(a) What does “other” refer to in the above lines? (c) The poet here is using “roads” as symbols of: The poet stood there for long because he could not make up his mind which path to take. (b) Why did the poet stand there for “long”? The narrator saw two paths diverging in the forest. (a) What did the narrator see in the wood? I stood And looked down one as far I could He also regrets the fact that he cannot come back to the start once he makes a choice. The narrator regrets the fact that he cannot travel on both the paths. The narrator had to choose between the two roads. (b) What choice did the narrator have to make? (a) What does the narrator mean by “a yellow wood”?īy “yellow wood” the poet means a forest where the trees have yellowing and falling leaves. I could To where it bent in the undergrowth ” Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. The Road Not Taken Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context We are constantly figuring out things, hence, life is a puzzle. When we are able to figure out solutions and make decisions accordingly, another predicament often comes up.
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Similarly, life is also full of doubts and questions. and right after one decision has been made, there are other problems awaiting solution. A puzzle requires one to constantly keep figuring out the answers. (Encourage students to think creatively andformulate their own answers.)Ī puzzle can be another metaphor for life. Can you think of another metaphor and explain why that has been used to describe life.
The road is used as a metaphor for life in this poem. If we find success, the choice is the right one but if the result is failure and pain then the choice has obviously not been the right one.
It is only after the passage of years, that we can really evaluate the decisions and choices that we make based on the result of these choices. We can interpret the narrator’s choice of a road as a symbol for any choice in life between alternatives that appear almost equally attractive. The poem is about something more than the choice of paths in a wood. Either it is a sigh of happiness and contentment at having achieved success in life because of the right choices ihade at the right time or it could be interpreted to mean that the sigh is one of regret and sorrow at having made the wrong choice and lost out on a golden opportunity.īring out the symbolism in the poem “The Road Not Taken”. He is not sure if his choice has been the right one and feels that if someone asks him to justify his choice he would probably answer him with a sigh. He is however wishful of walking on the other road on some other day. The poet comes to a fork in the road and decides to walk on the path that looks less walked on. Why does the poet say he shall tell people “this with a sigh”? Why do you think the final stanza starts with a sigh? He chooses the road not travelled on by too many people and many years later, he feels that all the difference in his life is because of the choice of roads he had made. He would have liked to explore both the roads, but he knows that he can’t walk on both the roads at the same time. Yes, it is apt because the title of the poem concerns a choice made between two roads by a person walking in the woods. The Road Not Taken Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Typeĭiscuss the title of the poem “The Road Not Taken”. The poet means to relay to the readers that both the roads that diverged in a yellow wood seemed similar and both of them looked as if they had not been used for a while. What does the poet mean when he says,-‘worn them really about the same’? Though he is tempted to walk on both, he decides to take the second path with the intention of walking on the first one sometime in future. One of the roads looks more frequented by people while the second road appears to be less travelled on. Does one road seem to be more appealing than the other? Use examples from the poem to support your answer.Īt first the narrator comes to a fork in the road and is not able to decide which path to take.
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