The Road Not Taken   Poetic Devices

• Four, five-line stanzas with an ABAAB rhyme scheme
• Line 1 – imagery: yellow wood (creating an image for the
  reader)
• Line 1 (and poem) – symbolism: the road can be symbolic of
  life and the choices one must make.
• Yellow: could also indicate fall or cowardly feelings
• Lines 7&8 – personification: make the road seem human in
  its desires
• Line 8 – alliteration: “wanted wear”