Poem- The Road Not Taken
By-Robert
Frost
Textual Questions:
Q7. On the
basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by
ticking the correct choice:
(a) In the poem, a traveller comes to a fork in the road and needs to
decide which way to go to continue his journey. Figuratively the choice of the
road denotes ______________________.
(i) the tough choices people make the road of life
(ii) the time wasted on deciding what to do
(iii) life is like a forest
(iv) one must travel a lot to realize his dreams
Answer
(i) the tough choices people make the road of life
(b) The poet writes, 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.' The word diverged means
_______________.
(i) appeared
(ii) curved
(iii) branched off
(iv) continued on
Answer
(iii) branched off
(c) The tone of the speaker in the first stanza is that of ______________.
(i) excitement
(ii) anger
(iii) hesitation and thoughtfulness
(iv) sorrow
Answer
(iii) hesitation and thoughtfulness
8. Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) Describe the two roads that the author comes across.
Answer
(i) the tough choices people make the road of life
(ii) the time wasted on deciding what to do
(iii) life is like a forest
(iv) one must travel a lot to realize his dreams
Answer
(i) the tough choices people make the road of life
(b) The poet writes, 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.' The word diverged means
_______________.
(i) appeared
(ii) curved
(iii) branched off
(iv) continued on
Answer
(iii) branched off
(c) The tone of the speaker in the first stanza is that of ______________.
(i) excitement
(ii) anger
(iii) hesitation and thoughtfulness
(iv) sorrow
Answer
(iii) hesitation and thoughtfulness
8. Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) Describe the two roads that the author comes across.
Answer
The
poet comes across two roads that lead into the yellow wood. Both the roads are
equally attractive. The first one is the beaten path where the grass has been
worn down by the passing of feet. Many people have walked on it. The second road
is grassy and unspoiled, which shows that not many people have walked down that
road.
(ii) Which road does the speaker choose?
Answer
(ii) Which road does the speaker choose?
Answer
The speaker chooses the road which is less travelled
by people. He feels that this road “wanted wear” that is, is not frequented. It
is more grassy and has a better claim, hence more challenging and adventurous.
(iii) Does the speaker seem happy about his decision?
Answer
Yes, I think the speaker was happy with his decision. The sigh could be a happy sigh that he wanted to be different from the rest of the crowd. That is why, he chose the path which was less travelled by the people.
(iii) Does the speaker seem happy about his decision?
Answer
Yes, I think the speaker was happy with his decision. The sigh could be a happy sigh that he wanted to be different from the rest of the crowd. That is why, he chose the path which was less travelled by the people.
(iv) The poet says “I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” What is ‘the difference’ that the poet mentions?
Answer
It refers to the difference that the decision has made to his present life.
When the poet came to the cross roads, he had a choice. He could take the road travelled by many or he could take the road less travelled. He decided to take the road less travelled knowing well that once the choice was made, it was permanent and there was no turning back. That 'choice' he had made, according to him, has changed his life. It may have brought him success, happiness and fulfillment. The choice that he made at that time affected his future. That choice made all the difference to his life.
9. Find the rhyme scheme of the poem.
Answer
The rhyme scheme of poem is abaab.
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10. Fill in the blanks to complete the following paragraph that deals with the theme of the poem. Use the words given in the box below:
decision
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sorry
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foresee
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choices
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pleasant
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direction
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fork
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trail
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rewarding
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chance
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wonder
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both
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The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about the choices that one makes in life. It tells about a man who comes to a fork in the road he is travelling upon. He feels sorry that he cannot travel both paths as he must choose one. Frost uses this fork in the road to represent a point in the man’s life where he has to choose the direction he wishes to take in life. As he thinks about his decision he looks down one path as far as he can see trying to foresee what life will be like if he walks that path. He then gazes at the other trail and decides the outcome of going down that path would be just as pleasant. At this point he concludes that the trail that has been less travelled on would be more rewarding when he reaches the end of it. The man then decides that he will save the other path for another day, even though he knows that one path leads to another and that he won’t get a chance to go back. The man then says that he will be telling this story with a “sigh” someday in the future suggesting that he will wonder what life would have been like if he had chosen the more walked path even though the path he chose has made all the difference.
