Question

Read Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." What are two key themes of this 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.



A.We are faced with choices between good and bad.

B. It is necessary to make choices in life.

C. Choices are not mandatory.

D. Choices shape a person’s life.

Answer 1

You can eliminate C right away, which leaves you with A, B, and D. Personally, I would choose B and D. When choosing paths in life, its often important to make tough decisions. And these choices sometimes are dependent on your future, making the answer B and D.

Answer 2

B. It is necessary to make choices in life.

Note that as a traveler, one is trying to get somewhere and that they must continue to travel no matter what, as the road signifies their life, and the branching of the road signifies their choices in life.

Note: "And sorry I could not travel both , And be one traveler, long I stood"

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Now there are many choices in life, and one can choose to follow the footsteps of others, or set off by one self.

Note: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. "

In this case, the main character decided that he wanted to set off on his own and try to change the way he lived his life, in cutting out his own path, and doing what he likes. "..And that has made all the difference. "

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These quotes show that B. It is necessary to make choices in life, as without making a choice, one will be stuck in where they are, and cannot move on in life.

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