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. Questions: (1) Please examine the poetic form (rhyme and meter) (2 ’) (2) Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does the speaker take? (3 ’(3) How do you understand the word “sigh ”? (4 ’) (4) What might the two roads stand for in the speaker 2’)’s mind? ( (5) What is the theme of this poem? (2 ’)

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