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Text 7A1-II
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
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.
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.
Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken. 1916 (adapted).
In text 7A1-II, the modal verb “should”, in “I doubted if I should ever come back.” (fifteenth verse), expresses
Text 7A1-II
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
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.
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.
Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken. 1916 (adapted).
In text 7A1-II, the modal verb “should”, in “I doubted if I should ever come back.” (fifteenth verse), expresses
Resolução comentada
'Should' expressa incerteza.
Em 'I doubted if I should ever come back', o eu lírico duvida de que voltaria, e 'should' aparece em contexto de dúvida sobre o futuro (do passado). Expressa, assim, incerteza.
Análise das alternativas
A) Impossibilidade: ele não diz que era impossível voltar. B) Conselho: não há recomendação. C) Improbabilidade: o verbo 'doubted' sugere dúvida, não uma avaliação de baixa probabilidade em si. D) Obrigação: não há dever expresso.
Referência: Modal verbs; Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken.
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.