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Gentle And Want Wear: Poem Analysis

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In line eight, I believe the reason of this saying ”Because it was grassy and wanted wear” meant that the speaker is telling us why the path is better in his opinion. I believe the meaning of this line is that he was looking at both path and realized that one seems to be better than the other. I believe this supports what I believe the theme is because he his looking for details one why he should choose the path that he wants. I believe that he his choosing his path from finding details he is noticing to get to the right path that he wants to be in. He is paying close attention on which road he wants to take, one mistake can never be fixed but we can try to make it better so he want to choose the right one and not mess up because you have to

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