The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
 

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. 

1.

What is the rhyme scheme of a stanza of this poem (using A and B)?

2.

What is the meter of this poem?

3.

What is the difference between the two roads Frost describes?

4.

Is the difference between the roads a visibly significant difference?

5.

What is Frost's explanation for why he probably won't get to travel the other road?

6.

We often refer to this poem as "The Road Less Traveled," but Frost titled it "The Road Not Taken." Does Frost's title affect your understanding of the poem? Explain your answer.

7.

Why do you think Frost says he will tell this with a sigh years from now?

8.

Why does Frost say that taking the road less traveled made all the difference? How can he know that, if he hasn't taken both roads?