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Read the following poem and answer the questions below: 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…

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Read the following poem and answer the questions below: 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.

a) What does the poet see in the yellow wood? [1] b) Why does the poet choose the second road? [1] c) What does the phrase "the better claim" mean? [1] d) What does the poet mean by "way leads on to way"? [1] e) Write a short paragraph on how this poem relates to the choices we make in life. [1]

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