The Road Not Taken
Think about the poem:
1. Where does the traveler find himself? What
problem does he face?
Ans: The traveler
finds himself in confusion in the yellow woods where two roads diverge. Among
them one of the roads was less travelled.
The problem that he faced was that he
could not decide which road to take to continue his journey.
2. .Discuss what these phrases mean to you.
i.
A yellow wood
Ans : Yellow woods
refers to the forest in the poem.
ii.
It was grassy and wanted wear.
Ans : The grassy and
wanted were here means the other road was full of grass which means people
least used the road to travel. He by choosing the less
travel road gives other an invitation to use it.
iii.
The passing there
Ans: The passing
there simply means he wanted people to choose the road.
iv.
Leaves no steps had trodden black.
Ans: It meant that
the leaves that was lying on the path had not yet crushed by the travelers..
v.
How way leads on the way.
Ans: Through these lines the poet means that every way leads to a
destination and so on.
3.
Is there any difference between the two roads as
the poet describes them?
Ans: The poet
describes in his second and third stanzas that there is no difference in the
two roads. Only thing that is special about the roads is that one road is
travelled by travelers a lot, while the other road is less travelled.
ii. in the last two lines of the poem?
Ans: In the last two
lines of the poem the poet says that he choose the path which was less
travelled. And that what made him different from other travelers.
4. What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean?
(looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it?
Ans: The last two lines of the poem mean that e dared to
choose a different path which had less travelers and that what made him
different from all. The path was full of grass yet it had a destination too. He
had no regret on choosing the different path.
Explanation:
Para 1…
In the first stanza the poet say that he was in dilemma to
choose a path. He was travelling down a road where he found two diverged roads.
He as one person could travel only one road. The first line in the stanza
speaks about the forest which was yellow in colour because of the autumn
season. He looked the path as long as he could. He looked at the path till
where his eye sight could see and wondered about his decision, he wanted to be
careful and know whether it was suitable for him or not. The last line of the
stanza “to where it bent in the
undergrowth” means the poet could see only a part of the road and the
small plants and grass that’s grown in the ground blocks his vision. He is
trying to be sure about his choice and also wanders about what could be the
end, where he will get his destination or not.
Second stanza the poet says that he had looked at the roads
for a long time, and decided to take the road which had grasses. He knew that
the road wasn’t much used by the travelers. He starts walking on the path because
for him both the paths were equally good and for him the grass filled path is
better.
In the Third Stanza the poet describes the paths which was
full of leaves and was uncrushed by the travelers. He decided that, that day he
would take one path and kept the other path for another day although he knew
that one way leads on to another way. The poet is also in doubt where he could
ever come back and take the other path which he left.
4th Stanza says that he will be speaking about
his decision many years later, where he had once reached at a point in his life with two option
for him and he decided to travel on the road which was least travelled by
people. That decision of him decides his future. But the poet has no regret on
his decide. It ironically says that
the choice you make decided your future, before doing anything we must think
and take decision carefully. In the path of our life we always have two options
and it’s on us which path we choose and that choice we make today make our future.
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