Question 74
HardOriginal 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.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence" suggests that the speaker
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: C
Explanation
A sigh can mean regret, relief or longing. The speaker does not say which.
Imagining himself telling the story "with a sigh" shows he expects to feel something complicated about the choice, not simple pride.
Worth noting
The last line, "that has made all the difference", is often read as pure triumph, but the sigh before it makes that reading too simple.
- Concept
- Identifying a speaker's attitude
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