Question 73
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.
Why did the speaker doubt that he "should ever come back"?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The line before says "knowing how way leads on to way".
Once he has taken one road, it will lead to further roads and choices, so the chance to come back is unlikely.
Worth noting
He says "I kept the first for another day", but the next lines admit that day may never come.
- Concept
- Following a speaker's reasoning
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