Ambiguity Robert Frost's “The Road Less Taken” and Blanche Farley's parody “The Lover Not Taken,” are two examples of poems that display strong poetic literary elements. When you look at Frost's poem from the surface it is simply a walk in the woods, leading to a fork in the road, and the speaker must decide which road to continue on. But the final stanza proves that the poem has much more meaning and actually deals with the metaphor of the road less traveled in the interesting journey of life. Farley's poem, however, is a parody of Frost's poem about a woman who has found herself longing for one man, but is promised to another. In a way this poem pokes fun at “important” life decisions and the repercussions that come with them, because in the future, does it really matter when all is said and done? Frost's poem has a theme that the choices the speaker makes now will affect the future on a large scale while in Farley's poem, the speaker's choices seem to have less weight on his future which is shown by the choice of words , by the rhyme scheme and tone. .Word choice in poetry is critical because the poet is trying to express some form of story in a limited amount of physical words, so each word is chosen strategically. “The Lover Not Taken” uses informal diction that is easier for the reader to understand and sheds light on the situation; while Robert Frost used middle diction, which is something educated people should be able to understand, making his poetry more serious in nature. Considering that the poem is a parody of "The Road Not Taken", the poet needed to shed light on the profound idea that Frost is implying in his poem, that every choice we make could make a difference in the future, so every choice it's important. ...... middle of paper ...... sensation. The tone of the parody is more comedic and makes light of the decision to cheat on the man she was promised to. Frost's poem is more serious and emphasizes that every decision is very important. Farley's tone in lines 21-22 stays true to her thematic presence because the woman seizes the moment and makes the decision to follow her desire rather than reason. The comedic tone allows the reader to understand that life shouldn't always be taken so seriously, just do and have fun, not necessarily worry about things for the future. Choices are indeed an important thing in everyday life, what is for breakfast, what outfit to wear and so on. The point Farley is making with his parody of Robert Frost's serious view on life decisions is to not take every decision so seriously. Follow different paths, mix things up, and find new ways of doing things.