CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

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.

Detailed explanation-2: -To diverge means to move apart or be separate. The poet, Robert Frost, wrote: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-/ I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference.” The word diverge in the poem carries both the meaning of separating and of being apart from the main.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rhyme creates an echo in the poem, which can leave a lasting effect on the audience. A poet can use rhyme in their work to evoke emotions from their audience. Rhyme tends to be predictable but pleasurable.

Detailed explanation-4: -In this phrase ‘ because it was grassy and wanted wear’, poet wants to draw attention of reader to Road 2. He says by looking at the road it seems that less number of people have travelled through it . Road becomes grassy and wanted wear when it is travelled less.In the poem, poet chooses this road.