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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.

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Adapted from “The Road Not Taken,” in Mountain Interval, by Robert Frost, Public domain.

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Questions
Which stanza from the text best supports the idea that the speaker was happy to take either path?

Stanza 1

Stanza 2

Stanza 3

Stanza 4

Answer 1

Stanza 2

It says "Then took the other, as just as fair" and notes "Had worn them really about the same," showing the speaker thought both paths were equally acceptable.