Read these lines from Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken.”Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair
Answer
A
These lines are an example of a metaphor, because the entire poem is about two different wooded paths that exist in nature.
B
These lines are an example of a metaphor, because the author describes the trip he takes down the path he chooses.
C
These lines are an introduction to an extended metaphor, because they are introduced early in the poem and developed as the poem continues.
D
These lines are an example of an extended metaphor, because they are repeated at both the beginning and end of the poem.