![]() The poet left the more acceptable and convenient road thinking that he would walk on it on another day. Here, the two roads represent two options, two alternatives, two ways and two directions of life. He chose the road that was less travelled by. What is the difference that the poet mentions? Do you believe in making choices that are less ‘risky’ and acceptable or the ones which are adventurous, ambitious and unconventional? Give reasons for your choice.Īnswer- The poet resolved the dilemma of making a choice. The poet will be telling ‘this with a sigh’ that he took the road ‘less travelled by’ and ‘that has made all the difference’.Being a man of adventurous nature, I would like to follow the unconventional path like the poet. And this choice has made all the difference in life. But once the choice is made it becomes irrevocable. Perhaps the road that was not taken would have proved more rewarding. Perhaps he was not happy about making his choice. Frost himself chose the risky and unconventional profession of becoming a poet. He knows that it becomes impossible to come back to the road one has left for another day. The poet resolves the dilemma by choosing the road which is less travelled by. But the second road is less travelled by and its grass wants to wear. Then he turns to the second road as far as the first one. The poet sees the first road as far as it goes and assesses the situation. Two roads are separating in a yellow forest. The dilemma before the poet is how to make the right choice. ![]() How our life will shape much depends on what option, and what direction we choose in life. In the poem, Frost uses the fork in the road as a metaphor for the choices we make in our lives. ![]() What is the dilemma of the poet in ‘The Road Not Taken’? How does Frost use the fork in the road as a metaphor for the choices we make in life? How does he resolve this dilemma and with what result? Had you been in place of the poet, would you have chosen the same road as chosen by the poet? If not, give reasons for your choice.Īnswer- Robert Frost’s poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ is about the choices that one makes in life.But he had already taken the decision which couldn’t be altered now. It is possible that after many years from now he will not be too happy with his choice. It is very difficult to say whether he has made the right choice on the spur of the moment. The title The Road Not Taken’ is quite appropriate and logical. He has a genuine doubt that one road leads to the other and he will never get a chance of going back. The poet leaves the first road for another day. He hopes that his choice will be more rewarding when he reaches the end of the journey. He resolves the dilemma by choosing the road less travelled by the people. Then he views the other road or the other option of life. He stands and watches the first alternative that life provides to him. This fork represents a point in man’s life where he has to choose the right direction. He can’t travel both paths and must choose one. It tells us about a man (the poet himself) who comes to a fork in the road, he is travelling upon. In the poem, Frost uses the fork in the road as a metaphor for the choices we make in life. ![]() Describe the theme of the poem justifying its title.Īnswer- ‘The Road Not Taken’ is a biographical poem of Robert Frost. ‘The Road Not Taken’ symbolises the metaphor of choices made in life. The Road Not Taken By- Robert Frost Value-Based Extra Questions and Answers– The Road Not Takenġ.
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