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    The document contains 6 competency based questions about the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. 1. The two roads described in the poem are essentially the same - both are worn down and neither is freshly trodden. 2. The speaker was interested in both roads and regretted that he could not travel both. 3. The speaker will tell this tale "with a sigh" later in life because he was forced to choose one road over the other and will always regret not being able to take both.

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    The document contains 6 competency based questions about the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. 1. The two roads described in the poem are essentially the same - both are worn down and neither is freshly trodden. 2. The speaker was interested in both roads and regretted that he could not travel both. 3. The speaker will tell this tale "with a sigh" later in life because he was forced to choose one road over the other and will always regret not being able to take both.

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    The document contains 6 competency based questions about the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. 1. The two roads described in the poem are essentially the same - both are worn down and neither is freshly trodden. 2. The speaker was interested in both roads and regretted that he could not travel both. 3. The speaker will tell this tale "with a sigh" later in life because he was forced to choose one road over the other and will always regret not being able to take both.

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    COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS.

    1. Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes them
    (i) in stanzas two and three?
    A. The two paths were similar. In the beginning, the poet felt that one of them was grassy and
    had not been walked over by many people, but when he walked on it for some distance; he
    realized that it was like the other road.
     
    (ii) In the last two lines of the poem?
    A. Here, again the poet talks of his initial decision when he thought that the roads were
    different and chose the one that had been walked over by a lesser number of people.

    2. Read the poem carefully, then describe the two roads and explain whether or not they are
    very different from one another.
    The roads are not very different from one another. Both are “worn really about the same” and,
    when the speaker arrives at them, neither one is freshly trodden. The speaker also describes
    the second road as “just as fair” as the first.

    3. Was the speaker at all interested in taking the road he did not end up choosing?
    Yes; the speaker was “sorry [he] could not travel both” and “kept the first for another day.”

    4. Why do you think the speaker will be telling this tale “with a sigh” later in life?
    (Answers may vary.) The speaker will sigh because he was forced by circumstance to choose
    one road over another; he regrets it now and will always regret not being able to take both.

    5. Why is the poem called “The Road Not Taken” instead of “The Road Less Traveled”?
    The poem often misread as inspirational verse, is about the fact that each choice made entails
    leaving another choice behind. The road he did not take occupies the speaker’s mind—simply
    because he did not take it. He may wonder what difference the road not taken would have
    made in his life had he chosen it instead.

    6. How would you describe the tone of this poem?


    (Answers may vary.) The tone is one of resignation and an awareness of the possibility of
    regret.

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