Page 204 - 100 Best Loved Poems - Teaching Unit
P. 204
“The Road Not Taken”
by Robert Frost, page 84
Vocabulary
diverged – went in different directions; forked
trodden – stamped down
hence – from this time
1. Read the poem carefully, then describe the two roads and explain whether or not they are
very different from one another.
2. Was the speaker at all interested in taking the road he did not end up choosing?
3. Why do you think the speaker will be telling this tale “with a sigh” later in life?
4. Why is the poem called “The Road Not Taken” instead of “The Road Less Traveled”?
5. How would you describe the tone of this poem?
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