7. The Road not Taken
The
poem tells us the importance of choice in man's life. A man has to make choice
at turn of life. It can make all the difference to his life. Once the poet was
travelling alone. He reached a point where the road diverged into two different
directions. He was in a fix to decide which road to take. Finally he decided to
take the less travelled road. And this choice made all difference.
The
Road Not Taken BY- Robert Frost
• This is a very beautiful poem by Robert
Frost. It gives us a very good message. Choice is very important in our life.
One right choice in life can make our life different. We are defined by the
choices we make.
Two
roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And
sorry I could not travel both
And
be one traveller; long I stood
And
looked down one as far as I could
To
where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then
took the other, as just as fair,
And
having perhaps the better claim,
Questions:
1. Name, the poet.
1.
The name of the poet is Robert Frost.
2. That does the poet see in front of him?
2.
The poet that the road diverged into two direction.
3. What is the poet sorry about?
3.
The poet was story that being a single traveller, he could not travel both the
roads at one and the same time.
4. What is the symbolic meaning of two
different paths in the woods?
4.
It means one way leads to another in life and we have to make choice which way
to take.
I
shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere
ages and ages hence:
Two
roads diverged m a wood, and I—
I
took the one less travelled by,
And
that has made all the difference.
Questions:
1. Name the poet.
1.
The name of the poet is Robert Frost.
2. What does the poet mean by the word
difference in the last line?
2.
The poet means to say that his choice of path has made all the difference to
his life.
3. Is the poet doubtful about his decision?
3.
He is not doubtful about his decision. However he thinks that his life would
have been different if he had chosen the other road.
4. Justify the title of the poem 'The Road
Not Taken'.
4.
The title is significant because it stirs our imagination. We begin to imagine
how the life of the poet would have been if he had chosen the first road.
