TEXT I
"The Road Not Taken"
By Robert Frost (1916)
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.
Read TEXT I and answer the question: What does the
speaker most likely mean when he says, “I doubted if I
should ever come back” (line 15)?
✂️ a) The speaker is sure that he will never physically return
to the same place. ✂️ b) The speaker doubts he will have time to explore both
roads equally. ✂️ c) The speaker acknowledges that choices in life often
lead to unexpected, irreversible consequences. ✂️ d) The speaker is uncertain about whether the road he
has taken will be the right one. ✂️ e) The speaker thinks that the road he chose will
eventually lead back to the original crossroads.