Identify the poet of The Road Not Taken.

• A. Walt Whitman
• B. Emily Dickinson
• C. Robert Frost
• D. Langston Hughes

Answer: (C)

This question tests your knowledge of who wrote The Road Not Taken. The poem is by Robert Frost, an American poet famous for nature imagery and reflections on life choices set in a New England landscape. It was published in 1916 as part of Mountain Interval. The speaker stands in a yellow wood, faced with a fork in the road, and chooses the path “the one less traveled by,” a decision that serves as a metaphor for personal choices in life. Frost’s language is clear and accessible, and the poem’s formal, rhymed quatrains give it a measured, contemplative rhythm that’s characteristic of his work. By contrast, the other poets listed write in different styles and subjects: Whitman with expansive free verse about democracy, Dickinson with compact, enigmatic lines and unusual punctuation, Hughes with socially conscious verse rooted in urban life. The combination of theme, setting, and craft points to Robert Frost as the author.