The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
(1) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
(6) 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,
(11) 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.
(16) 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.
Which of the following best describes the way in which this poem is structured? (RL5)
A. The poem is structured in stanzas of five lines with rhyming in each line
B. The poem is structured in stanzas of free verse lines having no rhyme
C. The poem is structured in stanzas of five lines with a rhyming pattern in every other line
D. The poem is structured in stanzas of the same number of lines with rhyme in the 1st, 3rd
and 4th lines of each stanza.
C. The poem is structured in stanzas of five lines with a rhyming pattern in every other line
C. The poem is structured in stanzas of five lines with a rhyming pattern in every other line
To determine the correct answer, we need to examine the structure of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. The poem is composed of four stanzas, each consisting of five lines. Therefore, option A, which states that the poem is structured in stanzas of five lines with rhyming in each line, is incorrect.
Now, let's analyze the rhyme scheme of the poem. In the first stanza, the rhyme scheme is ABAAB. The second stanza follows the rhyme scheme ABABA. In the third stanza, the rhyme scheme is also ABABA. Finally, the fourth stanza has an ABABA rhyme scheme.
Since the poem does not have a consistent rhyme pattern throughout its stanzas, option D, which suggests a rhyme in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th lines of each stanza, is also incorrect.
Option C, which states that the poem is structured in stanzas of five lines with a rhyming pattern in every other line, is also incorrect because there is no consistent pattern of rhyming in alternate lines throughout the poem.
This leaves us with option B, which states that the poem is structured in stanzas of free verse lines having no rhyme. This is the accurate description of the poem's structure, as there is no consistent rhyme scheme present in the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
Therefore, the correct answer is B. The poem is structured in stanzas of free verse lines having no rhyme.