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. What would he sigh while telling this?

The author sighs because he regrets that he had to choose one of the paths in front of him, leaving unknown forever, all the opportunities that the other path could present.

Explanation:

The lines presented in the question above belong to the poem "The Road Not Taken" written by Robert Frost. In this poem, the speaker recalls a moment in his youth, where, while walking through the forest, he found himself at a crossroads where he had to choose one of the two paths to follow. Upon presenting the path he has chosen the speaker gives a sigh. This sigh reveals the speaker's sadness at not being able to use both paths, for when he chose the path less traveled, he abandoned forever the possibilities that the other path could offer and this makes him regretful.

These paths are used by the poet to make a metaphor about life, because when we make a decision, we ignore the results that another decision could offer us.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

a simple sentence must have at least one dependent clause.