The Road Not Taken Rhetorical Analysis

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When writing poems, you can always find an essential message. In poetry you can find a connotation or denotation. A connotation is an idea or feeling that invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Denotation is the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. In the poems “The Road Not Taken” and “Choices” the author uses connotations and denotations. Both the connotation and denotation can contribute the essential message in poetry. First of all, the author of the poem “The Road Not Taken” uses connotations to develop the poem’s essential message. The way the author uses connotations to develop the poem’s essential message is by putting words or sentences with different meanings.