Title: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
Reading Comprehension:
- What is the setting of the poem?
- What is the speaker’s dilemma in the poem?
- How does the speaker describe the two roads?
- Why does the speaker choose the road he takes?
- What does the speaker mean by “wanted wear”?
- What does the speaker mean by “the passing there had worn them really about the same”?
- What does the speaker mean by “leaves no step had trodden black”?
- Why does the speaker keep the first road for another day?
- What does the speaker mean by “knowing how way leads on to way”?
- What is the significance of the last stanza in the poem?
Answers:
- The setting of the poem is a yellow wood.
- The speaker is torn between two paths and cannot decide which one to take.
- The speaker describes one road as grassy and the other as bending in the undergrowth.
- The speaker chooses the road that is grassy and less traveled.
- “Wanted wear” means that the road was less traveled and needed someone to walk on it.
- The speaker means that both roads had been used by travelers and were equally worn.
- “Leaves no step had trodden black” means that no one had walked on the leaves, leaving them undisturbed.
- The speaker keeps the first road for another day because he hopes to come back and explore it later.
- “Knowing how way leads on to way” means that once a decision is made, it leads to more choices and paths.
- The last stanza suggests that the speaker took the road less traveled, and that choice has made a significant impact on his life.
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