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The Road Metaphor

The Road Metaphor. Symbolizes a predetermined, mapped out path. Implies time can move in both directions. Cuts across the divide between nature and culture . The Road Metaphor.

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The Road Metaphor

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  1. The Road Metaphor

  2. Symbolizes a predetermined, mapped out path

  3. Implies time can move in both directions

  4. Cuts across the divide between nature and culture

  5. The Road Metaphor The road metaphor recurs across historical place and time and has found its way into many genres. The road metaphor is so embedded within an understanding of ourselves that it has even paved the way for its own genre – that of the Road Movie.

  6. Poetry

  7. Poetry • The Road Not Taken - written by American poet Robert Frost, published in 1916. Considered a classic. • An Autobiography in Five Short Chapters – written by Portia Nelson in 1993.

  8. 4 groups of 5 • Two groups to do An Autobiography, two groups to do The Road Not Taken. • Discuss and record your thoughts on the poems ready to report back

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