问答题
Read the following poem by Robert Frost and do according to the requirements. 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 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 diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
问答题
Please analyze the symbolic meanings of this poem with your understanding of the theme implied in it;(10 points)
【正确答案】正确答案：The poem seems to be about the poet, walking in the woods in autumn, choosing which road he should follow on his walk. In the poem, the poet hesitates for a long time, wondering which road to take, because they are both pretty. In the end, he follows the one which seems to have fewer travelers on it. Symbolically, he chooses to follow an unusual, solitary life; perhaps he is speaking of his choice to become a poet rather than some commoner profession. But he always remembers the road which he might have taken, and which would have given him a different kind of life. In reality, it concerns the important decisions which one must make in life, when one must give up one desirable thing in order to possess another. Then, 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. The different road one takes, the different kind of life one will have.
【答案解析】
问答题
Please point out one or two artistic features of the poem with the examples in the text.(6 points)
【正确答案】正确答案：In addition to the symbols used in this poem, other artistic features are employed in the rhythm aspects. This poem is written in classic five-line stanzas, with the rhyme scheme a-b-a-a-b and conversational rhythm. Alliteration is employed in this poem, such as "wanted wear" in the third line of the second stanza.