CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The poet felt sorry because
A
he could not travel on both the roads.
B
he could not see the roads well.
C
he did not know the directions.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The poet took the road which was less travelled as it was grassy and less worn. 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-2: -The narrator is sorry because they ‘’can not travel both / And be one traveler, ” By choosing a path, the narrator rejects the other path. This poem connects to the idea that for every step we take, there is another step that we are not taking.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poet feels sorry that being the lonely traveller, he could not walk on both the roads at the same time. He stood there for a long time looking at the road down as far as he could. The road then bent and disappeared from his eyes in bushes and the undergrowth.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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