

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Vaibhav Bhardwaj
Ms. Kanika Dang
Thesis Paper
26th November 2016

One inconsiderate decision can mutate one’s life completely

Rightly said byEleanor Roosevelt, “In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” The choices a person makes in life are ultimately responsible for their future, yet a person can never go back to the past and experience other possibilities.The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost deals with the dilemmas that a man faces when he has to choose between two roads he comes across while walking in the woods. The two roads described by the poet are symbols of challenges and choices that life has to offer. …show more content…

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