The Road Not Taken

‘The Road Not Taken’ is a metaphor of life. Justify this statement. Justify the title.

Describe the two roads that the poet finds. Which road does he choose?

What was the poet’s dilemma in the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?

4. Why did the poet keep the first road for another day?

Did the poet repent for making his choice? Give an example from the poem to prove your point.

6. “I took the one less travelled by.” What do we come to know about the poet from this line?

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7. What does the choice made by the poet indicates about his personality in the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’?

Why did the poet doubt his coming back on the same intersection in life?

What does the divergence in the road signify in real life?

“Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,”

i.Why did the second road present a better claim than the first?

ii. What does the poet mean by ‘as just as fair’?