Multiple choice

In the end the poet says that

Directions: Read the following poem carefully and answer the question.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

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 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 travelled by,
And that has made all the difference. 

                                               Robert Frost

  1. one day he might regret his decision

  2. one day he would recall this incident and the choice he made

  3. one day he would feel proud of his decision

  4. one day he would realize that it was the choice he had made that defined his later life
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The poem's concluding message is that the poet's choice of the less travelled path 'has made all the difference'. This indicates that years later, he will recognize that this single choice fundamentally shaped his life's trajectory. Option D captures the essence that our defining moments create our life story through the choices we make.

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