Question 71
MediumOriginal questionTwo roads 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 ;_
_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 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 :
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
What is the poem mainly about?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: C
Explanation
The speaker stands where two roads divide, can take only one, chooses, and imagines looking back on the choice "ages and ages hence".
The roads stand for choices, and the poem is about what choosing means.
Worth noting
The yellow wood and the leaves set the scene; they are not the subject.
- Concept
- Finding the central idea of a poem
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