The Road Not Taken

1. What literary device is exemplified by the poem’s comparison of deciding which path to take on a walk with deciding which path to take in life?

2. Look at a stanza of the poem. Which of the following is the poem’s rhyme scheme?

A) ABAAB

B) ABBAB

C) ABABB

D) ABBBA

3. The phrase “wanted wear” (Line 7) is an example of which literary device?

A) assonance

B) consonance

C) alliteration

D) inversion

4. Which of the following accurately describes the poem’s tone?

A) conversational

B) melancholy

C) formal

D) urgent