Vocab
In the poem, roads are a symbol for
choices we make in life.
The poem describes...?
the need to make choices in life.
The phrase “long I stood” tells readers that the speaker
thought a long time about which road to choose.
What do the lines “Though as for that the passing there / Had worn them really about the same,” mean in the poem?
These lines show that the speaker thinks that perhaps the roads are more the same than they are different; their significance is simply that each person must make a choice for themselves.
Which line shows that no one had walked on either road that morning?
“In leaves no step had trodden black.”
What does the phrase “way leads on to way” mean in the poem?
Possible response: It means that each road will join with other roads; as people make more choices about which road to follow, each choice takes them farther away from the first road they chose.
The line “And looked down one as far as I could” means that the speaker
wants to know what is ahead on that road.
Which line shows that the speaker is thinking about the future?
“Somewhere ages and ages hence:”
The line “To where it bent in the undergrowth” means the place where the road
continues but nothing more can be seen.
In the last line, “And that has made all the difference,” the word that refers to
the speaker’s decision about which road to take.