📖 The Poem

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, 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 be 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 travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

🔍 Part A: Understanding and Analysis

1. What is the setting of this poem?

A busy city street

A forest with two paths

A mountain top

A beach

2. What does the speaker mean by "yellow wood"?

3. Why does the speaker choose the second path?

4. Find and write down an example of personification from the poem.

5. What literary devices can you identify in this poem? Tick all that apply:

Metaphor

Rhyme scheme

Alliteration

Repetition

✏️ Part B: Interpretation and Response

6. What do you think the "two roads" symbolise in real life?

7. The speaker says "I took the one less travelled by, / And that has made all the difference." What tone do you think the speaker has when saying this? Explain your answer.

8. What is the main theme or message of this poem? Support your answer with evidence from the text.