The road not taken

The road not taken (1915) - Robert Frost
March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963
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The road not taken (1915) - Robert Frost
March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Video

Stanza 1
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;

Slide 3 - Slide

What is the rhyme schem of this stanza?
would/ both/ stood/ could/ growth

Slide 4 - Open question

What does the word 'yellow' imply?
A
the type of tree
B
the time of year
C
the time of day
D
all of these

Slide 5 - Quiz

Stanza 2
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,

Slide 6 - Slide

What do these lines mean?
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

Slide 7 - Open question

Stanza 3
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.

Slide 8 - Slide

What literary device is used here?
wanted wear
A
assonance
B
personification
C
alliteration
D
onomatopoeia

Slide 9 - Quiz

How do these line relate to life?
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

Slide 10 - Open question

Stanza 4
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.

Slide 11 - Slide

Is the speaker happy with the choice he made? Why do you say yes/no?

Slide 12 - Open question

Are the stanzas in this poem
A
Couplets
B
Quatrains
C
Quintets
D
Sestets

Slide 13 - Quiz

What could the roads be a metaphor for?

Slide 14 - Open question