CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the speaker in the poem doing?
A
taking a walk on a spring morning.
B
delivering a package in the woods.
C
Standing in front of two roads
D
Getting ready for a trip.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Paraphrase: The poet was standing at a junction in a yellow forest where two roads separated in two different directions. The poet feels sorry that being the lonely traveller, he could not walk on both the roads at the same time. He stood there for a long time looking at the road down as far as he could.

Detailed explanation-2: -The role of the speaker is important in poetry. The speaker can be considered the storyteller or the actor of the poem. The narrative, emotions, and images in the poem are conveyed through the speaker.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken, ” the speaker is an unnamed person who is recalling being faced with the decision between two roads in a “yellow wood.” The speaker stands and looks at both roads, which he finds equally attractive, before finally selecting one.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer-While standing on the crossing, the poet saw two roads diverged in a yellow forest. For the poet both the roads looked fascinating. One was widely trodden and the other was untrodden. At last, he chose the second road and hoped to travel the first on some other day.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: The poet is standing at a point where two roads diverged in the yellow wood. The poet is feeling sorry because he could not travel both the roads.

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