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Session:2022-
2023-NOTES

Cl
ass-
IX Subj
ect-Engl
ish Topi
c-Poem:TheRoadNotTaken

Answert
hef
oll
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ngquest
ionsi
n30-
40wor
dseach:

Question1.Whatwast hepoet
’sdil
emma?
Answer :
Thepoetwasst andi
ngbeforet
hetworoads.Hehadtodecidewhichonewould
l
ead hi m to success.I
twasnoteasyf orhim to deci
de.So hest ood t
her
eand
i
ntrospected.Outthetwooptions,hehadtochoosetheone.Ofcourse,itwasnotan
easychoice.

Questi
on2.Whatwast hepoet ’
sopini
onaboutboththeroads?
Answer:Thepoetopinedt hatboththeroadsweresame.Theywereequall
ytr
avel
l
edand
therewasnodi ff
erencebet weent hem.Sohegotconf used.Itwasdif
fi
cul
ttodeci
de
whichroadwoul dbemor econv eni
entandcomf or
tabl
e.Hewant edt
ochoosetheone
thatwouldtakehimtohi sintendeddesti
nati
on.

Question3.Whatdot her oadsrepresent?

Answer :
Theroadsr epresentthepr oblem ofdeci si
on-maki
ng.Humanbei ngssuff
er
becauseoft heirchoi cesanddeci sions.Theyfindt hemsel
v esinsuchsituat
ionsat
ever
yst epintheirli
ves.Outoft heavail
abl
eoptions,theyhavet ochoosetheonethat
mayt akethem t
ot heirdestinat
ion.Thechoicedecidestheoutcomeinlif
e.

Question4.Di
dthepoett akehi
sdecisi
onhaphazardly?
Answer :
No,hespeculatedandbroodedoverthesituati
on.Hetookt hi
sdecisi
onaftera
l
otofcont emplat
ion.Hedi dnott
akethisdeci
sionhaphazardly
.Nodoubt ,hewasabi t
confused.Aft
erall
,itwasnotquiteeasytomaket her i
ghtchoice.Butheexerci
sedhis
opti
onaf t
ermuchcont emplati
on.

Question5. Whydidt
hepoetchoosethatr
oad?
Answer :Thepoetchosethatr
oadbecauseitwasl
esstrav
elled.Hewantedt
odot hose
acti
vit
ieswhi chhadnotbeendonebyany oneearl
i
er.Thepoetdi dn’
tseem tobe
i
nterestedi nchoosi
ngamucht r
oddenpathofli
fe.Avoi
dingt hepopul
arr
at-
race,he
optedf ortheopt
ionthatbr
okefr
eshgrounds.
Quest
ion6.Whatisthemessageoft hepoem?
Answer:Themessageoft hepoem i
stomakepeopleawareoftheiranal
yti
calski
ll
s.The
poetwishestosayt hatchoi
cesshoul
dbemadecar ef
ull
yandt houghtf
ull
y.Oneshould
behav
er esponsi
blybecauseli
fedoesnotof
fermul
ti
plechanceseverynowandt hen.

Question7. Di
dthepoetmaket heri
ghtchoi
ce?
Answer :I
tisnoteasytosaywhet hert
hepoetmadet heri
ghtchoiceornot.He,himsel
f
couldn’treachtoanysuchconclusi
on.I
tispossi
blethathemayr epentformakingsuch
achoi ce.Heav oidedthepopularandoff-
beat
enpat hoflif
e.Hedar edtochooset he
pathwhi chwasl essfrequent
edusedbyt hepeople.Thi
sbolddecisionmightbringal
l
thediffer
enceinhi sl
i
fe.

Quest
ion8.
Whydi dt hepoettakethe‘other
’road?Whydi dthe‘other’r
oadhav eabetter
cl
aimthanthefir
stroad?
Answer:
Thepoethadt ochooseoneoft hetwor oads.Hel efttheonewhi chwasa
popul
archoice.Hedeci dedt otaket he‘ot
her’roadwhi chwasl essf r
equentedand
tr
avel
l
edbyt hepeople.The‘other
’roadhadabet tercl
aim asi
twasgr assy.I
tinv
itedt
he
peopl
etowalkoni t
.

Question9.Descri
bet heconditi
onsofbot htheroadsthatlayopenbeforet hepoeton
thatmorning.
Answer :
Inthey el
low autumnalwood,twor oadsdiver
gedi nt
ot wodi
rect i
ons.Bothof
them wer ecov er
edwi tht hefall
enleaves.Inthemor ni
ng,bothofthem wer esti
l
l
untouched.Thest epsoft rav
ell
ershavenotblackenedthem.Onewasf requent
lyused
bythet r
avell
ers.Theot heronewasnotapopul archoice.I
tseemedtoi nvit
epeopleto
walkoni t
.

Questi
on10.Wasthepoetcertai
ntocomebackont heroadhehadleftforanot
herday?
Answer:
Lif
eandi t
sway sarecompl exandconfusing.Oner oadsl
eadst oanother.I
n
thi
sweb,onehast omakeachoi ce.Thepoetl
efttheoner oadandhopet hathewould
useitonanotherday.Buthewasqui t
edoubtf
ul.Itoftenhappensthattheroadthati
s
l
eftonce,
islef
tforev
er.Rar
elydowecomeont ot hatroadagain.

Question11.Howdoest heoutcomeofourl i
fedependsont hechoicewemaket oreach
ourdestinat
ions?
Answer :
Lif
eisful
lofcompl exi
ti
es.I
tpr
ovidesuswi t
hdiffer
entchoicesandopti
ons.The
choiceisnev ereasy.Oursuccessorf ail
uredependsont hechoi cethatwemake.
Most l
ypeoplechoosethemostpopul arorfrequent
edpat hsofli
fe.Butsomeboldand
adventurouspeoplet
akerisksandchoosethelessfrequentedpat
hsandway sofl
if
e.
Answert
hef
oll
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ngquest
ionsi
n100-
120wor
dseach:

Quest i
on1. Int hepoem “ TheRoadNotTaken, ”whatdot hewoodssy mbol i
ze?
Answer :Inthispoem,t hepoetcomest oaf orkinther oadwher eitisdi v
ersif
iedi nto
paths,andhemustdeci dewhi chpat ht ofol
low.Bothpat hsr unindi ff
erentdirections
thr
ougha“ yell
owwood. ”Thepoetf indshimselfstandingint hemi ddleandi ndilemma
ofchoosi ngt her ightpat h.Thewoodsi nthi
spoem sy mbolizethedi ff
icul
tyofseei ng
i
ntot hef uture.Thepoetmustmakeachoi cebasedonl imit
edi nformation,si
ncemuch
ofwhathemi ghtliketoseei snotcl ear.Thepoetwi l
lhav etor el
yonf aithandint ui
tion
ashemakeshi schoice,asweof t
enmustdoi nli
fe.‘
Woods’i nthepoem st andf ort he
compl exiti
esofhumanl i
fe.Lif
eislikeamaze.The‘ forks’standf orthe‘alt
ernatives’or
‘
options’ l
if
epr ovi
dest or eachthedest i
nati
on.Whaty our eaplateroni nli
fe,dependson
the‘options’ort he‘ ways’youchoosedur i
ngthecourseofl if
e.

Question2.Accordi
ngtot hepoem,howdoest hepoetf
eelabouthisorherdeci si
oni n
theend?
Answer :
Thespeakeroft hispoem isRober tFrosthi
mself
.Hei sthi
nki
ngaboutacar eer
deci
sionhemademanyy earsago.Hehadt omakeachoi cebetweenseekingasecur e
prof
essionwhi chwouldenabl ehimtoliveincomf or
tortodevotehimtopoet ryandlive
asimpl el
if
eclosetonat ure.Samelikethepoet ,manyofusdon’tknowwhet hertotrust
ourinsti
nctsandgoaheadwi ththepursuitofourdreams.Frostchosetodev otehi
sl i
fe
tohispoet r
y.Thepoetdoesnotappeart or egrett
hechoicehemade,buthesounds
wist
fulinthelastasifhewi shesheknewwhathi sal
ter
nateli
fewouldhavebeenl ikeif
hehadt akentheotherroad.

Question3.Whati
st het hemeort hemessageoft hepoem ‘TheRoadNotTaken’ ?
Answer :
RobertFr
ost ’s‘TheRoadNott aken’dealswi t
ht hecompl exiti
esoflife.Lif
eand
i
tsway sneverwov eni nast rai
ghtl ine.Lifeprovidesmanyopt i
ons.Thewebofl if
e
consistsofmanypat hsandsub- way s.Nat ural
ly,t
hesecompl exit
iesofl i
feconf usea
person.Outofmanyopt ionsandal ter
natives,hehast omakeachoi ce.Onl
yaj udici
ous
choicemakeusr eachourdest i
nation.Mostofpeopl echooset hel eastr
iskyandof f-
tr
addenway soflife.Theydon’ twantt otakeanyr i
sk.Onl yafewper sonsliket hepoet
daretochoseadi fferentpat hofl ike.Theyar eboldenought ofacer isksandchal l
enges
i
nl i
fe.Onehast omakeachoi ce.Hi ssuccessorf ai
lureinl
if
edependsonhi schoi ce.
Thepoetchoseadi fferentpat h.Popul arfameandf or t
unearesacr if
icedinfav ourofart,
l
iter
atureandpoet ry.Nobodyknowswhathewoul dhav egainedhadhef ollowedt he
l
eastr i
skyandsafepat hoflife.

Quest
ion4.Howdoesonewayl eadontoanot
her?Isi
teasi
ertocomebacktothepath
wehaveleftforanot
herday?
Answer:
Everymanhashi sownai
m ort
hedest
inat
ionofl
if
e.Li
feprov
idesmanyopt
ions
andal t
ernatives.Thezi g-zagwayofl ifeisalway sexpandi ng.Onewayl eadsont o
another.Allt heseaddi tionsmaket hewebofl if
equi tecompl ex.Thesepl ural
it
iesof
opti
onsconf useev er
yman.Hecan’ tf
ollowalltheway sorpathssimultaneously.Ami d
thi
sconf usion,comest heproblem oft heri
ghtchoi ce.Thechoi ceoft herightorthe
wrongopt i
onmakesal lthedi
fferenceinone’sli
fe.Oneshoul dmakeaj udici
ouschoi ce.
Successorf ail
urei nlifedependsont hechoicey oumake.I fthechoiceismade,i ti s
rat
herdi f
fi
cul ttor etr
aceourst eps.Somet i
meswel eav eoneopt i
onoral t
ernati
vewi th
thehopeofcomi ngbackt oitonanot herday.Itisqui tepossibl
ethatwemaynev er
comebackt oouror i
ginalposi
tionagain.Hence,wemustmaket heri
ghtchoi cetoget
thedesiredresul tandsuccessi nl i
fe.