Poetry Analysis George Harrison “Any Road” lyrics
Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

The song by George Harrison and the poem by Robert Frost are heavily symbolic. By their titles, you can anticipate that you will be reading about a journey and the consequences of being on that road.

For the song (Harrison) and the poem (Frost), identify the following, responding with full sentences:

Narrator (point of view from which it is told)=
Impact (What are the different ways that you think an audience would react to it?)=
What specific words indicate tone? (how the poet feels towards the subject)=
What specific words indicate mood? (feeling that the reader/audience gets)=
Symbolism (what symbols do you see? What do they represent? How do they contribute to the content of the poem/song?)=

George Harrison “Any Road”
Narrator (point of view from which it is told)=
Impact (What are the different ways that you think an audience would react to it?)=
What specific words indicate tone? (how the poet feels towards the subject)=
What specific words indicate mood? (feeling that the reader/audience gets)=
Symbolism (what symbols do you see? What do they represent? How do they contribute to the content of the poem/song?)=

Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
Narrator (point of view from which it is told)=
Impact (What are the different ways that you think an audience could react to it?)=
What specific words indicate tone? (how the poet feels towards the subject)=
What specific words indicate mood? (feeling that the reader/audience gets)=
Symbolism (what symbols do you see? What do they represent? How do they contribute to the content of the poem/song?)=

Robert Frost maintains that "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference, " while George Harrison claims that, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." This is an example of a conversation about choices vs. fate.

Which writer is talking about fate? Which writer is talking about the freedom of choice? Explain what you think by citing lines directly from the poem and the song, to back up your interpretation. One paragraph for the song, and one paragraph for the poem!