What choice did the poet have to make?
The poet had to choose between two roads in the forest.
(a) Listen to a recording of the poem.
(b) What choice did the poet have to make?
(c) Did he regret his choice? Why/why not?
1. Have you ever had to make a difficult choice (or do you think you will have difficult choices to make)? How will you make the choice (for what decisions)?
2. After you have made a choice do you always think about what might have been, or do you accept the reality?
In Stanza 10, the poet says −
The boat has left a stormy land,
A stormy sea before, her, --
The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?
Why did the poet go to the dentist? How could she have avoided it?