The Road Not Taken: Robert Frost's Lesser Known Poems
Under "The Road Not Taken," click on the second link-to know more about the background to this poem. Frost said that he wasn't a regretful person and that "The Road Not Taken" was inspired by a friend who worried about past decisions. The poet sees the poem as a type of irony. Do you find that tone in the poem? Reread the poem and examine your attitude toward the divided road and its meaning in your life. Then click on the fourth link-for a touching story. . . . Which interpretation does this writer appear to have? Write a journal entry exploring these ideas.

The Nobel Foundation: Pablo Neruda
The Nobel Foundation offers this page on Neruda, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Read the biographical information on Neruda, and then think about the speaker in "We Are Many." Do you think Neruda’s life demonstrates the sentiments of the speaker in his poem? In the Web Links Activity Log, write a paragraph comparing Neruda’s real-life experiences with the feelings of the speaker in the poem.