“Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we are proud of. Some will haunt us forever. The message: we are what we choose to be.” -Graham Brown. Two poems, “Choices” by Nikki Giovanni and “Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, is about facing decisions they must overcome. After lots of error and thought, they come to an impactful conclusion. Both narrators’ reflections on choices demonstrates how they are tricky to make but result in confidence and a further understanding, however, in contrast each are facing different types of decisions and outcomes;similarities are emphasized when both make their choice and learn from the experience, differences are shown through the perspective of each narrator’s situation. Both poems, “Choices” and “There …show more content…
“If i can’t have what i want...then my job is to want what i’ve got’’(Giovanni 9-12) This shows how even when the narrator knows her limit, she didn’t settle for the least, but strived for the best of her capability. This is demonstrated by connotation in the lowercase “i” standing for weakness, however,the narrator stays strong, even when there was a negative outcome, she evolved her negative result into a positive goal. “Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim.” ( Frost 6-7) This is proven when he chose the path less worn connoting that he took a path many others didn’t. This is emphasized because, not knowing where the paths lead to, the narrator chooses his path through his perspective of each path; showing, looks along with background knowledge can influence your final decisions. This shows, how all life choices are similar but different as well, some take lots of thought, some won’t matter or affect life as much; revealing, all choices have different