THE ROAD NOT TAKEN : POETIC DEVICES AND QUESTIONS

23rd  April 2020

BLOG 3 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

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At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

   1.     Answer questions based on the text.

  2.    Recap the work done earlier

CLASS WORK

Kindly look at the images  given below for a presentation that will help to recap the work done earlier.

HOME WORK

Write the following questions and answers in your notebook:

Q1. What was the poet’s dilemma in the poem?

A1. The poet faces a dilemma that every person faces sometime or the other i.e. making a decision. The poet was in a forest and reached a bifurcation where the road forked into two, giving him a choice. He could only take one so he took the second road which was less travelled.

Q2. Why did he keep the first road for another day?

A2.The poet had to make a decision as to which road he should travel out of the two in front of him. He examines both the roads and decides he does not want to follow a beaten track so he keeps the first road for another day.

Q3. What does the final choice made by the poet tell you about his personality?

A3. The final choice reveals that he is adventurous and daring because when he had to make a decision he decided not to take the beaten track. He chooses the path less frequented.

Q4. Why was it difficult for the poet to make a decision?

A4. It was difficult because he did not know what lay ahead of him on the road he had chosen. Once chosen, he was aware, it is very difficult to go back as one gets caught up in the business of life.

Q5. What message does the poem wish to give his readers?

A5. The poet comes to a fork and wishes to take both roads but that is not possible .He faced the eternal dilemma of man. The grass always seems greener on the other side. It is a call for the readers to forge their own way ahead in life and not necessarily follow the path others have taken. It encourages self reliance ,the power of independent thinking and sticking to one’s decisions. Making choices is part of life and one must pack it with determination and zest for one cannot turn the clock back.

Q6. Was the poet happy with his decision?

A6.The poet chose the road less frequented and told himself that he would come back, find the road he left and walk on it. He is troubled by the thought that he might not be able to do so. Life does not deal with rewinding and coming back to undo one’s mistakes. We have to continue with the decisions we make no matter what the outcome is.

Q7. What is the symbolism used in the poem?

A7. The road itself symbolises the journey of life and the image of a road forking off into two parts symbolises a choice.

Frost describes the forest as a yellow wood. Yellow can be considered as a middle colour, something in between and unsure of itself. This sets the mood of indecision that exists in the poem.

Q8. How do the two roads differ in the poem?

A8. The two roads hardly differ. The first one is described as bending into the undergrowth. The second is described as just as fair, though grassy and wanting wear. At this point it seems that the second road is overgrown and less travelled. But then later the poet writes

‘Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same.’

So again both the roads are equal. Both of them are worthy of being chosen by the traveller.

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