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Sai International School


                                                   Class IX - English

                                          Module &-The Road Not Taken


                                                      Assessment


                   A.Read the following stanza and answer the questions:



               1.Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
                  And sorry I could not travel both
                  And be one traveller, long I stood
                  And looked down one as far as I could
                 To where it bent in the undergrowth;

                          a.  Who is the poet of the poem?
                          b.  What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
                          c.  Why could the poet not travel both the roads
                          d.  Why did the poet look down the road?

               2. Then took the other, as just as fair,
                  And having perhaps the better claim,
                  Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
                  Though as for that the passing there
                  Had worn them really about the same,

                          a.  What does the poet mean by 'as just as fair'?
                          b.  Why does the poet say 'wanted wear'
                          c.  What comparison is the poet making between the two roads?
                          d.  Why according to the poet 'the other ' has a better claim?


               B. Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words:


                   3.  What do you think the poet is trying to express by saying ' I could not
                       travel both'? (30-50 WORDS)
                   4.  'And both that morning equally lay' Explain.
                   5.  Why did the poet say 'I doubted if I should ever come back'?
                   6.  'And that has made the difference'. What has made the difference?
                   7.  Why did the poet keep the road for other day?
                   8.  "I shall be telling this with a sigh ages and ages hence". Please
                       explain what do you understand by it?
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