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Read the last stanza of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” Why is it significant that the two roads diverged?
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.

from "The Road Not Taken"
by Robert Frost

A. The speaker is recalling, "with a sigh," how difficult it had been for him to choose the more traveled or the less traveled of the two roads. The forked road is a metaphor for the inherent duality in the natural world.

B. One of the forks in the road represents the speaker in his youth when he chose a road; the other stands for the speaker "ages and ages hence." The forked road is a metaphor for the many contradictions found in nature.

C. The speaker is relieved that he chose the road of moral living over one of temptation and ruin, which would have come from the other path.

D. The speaker is imagining what it might be like to describe his choice of a life path after he has taken that path to close to its end.

An individual hiking through a forest is abruptly confronted with a fork in the path with two paths wanting to be chose. This individual pauses,hands in pockets, and looks back and forth between the options. This is a reflection on the difficulty of making the choice and the consequences of this decision will made all the difference in this individual life.

The last stanza signify choices in life, whether to go alone or follow the other path traveled more often, which signify the possible choices people can make in life, and the impact that these have in determining their future.The last stanza in this poem highlights those times in life when a decision has to be made because life is a journey.

The correct answer to the last stanza of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken poem is option A.

The speaker is recalling, "with a sigh," how difficult it had been for him to choose the more traveled or the less traveled of the two roads. The forked road is a metaphor for the inherent duality in the natural world.