Life is exquisite but its not always straightforward, it has problems too, and the challenges which lies can either bring you up or down. The poem, The Long Road Ahead of You leaves an impression that life no doubt, is beautiful and every moment should be spent to the fullest .A person who hasnt encounter challenges, the pain and suffering, in life can never achieve success. The idea of the poem has clearly liable for this reaction. All of this is shown in the poem that is revealed through literary tools, such as figurative language, imagery, and sound devices. (Sub Idea) First of all, the figurative language embellish in this poem cast the overwhelming meaning of life, that life isnt simple. (Orientation) An excellent example of the effect of figurative language on the poems idea is through a metaphor. (Integration) The inanimate tenor, (Quote) road, of line 1 is given the connotations of animate, noun vehicle, which is life. (Explanation 1) These two words work together by suggesting that the road has the same challenges as life does. Base on the common ground between the two objects that is implied of the use of an adjective long the reader can see life as being long, growing and older. (Explanation 2) It further indicates that the road only has one path to follow, only that person can determine to whether or not to continue his or her life. (Conclusion) Its very clear that the tenor, which is the road, displays similar characteristics like Life itself. In addition to modifiers, verbs also work as personification, as in line 4. The verb talks is an example of an animate vehicle that is being compared to an inanimate tenor, slab. Talk is the action to speak in order to give information or expressing the idea or feeling, the slab is shown as parts of life that being going on, they could be short or big, which tells certain part lifes adventure difficulties. Sometimes not all problems are the same, each one has their specific difficulty and different outcomes in the near future. The connotations of slab endorse the choice of the vehicle to personify it and life difficulties in the poem. Another example of life isnt simple created by figurative language is through the use of similes. The word life is mentioned in line