Multiple choice

Although the poet decided that he would pursue the first path some other time,

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. in the heart of his heart, he never wanted to return

  2. he already knew that such an exercise would be useless

  3. he had genuine doubts about whether he would ever be able to come back

  4. he was not in a position to decide as to when
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In stanza 3, the poet says: 'Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.' He expresses genuine doubt ('I doubted') about returning because he understands that one path leads to another continuously. Option C directly states this doubt about ever returning.

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