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What figure of speech is used in The Road Not Taken I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence two roadsdiverged in a wood and I I took the One Less Traveled by and that has made all the difference

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"The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem which was written by Robert Frost at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a metaphoric poem which refers to "choices in life". The figure of speech used in this poem includes:

metaphor: all the poem is a metaphor which stands for options in life.

personification: it (the road) was grassy and wanted wear,

alliteration: Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

assonance: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,


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