The Road Not Taken



“The Road Not Taken”

1-) Paraphrase the poem.

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.

2-) Summary of the poem:

3-) Identify examples of literary elements. Be sure to label each element and describe/explain it.

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.

4-) Who is the speaker?

5-) What is the tone?

6-) What is the theme?

7-) Does the poem rhyme? If so, what’s the rhyme scheme?

8-) Does the poem have rhythm?

9-) How does the speaker contradict himself in lines 8-12?

10-) Why is line 13 an example of irony?

11-) What does line 12 reveal about the two paths?

12-) Why does the speaker say he will be “telling this with a sigh” in the future?

13-) Why do you think Frost titled this poem “The Road Not Taken” instead of “The Road Taken”?

14-) Why do you think the roads in the poem are in the woods? Think about what the woods often symbolizes.

15-) What do you think the speaker means when he says that he “kept” the first road for another day? How do we know that he realizes his choice of paths is final?

16-) Why do you think the speaker’s choice “has made all the difference”?

17-) Create a graffiti wall that best captures what this poem means to your group.

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