He opts for an option that is not very conventional, popular and risk-free.ħ. ‘The Road Not Taken’ is a metaphor for life. He opts for the road that was less travelled by and ‘wanted wear’. The poet leaves the first road for another day. Two roads diverged in different directions.

The dilemma is of making the right and the rewarding choice. They stand for two directions, two attitudes and even two careers in life.

It didn’t turn out to be quite a rewarding choice or option.Ħ. How does the poet resolve the dilemma? Which road does he choose and why?Īnswer: The two roads represent two ways of life. Sometimes after a long time, he will have to repent for choosing the path that was less travelled by. Whatever ‘road’ or way of life he chooses, it makes all the difference in his life. He suffers from an illusion that he can use the option he has left for the other day. What does the poet mean when he says, ‘worn them really about the same’?Īnswer: The poet means to relay to the readers that both the roads that diverged in a yellow wood seemed similar and both of them looked as if they had not been used for a while.ĥ. What is the main problem or the dilemma of the poet?Īnswer: Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ revolves around the dilemma of making the right choices in life. Though he is tempted to walk on both, he decides to take the second path with the intention of walking on the first one sometime in the future.Ĥ. One of the roads looks more frequented by people while the second road appears to be less travelled on. Does one road seem to be more appealing than the other? Use examples from the poem to support your answer?Īnswer: At first the narrator comes to a fork in the road and is not able to decide which path to take.

No, he did not think he would do so because he knew that one path led to another and it would be difficult for him to come back.ģ. What did the narrator hope that he would do one day? Was he sure of doing so?Īnswer: The narrator hoped to come back and try the other path someday. No, one had more grass and seemed less used than the other.Ģ. He saw two paths diverging and disappearing in the undergrowth. What is wood? What did the narrator see in the woods? Were the paths similar?Īnswer: Wood means a forest.

Poem the road not taken