CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The poet stood at the intersection of ____
A
a wood painted yellow
B
trees with bright flowers
C
an autumn forest
D
a painting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: (1) (d) Woods which is yellow in colour.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer. Answer: The poet is standing between the intersection of two roads. He is totally confused, then he decides to take the road which is less grassy because he loves to take up challenges.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poet was feeling depressed and hopeless. So, he was not in a good mood. He was standing under a hemlock tree when suddenly a crow shook dust of snow on him. This small and simple incident changed his mood.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: He chose the road which was less travelled by. He also made a promise to himself that he would return some day and travel to the more travelled road, a promise he knew he could not keep.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: (i) The poet sees two roads diverging in a yellow wood. Perhaps it was autumn and both the roads were covered with dead or fallen yellow leaves. The first one went down in ‘the undergrowth’ of the forest.

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