Poem - The Road Not Taken

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            Poem - The Road Not Taken
                  By - Robert Frost

Poem the ' Road not Taken' is a beautiful poem of 'Robert Frost'  for the the students of class 9 CBSE Board. It contains Introduction of the poem, Theme, Extract and the poetic devices of the poem.


Introduction of the Poem

This poem ' The Road not Taken ' is written by ' Robert Frost' a famous poem of this American writer which was published in 1916. 'The road not taken ' deals with the dilemmas that a man faces in life. In this poem poet makes a fascinating use of two roads as a metaphor for life.The two roads stand for the choices we make in life. Poet gets two roads but being individual he can't walk  on both  the roads. Ones future depends on his decision. If the choices made by us happens to be not correct , we have to face the consequences as steps once taken cannot be retracted.


Word - Meaning

Diverged - separated or went in different direction.
Yellow woods - leaves turn in yellow as it is autumn season.
Fair - good
Better Claim - it appears to be better.
Wanted wear - has not been used and worn so frequently.
Trodden - walked
Sigh - regret or to take a deep breath out of sorrow.


Poetic Devices -

Metaphor - whole poem is a metaphor as
Ex - " Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"  is a metaphor where two roads are compared with the way of life.

Alliteration - wanted wear

Simile -  as just as fair ( use of as)

Personification -  

" Because it was grassy and wanted wear" 
The grassy path 'wanted wear' while wanting is human need or quality.

Anaphora -  
And  be one traveler, long I stood 
And looked down one as far as I could

Repetition -  " Somewhere ages and ages                           hence"
 The word ages repeats twice.

Imagery - 

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" ( a picture of yellow wood or forest )

" And both that morning equally lay"
" In leaves no steps had trodden black"


Extracts 


1 - Two roads .....................undergrowth

Q - 1  Why did the poet call the wood ' yellow' ?
A - because of sun
B - because it looked yellow
C - because it was Autumn

Ans -  C

Q -2  What does ' one traveler ' mean here ?
A -  Lonely traveler
B - Alone traveler
C - A person who will travel one one road

Ans - C

Q - 3 How many roads diverged in a yellow wood ?
A - Two
B - Four
C - Three
Ans - A

Q - 4  What bent in the undergrowth ?
A - Tree
B - Roads
C - Animal

Ans - B

Q - 5  Why did the poet stand long ?
A - He was waiting for the right time.
B - He was tired
C - He was looking down the road as far as he could.
Ans - C

Extract - 2
I shall................ all the difference.

Q - which road did the poet take ?
A - first road
B - second road
C - the less traveled road
Ans - C

Q - 2 How shall the poet be telling people ?
A - sadly
B- with a sigh
C - with a smile

Ans- B

Q -3 When he would he be telling the people ?
A -In days
B - in months
C - ages and ages hence
Ans - C

Q - 4 What had made the difference ?
A -planting trees
B - making a swimming record
C - taking the road less traveled by
Ans - C

Q -5 Which poetic device is used in second line ?
A - Metaphor
B - Repetition
C - Simile
Ans - B

Q -6 Who is poet of this poem ?
A -  Robert Frost
B - William Shakespeare
C - Joan Keats
Ans - A












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