Themes (Junior Cert English): Flashcards
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Main theme of 'The Road Not Taken'
Main theme of 'The Road Not Taken'
Choice and consequence
How do choices affect the future in poem?
How do choices affect the future in poem?
Shape a person's future
Famous line about path less travelled
Famous line about path less travelled
I took the one less travelled by, made all the difference
Retracing course after decision made
Retracing course after decision made
Impossible to retrace
Second theme in poem
Second theme in poem
The passage of time
How does life move (passage of time theme)?
How does life move (passage of time theme)?
Life moves forward
Consequences of small decisions over time
Consequences of small decisions over time
Unexpected and irreversible
Effect of time on past decisions
Effect of time on past decisions
Adds meaning to them
Third theme in poem
Third theme in poem
Individualism and nonconformity
Which path speaker chose
Which path speaker chose
One less travelled by
Actual similarity of the two roads
Actual similarity of the two roads
Worn really about the same
What poem's ambiguity questions
What poem's ambiguity questions
If choices define us or we shape narratives in hindsight