This poem is an example of an extended metaphor.
A metaphor is a comparison between two things that are not alike. In this case, a road and life are being compared. In this extended metaphor, the speaker never actually makes a direct comparison between life and the road. In other words, he does not say life is a road. Yet the entire poem implies it.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took...
In response to the argument that the British have protected the colonies, Thomas Paine argues that while this is technically true, the British have only done so for their own economic gain--not out of a feeling of altruism.
Answer:
Walk toward First Street
Explanation:
Alliterations have words that begin with the same letter in them.
Griping, Grief
Faint, Fear
Dank, Dew, Dry
The third choice is the only one without any alliteration in it.
