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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Class IX-English

Module-7 The Road Not Taken

Home Assignment

Answer the following questions briefly:

1. What is wood? What did the narrator see in the wood? Were the paths similar?

2. What did the narrator hope that he would do one day? Was he sure of doing

so?

3. Does one road seem to be more appealing than the other? Use examples from

the poem to support your answer.

4. What does the poet mean when he says, ‘worn them really about the same’?

5. What is the main problem or the dilemma of the poet?

6. How does the poet resolve the dilemma? Which road does he choose and

why?

7. ‘The Road Not Taken’ is a metaphor of life. Justify this statement. Justify the

title.

8. Why has the poet’s choice ‘made all the difference’ in his life?

9. Why did the poet leave the first road? Did he ever get a chance to walk on

the road he had left for ‘another day?

10. Did the poet repent for making his choice? Give an example from the poem

to prove your point.