Road Not Taken (Frost)
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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; 5
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, 10
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. 15
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. 20
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; 5
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, 10
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. 15
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. 20
A.
Which road does the speaker take?
- the first road
- the road less traveled by
- the road that bends in the undergrowth
- the road that he or she looks down as fas as possible
B.
What is the setting of this poem?
- a quiet street on the edge of a town
- a forest in the middle of winter
- the back yard of a house in the country
- a wood with two roads in it
C.
The speaker of the poem wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between the roads.
What lines from the poem support this statement?
What lines from the poem support this statement?
- And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood
- 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
- Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,/I took the one less traveled by
D.
Based on the information in the poem, why might the second road have "wanted wear" and been "grassy?"
- because the second road was close to a stream that ran through the woods
- because the second road received a lot of sunlight
- because many people had taken the second road
- because few people had taken the second road
E.
What is the theme of this poem?
- giving up hope
- making a difficult choice
- enjoying the present moment
- having the courage to fight for something you believe in
F.
G.
What does "this" (line 16) refer to?
- the explanation of why the speaker chose the second road
- the place the speaker will be ages and ages from now
- the description of the first road bending in the undergrowth
- the leaves that lay on both of the paths in the yellow wood