Wed. Oct 16

The Road not Taken by Robert Frost

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 marked 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.

Robert Frost

Questions: Please complete in full sentences.

1.       How many stanzas in the poem?

2.       What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

3.       What is happening in the poem? This is the literal interpretation of the poem.

4. A    Why do you the author wrote this poem, explain giving full details.

    B    Give an example of imagery in the poem and then explain if you think the imagery was used effectively.

5. How would you interpret this poem metaphorically or on a deeper level?

6. From your reading of the poem do you think the speaker was happy with his choice to take a different path? Explain why you think the way you do/what are your reasons for thinking the way you do?

7. What is your opinion of this poem like/don’t like why or why not?