Question

Now look at the two lines that follow the ones you examined in part A. Do they support the speaker’s original assessment of the two paths and their differences? Do they make them seem more alike? Explain. (Note that you will need to decide what the word that refers to before you can interpret these lines.)
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

Answer 1

Answer:

In the next two lines, that seems to refer to the statement above about the second path being grassier and less worn. Now the speaker suggests that the second path was equally, not less, worn: “the passing there / Had worn them about the same.” This seems to say that the two paths had had a similar number of people walking on them, so they were fairly equally worn.

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