09 English Communicative Ch07 The Road Not Taken Ans

CLASS IX ENGLISH
NCERT SOLUTIONS-LITERATURE READER
The Road Not Taken

Answer
Page No: 66
Answer7:
(a) (i) the tough choices people make the road of life
(b) (iii) branched off
(c) (iii) hesitation and thoughtfulness
Answer8:
(i) One road was a beaten track. Many people had walked on it. It was lost in the small shrubs.
The other road was grassy and unspoiled.
(ii) The poet chose the road that was less travelled because it had the better claim. It was grassy
and not many people had used it.
(iii) I will chose the less travelled road because I want to judge myself test myself and check my
capability. I like adventure and would want to explore new facts. I am always enthusiastic for
venturing into something absolutely new, uncommon and unknown to the rest of the world.
(iv) There is a certain ambiguity here. The speaker seems happy and satisfied when he says And that has made all the difference. However, the sigh just before this makes us question
his happiness.
(v) When the poet came to the cross roads, he had a choice. He could take the road travelled by
many or he could take the road less travelled. He decided to take the road less travelled
knowing fully well that once the choice was made, it was permanent and there was no
turning back. That 'choice' he had made, according to him, has changed his life. It may have
brought him success, happiness and fulfillment. The choice that he made at that time affected
his future. That choice made all the difference to his life.
Answer9: The rhyme scheme of Poem is a b a a b
Page No: 67
Answer10: The poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is about the choices that one makes in
life. It tells about a man who comes to a fork in the road he is travelling upon. He feels sorry that
he cannot travel both paths as he must choose one. Frost uses this fork in the road to represent a
point in the mans life where he has to choose the direction he wishes to take in life. As he
thinks about his decision he looks down one path as far as he can see trying to foresee what life
will be like if he walks that path. He then gazes at the other trail and decides the outcome of
going down that path would be just as pleasant. At this point he concludes that the trail that has
been less travelled on would be more rewarding when he reaches the end of it. The man then
decides that he will save the other path for another day, even though he knows that one path
leads to another and that he wont get a chance to go back. The man then says that he will be
telling this story with a sigh someday in the future suggesting that he will wonder what life
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would have been like if he had chosen the more walked path even though the path he chose has
made all the difference.
Answer11: Stage
Flowers
Colours
Dream
Journey
Answer13:
(a) In 1912 Frost sailed with his family to Great Britain. This decision is considered as
"momentous decision" made by Robert Frost. Before this, Frost was a failing New
Hampshire farmer as well as a part-time poet. This was the year when Frost give up farming
and started his career as poet. The family moved to Great Britain, where Frost met many
other poets and successfully set his career on the path to immortality.
(b) Robert Frost was 42 when this poem published. However, we cannot assume that this poem
is actually autobiographical. Frost created his speaker for the poem to speak on his behalf.
We can guess the age of the speaker based on the evidence given in the poem. The only clue
we have to the speakers age are the words ages and ages hence. This implies that he will
be considering the effects of his decision far down the road years into the future. So we
would expect him to be a relatively young man at the time of the decision.
(c) He was going to another country where he had no contact. Also, he give up his traditional
occupation. If he fails in his poetic career then it is very hard for him to survive. Therefore,
the decision was so difficult.
(d) The poem didn't make it clear whether the road was difficult or not. We have only knew
about the condition of the road is that it was grassy and wanted wear. That just means that
it was not a frequently traveled road; it doesnt tell us how difficult it was.
(e) The poem is written after sailing from the USA to England. We can understood through his
line "...and that has made all the difference" which means Frost had traveled the road which
changed his life.
(f) Yes, Frost finally became popular in America as a poet.
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CLASS IX ENGLISH

NCERT SOLUTIONS-LITERATURE READER

The Road Not Taken

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