CLASS 9
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
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Question
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trodden
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low-growing trees and bushes of a forest
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needed to be walked on (it wasn’t used before)
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forest
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crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Adjective. crushed by being walked on.
Detailed explanation-2: -The word ‘trodden’ means ‘trampled or worn down underfoot’. The speaker remarks that the paths ‘both that morning equally lay/ In leaves no step had trodden black. ‘ By this observation, he means that the newly-fallen leaves covering paths have not been trampled by people or animals passing through.
Detailed explanation-3: -He gets indignant when he finds trade unionists trodden upon and that is natural. The excuse was that it was too crowded and the dogs might get trodden on. The ground is now well trodden; the essence of the argument has been deployed. In doing so, he is following a familiar path, well trodden by his predecessor.
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