CLASS 9
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The traveler
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The writer
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The author
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none of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Traveller is the only concrete character in the poem. All the other characters are the shadowy ‘listeners’, who congregate in the empty house and listen, but do not respond to his calls.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society (1764) is a philosophical poem by Oliver Goldsmith. In heroic verse of an Augustan style it discusses the causes of happiness and unhappiness in nations. It was the work which first made Goldsmith’s name, and is still considered a classic of mid-18th-century poetry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Machines are the speakers and humans are the listeners of the poem. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-4: -Themes in “The Listeners" Some of the important themes in de la Mare’s “The Listeners” include alienation or isolation, and the mystery of life. Alienation: In the poem, the Traveller visits the lone house all by himself, riding on his horse.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ans: The message the traveller left before going was ‘ Tell them I came and no one answered. ‘