Sometimes there is no turning back after making a decision, so I would make a proper decision after weighing all of the pros and cons of my options and not choose on a whim. When faced with such a decision, I would weigh the pros and cons of each option and perhaps consult with someone who has made a similar decision or gone through a similar experience. Have you ever had to make a difficult choice (or do you think you will have difficult choices to make)? How will you make the choice (for what reasons)?Īnswer: Yes, we’ve all had to make difficult decisions at some point in our lives. What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean? (Looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it?)Īnswer: As he looks back, I believe the poet accepts his decision and adds colour to it by claiming that he chose the less travelled path and as a result found success, despite the fact that he previously stated that both paths were “just as fair” and “the passing there had worn them really about the same.” However, in the poem’s final two lines, the poet claims that the path he chose was less travelled by.Ĥ. Both, he claims, appeared to have been used equally, and the leaves on both paths lay undisturbed the next morning. Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes themĪnswer: The poet says in stanzas two and three that both roads were almost equally appealing. (v) how way leads on to way: How one path frequently leads to another.ģ. (iv) leaves no step had trodden black: Nobody had stepped on the leaves. (iii) the passing there: the number of people who had passed through the path (ii) it was grassy and wanted wear: It was grass-covered, and no one had walked on it. (i) a yellow wood (ii) it was grassy and wanted wear (iii) the passing there (iv) leaves no step had trodden black (v) how way leads on to wayĪnswer: (i) a yellow wood: a yellowed forest caused by the arrival of autumn He must decide which of two paths to take to continue his journey.Ģ. Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?Īnswer: While walking through a forest, the traveller comes to a fork in the road. As a result, it shaped him into the man he is today. As a result, he decides to take the path less travelled. He was standing at a fork in two roadways.
The poet states in the final line that someday in the future, he will take a deep breath and describe how once in a lifetime he had to make a difficult decision. If we fail, we believe we will be given a second opportunity. Despite the fact that he knew he wouldn’t be able to return because one route led to another. He chose to choose one way and leave the other for another day. They were green because no one tread on them. He claims that the leaves on the ground were new and hadn’t been walked on that morning. In the third stanza, the poet questions his choice once more. Frost believes that both routes appeared equally appealing at the moment, but the second road had the more enticing grassy layer of the two, therefore his decision was leaned in favour of it. He chooses the one that appears to be less travelled. So he waits there for a long time, trying to imagine the path ahead as far as humanly can, but as the roads bend away in the undergrowth, he loses sight of the end.Īfter weighing both options, the poet makes a decision in the second verse. But he understands that once he starts down one path, he cannot return to walk down the other. Frost, who is on the point of making a major decision, hopes he could simplify his dilemma by taking both paths before making a final decision. The poet stands reflecting on which road to follow, against the backdrop of autumn. The first verse begins with the poet, Frost, in a struggle as he stands in the woods between two roads, trying to decide which will be better for him. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is a narrative poem that describes a scenario in which the poet is obliged to pick a path in life despite having no idea where it will lead.
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