Road Not Taken

Why are lines 1-5 important to the poem?

• They create a relaxing mood

• They establish the narrator is frustrated

• They introduce the topic of the poem.

• They describe the conflict of the poem

What does the poem mean when it says "And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black" (11-12)

• The roads are both dark and gloomy

• One path looks more dangerous than the other

• Neither of the paths have been used today

• There are black footprints all over both paths

What does the narrator mean when he says "Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back." (13-15)

• He says he will come back, but knows he won't return

• He wants to save the better of the paths for next time

• He would come back for the other path later

• He is going to walk back immediately afterward to try the other path

The poems fork in the road is...

• A simile for life's decisions

• A metaphor for life's decisions

• A metaphor for all road leading to the same place

• A metaphor of the importance of nature preservation

In the eighth line of the poem "Because it was grassy and wanted wear" we can see an example of (a)

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• metaphor

• personification

What is the overall theme of the poem?

• Life contains many decisions

• We should appreciate the little things

• Always make the less popular choice

• Don't do something just because other people do it