CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
His desire at the moment was to:-
A
Cross the road
B
Travel on both roads
C
Travel further
D
See the forest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The poet means that he feels sorry because he can not travel both the roads. He has to choose one road and leave the other one for another day. The word that expresses his regret about this is-sorry.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poet wanted to travel both the roads because he observed that the easy road was much used than the road full of thorns.So he wanted to know that which road will help to reach the destination and which one not and he was curious to the reason why many people chose the easy way and not the difficult path.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans. (i) The poet took the road which was less travelled as it was grassy and less worn. (ii) The poet regretted his decision as he thought that he would have been successful if he would have taken the other road and so his life would have been different.

Detailed explanation-4: -in his journey he saw that two roads were diverging in the woods. though, the poet wanted to travel on both he could not. he had to make a choice on which road to travel as one cannot travel through two paths at the same time. hence, the poet was able to travel on one road only.

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