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Essay questions.(11 points)This text below is Robert Frost"s Poem "The Road Not Taken". Please answer the following questions according to it: 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; 5Then 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 thereHad worn them really about the same, 10And both that morning equally layIn 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. 15I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere 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. 20
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What is the form of this poem: is it a lyrical poem or a narrative poem? Use your own words to give an illustration to prove your idea.(3 points)
【正确答案】正确答案：This poem is a lyrical poem, and a narrative one as well according to its form. It is narrative because there is a story in this poem: the author sets the poem on a forest road on an autumn morning, and he builds this poem around his dilemma with a beginning, middle and end. It is also a lyrical poem with four stanzas of five lines each, and the rhyme scheme of the poem is abaab, cdccd, efeef and ghggh in each stanza. All of the end rhymes are masculine.
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"Sigh" on the 16th verse can indicate relief or happiness, or it can indicate regret or sorrow. Please give your own interpretation of its meaning.(4 points)
【正确答案】正确答案：Sigh can indicate relief or happiness, or it can indicate regret or sorrow, and as far as I"m concerned, I"d like to take the second interpretation. The sigh represents regret as it is mirrored in the regretful tone of the opening lines "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both". Then in the following lines, the author tells us both roads are equally worn and equally overlaid with un-trodden leaves. He chooses one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. Yet he knows it is unlikely that he will have the opportunity to do so. Therefore the sigh represents the regret and sorrow of decision in the path-choosing in human life.
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Themes of this poem could be explained in more than one aspect. Give out two themes that you can find in this poem.(4 points)
【正确答案】正确答案：The choice is the most obvious theme in this poem. The poem centers on the concept of choice. The paths are not just in the woods, but also represent the decisions in one"s life. The choice in life is inevitable, but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it. The theme of the poem could also be accepting a challenge. It may be that the road the speaker chooses is less traveled because it presents trials or perils, but such challenges seem to appeal to the speaker.