Question

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. 6. how do lines 9 - 12 affect the meaning of the poem? the speaker admits that both roads were untraveled, revealing that the indecisive speaker never chose a road. the speaker admits that the two roads were actually similar, suggesting that one choice was not clearly better than the other. the speaker admits that the first road was actually more traveled than the second, suggesting that he made the wrong choice. the speaker admits that the two roads were actually just one, revealing that the speaker is lying about having to make a difficult choice.

Explanation:

In lines 9 - 12, the speaker says "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference." This implies that the two roads were essentially similar, as the decision was based on which was less - traveled, not on some clear - cut superiority of one over the other.

Answer:

The speaker admits that the two roads were actually similar, suggesting that one choice was not clearly better than the other.