He doubts he will do it because once you go down one road, it keeps leading to other roads.ħ Paraphrase Continued Stanza 4 (CS): He says he sees his future self telling this story with a sigh. He promises to go back to the other road one day. He realizes BOTH paths are covered with leaves no one has stepped on yet (that’s why they’re not “black”). However, foot/horse traffic had actually “worn” the intersection equally.Ħ Paraphrase Continued Stanza 3 (CS): It’s morning.

So, he takes his time and tries to look down one path but can’t see all the way because the path curves and his vision gets blocked by bushes and plants.ĥ Paraphrase Continued Stanza 2 (CS): He decides instead to take the other path which is pretty and is probably the better choice because it was still grassy (e.g., nobody had been on it that season). Stanza 1 (CS): A traveler comes to a fork in the road and is sorry he can’t go on both paths. You can’t get this part wrong just try to make an educated guess (Pretend it’s your hypothesis and the rest of the TPCASTT is an experiment to see if your hypothesis was right.) T- Title What do you think the poem will be about based on the title? (Complete sentence CS) I think the poem will be about _ because_. It’s a method for analyzing poetry: T: Title (What do you think this poem will be about?) P: Paraphrase (Literal Meaning) C: Connotation (Interpretation) A: Attitude/Tone S: Shifts (Time, Tone, Speaker, etc.) T: Themes (Life lessons/message) T: Title again (What does it mean to you now after analyzing the poem?) Treat this page as a reference page.ģ Begin TP-CASTT for “TRNT” (p. Presentation on theme: 'TP-CASTT: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost'- Presentation transcript:ġ TP-CASTT: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

The road not taken summary stanza 3