The Road Not Taken - Poetry Case

What's In a Step?

He steps on the field

To the fans, it is nothing more that the beginning of a game

And no one would ever really know what it meant, except him

Endless hours of drills,

Weight lifting,

Team meetings,

Pushing homework to the back burner

Pain--- oh the pain

Mental and physical

Driving him to reach deep within himself

Grasping on to a strength that only God can provide

Expectation

The ground beneath his feet turning

Yes, turning to water and carrying him to victory

He steps off the field

To the fans, it is nothing more that the end of a game

And no one will ever really know what it means, except him

A future

Growing out of character

Character forged through the pursuit of a dream

This is the first time I have ever written a poem or even truly read poetry. I have always been in awe of individuals who can just throw poems together like it is the easiest thing to do in the world. This is absolutely not the case for me, but it was very exciting to have a poem that I can call my own. Writing this poem made me learn so much about poetry and made me want to grow in my skills of writing poems in the future. I am now going to compare and contrast my poem to the "Mending Wall" and "Road Not Taken," which are both written by the famous poet Robert Frost.

"The Road Not Taken" is a poem written in iambic tetrameter, which is how Frost wrote the majority of all his poems. I wrote my poem in free verse because I am not a skilled enough poet to try and make it rhyme, but maybe someday I will get there. My goal is one day to write an actual satire and use it to get a girlfriend. "Mending Wall" was written in iambic pentameter, which is the most common form of English poetry.

I wrote my poem to focus on the character that is formed in playing sports and being an ultimate competitor. When an individual learns to push through trials and tribulations and give everything they have in a football game, I truly believe that their character will grow. My poem also sheds light on the fact that sometimes people will watch an athlete, or read someone's book and they will never know how