A Rural Carrier Stops to Kill A Nine-Foot Cottonmouth

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Across
  1. 1. 2. Title: This title employs figurative language that is the opposite of a hyperbole known as an
  2. 3. 18. Because of this irony, we are left a little puzzled, and so is the speaker. What's he getting at? This self-________ creates a paradox.
  3. 5. 15. And if both paths are positive, then is there necessarily a right/wrong decision that the speaker can make?
  4. 7. 6. The first line of the second stanza claims that the path the speaker takes is no _______ than the other.
  5. 9. 14. By creating this mood, the reader can infer that these metaphorical paths are both _____ options for the speaker to take.
  6. 10. 1. Title: The title of the poem is the road that is ____ taken.
  7. 11. 17. However, in line 10 the speaker claims that, in actuality, they were worn about the ______.
  8. 12. 5. The repetition of the same word at the beginning of multiple lines is known as _____, used in lines 2-4 in the poem, listing all of the things the speaker thinks/does in the single moment
  9. 15. 19. The shift of the poem is difficult to find, but in what line does the speaker finally make a decision on which to take? That's the shift.
  10. 16. 10. This [answer to number 9] shows either: regret / exhaustion / anger / irritation
  11. 17. 9. The onomatopoeia used in the first line of the final stanza is used through the word "_____".
  12. 19. 12. Figurative language: The two roads/paths the speaker encounters is a metaphor for the paths on can take in one's own ____.
  13. 20. 16. The only difference between the two paths is that the speaker claims one is the "one less ________ by" (second to last line)
Down
  1. 2. 21. After the shift, with words like "doubt", "sigh", "oh!", and "made all the difference" we can understand that the speaker feels ______ about missing out on the othe options in life.
  2. 3. 20. The tone after the shift also changes. First, the speaker was (choose one) [contemplative / creative / irritated / surprised], as he weighs his options
  3. 4. 23. The theme of the poem could then be that, no matter what choice is made in life, there will always be opportunities that one will have ______ about not taking.
  4. 6. 11. The final line of the poem claims that the speaker choosing to take *this* road, and not the other, "has made all the difference," which ________ what he said earlier.
  5. 7. 22. We now reread the title to understand that the poem is not about which path to take while hiking, but the sorrow one feels no matter what _______ they make in life, when reflecting.
  6. 8. 2.1: read the poem in full and come back to this question. Do you feel like this poem is a very happy poem? Let's continue with that in mind.
  7. 11. 7. The final line of the second stanza reiterates that both paths are basically the ______.
  8. 13. 13. Notice the visual imagery throughout the poem describing each path in the first two stanzas. It creates a mood that is (choose one): angry / jealous / excited / peaceful
  9. 14. 4. How many travelers are there, causing the speaker's dilemma?
  10. 18. 8. In stanza 3, the speaker claims that he will take the other path "another day," but in the final line he knows he _____ will do this.
  11. 21. 3. Paraphrase/Fig Lang Stanza 1: Line 1 employs this kind of imagery, helping the reader imagine the scene (remember there's five kinds of imagery...which one is this?)