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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;

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.

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is in the public domain.


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Diverge (verb) : to separate from another route or go in a different direction
a dense growth of shrubs and other plants, especially under trees in woodland
lacked
crushed, flattened, or walked upon

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Which statement best describes the significance of lines 13-15 on the meaning of the poem?


A. The speaker is not worried they made the wrong choice because they can return to take the other road.
B. The speaker is worried they took the more traveled road and will not be able to return to take the less traveled one.
C. The speaker understands that taking one opportunity will likely prevent them from going back to take another.
D. The speaker believes that they will be able to take all of the opportunities presented to them at some point in life.
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C. The speaker understands that taking one opportunity will likely prevent them from going back to take another.

Lines 13–15 show the speaker initially plans to save the other road "for another day," but then admits "knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back," meaning choices tend to lead forward and make returning unlikely—so choosing one path forecloses the other.