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Florida Institute of Technology The Road Not Taken Poem Discussion

 

after reading Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” respond to all of the following questions in your initial post:

  • Why do you think taking the road less traveled “has made all the difference” to the narrator?
  • Have you ever had to choose between two diverging roads or paths? [These don’t need to be literal roads. It could be two career paths, two big life choices, etc] How did you choose which one to take? How do you feel when looking back at this decision?
  • What are the challenges that arise in “taking the road less traveled”? What are the benefits?
  • Why do you think this poem is titled “The Road Not Taken”? Why not “The Road Taken”?

Response parameters: A minimum of 250 words

Respond to at least one of your classmates (around 100 words).

Try your best to engage with your classmates using one or more of the following strategies:

1. Summarize what you think your classmate has articulated in their initial post.

2. Point out where you are in agreement with your classmate’s post but be specific. Highlight a specific example or point they made.

3. Point out where you are not in agreement with your classmate’s post but be specific. Explain your count-point.

4. Quote directly from the reading that you are both responding to make in order to make it clear what exactly in the text you are referring to.

5. Ask questions.

6. Build upon a point made by a classmate.

7. Draw upon your own experiences to explain how you connected.

8. Reach out to your fellow classmate and be encouraging, enthusiastic, interested, inquisitive, thoughtful, and respectful.