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?
【正确答案】：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.
【题目解析】：教材565到566页。本题选自罗伯特，弗罗斯特的《未选择的路》，这是一首颇富沉思性质的诗，诗人告诉我们当他来到林间分岔的两条路时，他的人生道路如何受到了限制，在被迫选择时，他选择了一条走的人少的路，而这一选择就改变了人生。
