CLASS 9
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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black
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step
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first
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another
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -D) leaves no step had trodden black – This phrase refers to the leaves which had fallen on the road and had been trampled black by the people who had taken that path.
Detailed explanation-4: -A stanza made up of 3 lines is called a tercet. In a tercet, all three lines rhyme or the first and third line rhyme (also called an ABA pattern).