CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Based on the poem, the reader can conclude that the speaker is
A
indecisive.
B
being creative.
C
making choices
D
polite.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The speaker of this poem is not unhappy with his choice, and wonders where the other path, the road he did not take, would have led him. He thinks about a future time when he will look back at his decision with a sigh of regret as he thinks of the opportunities he may have lost by not taking the other road.

Detailed explanation-2: -He has to choose between the easier path and the one that has challenges. The speaker knows that his choice will influence his future and feels that, as Carnegie says in the quote, if he takes risks and chooses the road less traveled, maybe he will be more successful and have a more fulfilling life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which lines from the poem show that the speaker is happy with the choice he has made? “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.”

Detailed explanation-4: -“Yet knowing how way leads to way.”

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