A.A.Q.3 Understanding ideas and topics far outside the regularity of everyday complications is extremely difficult, as well as communicating the ideas. Not everyday does a president get shot, or an individual have to make a decision that changes the course of their life dramatically. To aid in creating poetry which resonates with the majority of people, authors Robert Frost and Walt Whitman use repetition, metaphors, and sensory imagery in the poems, “The Road Not Taken”, and “O Captain, My Captain.” To emphasize a point to someone else, either shouting would be utilized, or the repetition of the main idea. The aforestated poets, Robert Frost and Walt Whitman, employ the stated tactic of repetition. Frost reiterates the phrase, “Two roads …show more content…
Virtual reality, and up close TV screens are easily accessible to the public, and are far more practical, but millions of people prefer to physically go to these places. Personal experiences give way to a world that is far more vivid than any virtual screen or projection; the sounds, the smells, the tastes, the feelings, and the sights obtainable are inimitable by mere pictures or videos. Robert Frost and Walt Whitman describe experiences that occurred to them, granting their readers the benefit of full imagery. In, “The Road Not Taken”, Frost describes a choice that ends up notably affecting an integral element of his life. He describes both options vividly; the “wood” was yellow, the wear on the figurative paths was different, and the enticing look of one led him to choose it. Whitman saw Lincoln as a hero, as many Americans did, and still do. Lincoln’s death was a heavy blow, and Whitman was able to capture the grief he felt, and translate it into words, for people to understand. Whitman uses words like cold, dead, fallen, still, mournful, and grim to convey his intentions for writing the poem. Imagery is memorably and admirably used by both poets in their respective poems, capturing their experiences and transforming them into words for us to