CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -I doubted if I should ever come back. I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Detailed explanation-2: -(v) The poet says “I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference”. The difference is that he did not choose that way of life which most people generally choose to get easy success, fame and money in life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metaphorically speaking, someone who takes ‘the road less traveled’ is acting independently, freeing themselves from the conformity of others (who choose to take ‘the road more often traveled.

Detailed explanation-4: -Second, the poem subtly questions its own final line, in which the speaker asserts that choosing the road he or she did actually take has made “all the difference.” Many readers interpret this final line as being an affirmation of the speaker’s decision to venture off the beaten path.

Detailed explanation-5: -Line 20. And that has made all the difference. At first glance it seems that this line is triumphant – the narrator took the path that no one else did, and that is what has made the difference in his life that made him successful.