CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Way leads on to way” means ____
A
There are many roads ahead.
B
It is an uphill road.
C
The road may be a dead end.
D
There will be a sign further down the road
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Way leads on to way means that one road joins another road ahead. It means that there are a lot of challenges and choices we have to make that will impact our journey throughout our lives. The choices we make must benefit us in one way or the other.

Detailed explanation-2: -He knows how “way leads on to way” – how one road can lead to another, and then another, until you end up very far from where you started.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: How way leads on the way: It implies that once we choose a path, it leads us to our destination. As one moves, one road leads to another and life goes on. It is difficult to come back to the point of beginning.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the third stanza, Frost describes the two paths as equal, meaning there is no right or wrong choice. The speaker will claim the choice of road has made all the difference, but in reality, it did not matter because surely something good was missed by taking one path over another.

Detailed explanation-5: -The roads represent the problem of decision-making. Human beings suffer because of their choices and decisions. They find themselves in such situations at every step in their lives. Out of the available options, they have to choose the one that may take them to their destination.

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