ENG2611: Applied English for Foundation and
Intermediate Phase: FAL
Assignment 01
Due Date: 24 May 2021
, Question 1
Part 1
‘’ The road not taken’’
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;
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.
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.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverge in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Summary of the poem
Our speaker has come to a fork in a path in the woods. It’s fall, and the leaves are
turning colors. He’s unsure which way to go, and wishes he could go both ways. He
looks down one path as far as he can see, but then he decides to take the other. He
thinks the path he decides to take is not quite as worn as the other one, but really, the
paths are about the same, and the fallen leaves on both look pretty fresh.
The speaker reflects on how he plans to take the road that he didn’t take another day,
but suspects that he probably won’t ever come back. Instead, far off in the future, he’ll
be taking about how his decision was final and life changing.
Stanza 1
Line 1
‘’Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,’’
Intermediate Phase: FAL
Assignment 01
Due Date: 24 May 2021
, Question 1
Part 1
‘’ The road not taken’’
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;
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.
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.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverge in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Summary of the poem
Our speaker has come to a fork in a path in the woods. It’s fall, and the leaves are
turning colors. He’s unsure which way to go, and wishes he could go both ways. He
looks down one path as far as he can see, but then he decides to take the other. He
thinks the path he decides to take is not quite as worn as the other one, but really, the
paths are about the same, and the fallen leaves on both look pretty fresh.
The speaker reflects on how he plans to take the road that he didn’t take another day,
but suspects that he probably won’t ever come back. Instead, far off in the future, he’ll
be taking about how his decision was final and life changing.
Stanza 1
Line 1
‘’Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,’’
