CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The poet intends to walk on the first road but he couldn’t do so because life does not offer multiple chances to choose. The decision taken may mar one’s future or lead one to success. It makes all the differences.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poem’s final line, “And that has made all the difference, ” expresses the poet’s delight. The poet was also faced with a decision to make. He was fortunate in that he chose the less travelled path, which made all the difference. He would not have been as successful if he had taken the other, more appealing road.

Detailed explanation-3: -The choice has made all the difference in his life. (v) The poet says “I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference”. The difference is that he did not choose that way of life which most people generally choose to get easy success, fame and money in life.

Detailed explanation-4: -He took the one that was less travelled by. In other words he chose a more difficult path to life. His choice of the less travelled path made all the difference in his life.

Detailed explanation-5: -The poet took the road which was less travelled by because he wanted to be different from others in his life.