The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
(1) 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;
(6) 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,
(11) 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.
(16) 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 speaker uses the word “I” nine times in the poem. Read back through the poem to find
all of these places. What is the significance of this repetition? (RL5)
A. The repetition stresses the personal confidence that the speaker has in himself throughout
the poem.
B. The repetition stresses the relationship that the speaker has with his natural surroundings.
C. The repetition stresses the personal struggle in making a decision.
D. The repetition stresses the problems that the speaker deals with every day of his/her life.
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