Question

Read the last stanza of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." Why is it significant that the two roads diverged?

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.
from "The Road Not Taken"
by Robert Frost
ОА. The speaker is recalling, "with a sigh," how difficult it had been for him to choose the more traveled or the less tra
the two roads. The forked road is a metaphor for the inherent duality in the natural world.
OB. One of the forks in the road represents the speaker in his youth when he chose a road; the other stands for the sp-
"ages and ages hence." The forked road is a metaphor for the many contradictions found in nature.
OC. The speaker is relieved that he chose the road of moral living over one of temptation and ruin, which would have co
the other path.
OD
The speaker is imagining what it might be like to describe his choice of a life path after he has taken that path to co
end.
reserved.

Answer 1

A. The speaker is recalling, "with a sigh," how difficult it had been for him to choose the more traveled or the less traveled of the two roads. The forked road is a metaphor for the inherent duality in the natural world.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this poem, the author talks about life through a metaphor. He describes life as a walk through the forest, in which a person has to decide what path he or she wants to take. The author reflects on the difficulty of making that choice. He also realizes that his life turned out to be a certain way because he chose a certain path. The two paths represent the possible choices people can make in life, and the impact that these have in determining their future.