Read the third stanza of the poem and describe how the speaker seems to feel about the path he did not choose. "And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back."

The speaker again describes both paths positively, saying that both were unsoiled (not “trodden black”) by footsteps. Because both were perhaps of equal value, he acknowledges that he thought it would be nice to come back to the first path at some time (“I kept the first for another day!”). On the other hand, he realizes that, realistically speaking, he probably won’t have a chance to return to the first path. He says “way leads on to way,” meaning that choosing the one path will be followed by other choices and other paths, and he will never happen to come back this way to the first path.

In sum, the speaker mentions that he might regret picking just one of the paths, but he is also resigned about the choice. He could regret not picking that path, but he doesn’t really express regret.

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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)