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. Questions: A. Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken. B. What does the "roads" symbolize in the third line? C. What’ s the theme of the poem?
A: ROBERT LEE FROST IS THE POET OF THE QUOTED STANZA, AND THE TITLE OF THE POEM IS THE ROAD NOT TAKEN.B: THE “ROADS” SYMBOLIZES CHOICES：ONE IS TO FOLLOW COMMON LIFE; THE OTHER IS TO FOLLOW AN UNUSUAL, SOLITARY LIFE, THAT IS TO SAY, BECOMING A POET.C: IN REALITY, THIS IS A MEDITATIVE POEM SYMBOLICALLY WRITTEN. IT CONCERNS THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS WHICH ONE MUST TAKE IN THE COURSE OF LIFE. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, ONE MUST ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES OF ONE'S CHOICE FOR IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GO BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO CHOOSE DIFFERENTLY. SYMBOLICALLY, HE CHOSE TO FOLLOW AN UNUSUAL, SOLITARY LIFE. BUT HE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THE ROAD WHICH HE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN, AND WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE.
