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1: Poem
The
road not taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Rhetorical devices:
Ø Rhyme:
wood- stood-could; fair- wear-there; claim- same; lay-day-way; black- back;
sign-I-by.
Ø Metaphor:
road (one’s life or journey), fork (which way one has to take )
Ø Antithesis:
there are two ways to take but traveler could not take both because he is a single
person
Message:
A traveler comes to a fork in the road and needs to decide which
way to go to continue his journey. After much mental debate, the traveler picks
the road "less traveled by."
Item
2: A story
TRUE FRIENDS
This story is dedicated to all
those who believe in friendship.
Once upon a time there lived two
great friends in a hamlet near Jaipur. Jay and Vijay had been friends since
their childhood. Now, they were studying in a college, which was at far
distance from their place. In the way, they had to cross a river, pass hills
and sandy area too. They used to go to college together. Their friendship was
famous in college.
One rainy day the two friends
set out for college as usual. They were chatting while walking. Perhaps they
were discussing some point of atomic theory which was taught the previous day.
The two had different opinions which led to heated arguments. This was followed
by abusive language by both sides. Things got so bad that in a fit of anger Jay
slapped Vijay. Shell shocked Vijay stared at his friend and wrote on sand that
“today my best friend slapped me.” Both resumed their walk but now they were
silent.
Meanwhile, they reached the
river which was overflowing today. Vijay was not a good swimmer. He stepped
into the river but began to drown and flow with force of water in the direction
of the flood. Jay saw this and without thinking for a second jumped into the
river. With difficulty he could drag Vijay out of the river. He helped Vijay
restore his normal breath.
When Vijay became normal, he
wrote on a hill that “today my best friend saved my life.” Jay who was
observing all this could not help asking, “why did you write it on sand when I
slapped you and why are you writing on the hill when I’ve saved your life?”
Vijay replied that “we should soon forget wrong done by our friends and dear
ones as writing on sand gets erased in no time, but if they do something good
for us we should always remember their kindness just as writing on stones is
forever.” Saying this Vijay hugged his friends and two went to college as if
nothing had happened.
Rhetorical
device (s):
Metonymy: sand (mistakes, bad argument among people);
stone (true friendship, good relative); Vijay: embodiment of ones who are
selfless and scarifies to others.
Message:
Writing on sand is an action of forgiving others’
mistakes. All things written on sand must be flown to wind, water and nothing
left in mind. Nevertheless, writing on stone means to remember wonderful
moments in life.
Item
3: Cartoon
Rhetorical
device:
Overstatement: Arctic habitants, say, bears, have no
many iced places to stand but small pieces of floating ice.
Metaphor: action of teaching his son to swim denotes
that ice will smelt in near future. Hence, learning to swim is an emergency
solution before it is too late.
Message:
Inferential meaning is that global warming is
resulting in ice melting, which causes unwanted outcomes for arctic “dwellers”.
3. Unknown
* In the Item 1:
Trả lờiXóa- I think that "there are two ways to take but traveler could not take both because he is a single person" is not antithesis. I think it is not a rhetorical device because it is just a situation or a context in this poem.
- In my opinion, your message only explains the content of this poem. It is not the message the author want to give the readers. I consider that in this poem, the poetry wants to emphasize that: in our life, we should do the different things from other people although we may have many difficulties but after that you will get many experiences and become successful in the life.
* In the Item 2:
- I think that "sand" and "stone" is not metonymy. It is metaphor and antithesis. writing in sand implies the things people be easy to forget and writing in stone implies the things people can remember for a long time.
- The message here is that if in the friendship, we should forget the mistake and only remember the wonderful things about other
in item 3, i think it isn't overstatement. I think so!
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