CLASS 9
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Paths diverging in different directions.
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trees in the forest
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green grass
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The line ‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’ refers to the divergent paths the solitary narrator encounters on his autumnal journey, which represent the difficult choices we must often make alone.
Detailed explanation-3: -Were the paths similar? Solution : Wood means a forest. He saw two paths diverging like a fork in the road and disappearing in the undergrowth. The roads were not similar as one was less used and so had more grass and seemed less used than the other.
Detailed explanation-4: -The narrator sees two roads Diverging In a yellow wood and both the roads were covered with fallen yellow leaves. The first one went down in the ‘Undergrowth’ of the forest. The other road was equally beautiful, grassy and ‘Wanted Wear’.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer. The poet uses the two roads to symbolise the choices or decisions we make in our life.