![]() ![]() Thus he seems confused if the roads do appear different or are actually quite similar.ģ. However in the very next instant he claims that both the 5 roads were almost equal in the matter of “wear” as the passing there had worn them really about the same”. What does he seem confused about.Īns: As the poet compares the two paths so as to be able to decide which one to follow, he first looks at one and then says of the other that it appeared to be more inviting since it was grassy and wanted wear”. ![]() We try to look into the future as to what can be the result of each option, but obviously cannot see that far ahead and have to make one choice.Ģ.The poet contradicts himself in the second para. Metaphorically the poet could be referring to that situation in life when we are faced with two or more options, and have to pick one. (ii) Explain the literal and metaphorical meanings of the given two lines.Īns: Literally the poet is looking down one path, trying to see where it led to, but his view is obstructed by a bend in the road, where small plants and shrubs blocked his view. (i) “looked down one”-what is the poet referring to.Īns: The poet is referring to one of the two paths that he has come across in the forest, and is held up being unable to decide which to take. I try to make the best of what I have and accept the reality. But I try my utmost to not to dwell on the past, and instead to focus more on future. After you have made a choice do you always think about what might have been, or do you accept the reality ?Īns: It is human nature to think about what might have been. In this way I hope to avoid blindly going down one path and realising I have made a mistake when it is too late.Ģ. Sometimes there is no chance of turning back after making a choice and so I would decide properly after evaluating all the pros and cons of my decisions and not choose just on a whim. When faced with such a choice, I would evaluate the pros and cons of each choice and maybe talk to someone who has had made the same choice or gone through something similar. 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) ?Īns: Yes, all of us at some stage of our life have had to make difficult choices. What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean ? (Looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it ?Īns: As he looks back, I think the poet accepts the choice he made and adds colour to it by claiming that he took the path that was less travelled and for this reason he had found success, though he himself earlier says that both paths were “just as fair” and “the passing there had worn them really about the same.” However in the last two lines of the poem, the poet claims that the path he chose had been less travelled by.Ĥ. Both, he says, seemed to have been used equally, and that morning the leaves on both paths lay untrodden. Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes themĪns: In stanzas two and three, the poet says that both roads were almost equally inviting. (v) how way leads on to way: how one road often leads to another.ģ. (iv) leaves no step had trodden black: leaves that no one had stepped upon (as they discolour when trod upon). ![]() ![]() (iii) the passing there: the number of people that had walked over the path. (ii) it was grassy and wanted wear: it was covered with grass and no one had walked over it. ![]()
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