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happens in our life also when we have choices, we have alternatives, but we have to
choose only one out of them, we take time to think about the pros and cons, whether
it is suitable for us or not and only then, we take a decision on what path we should
choose.

Stanza 2

Then took the other, 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.

fair: As good as the other one,
claim: Better option
grassy: unused
wanted wear: had not been used

The poet kept on looking at one path for a long time to check if it is the right path for
him or not and then he decided and started walking on another path. He says just as
fair, as he felt that both paths were equally good and started walking on one of them.
He adds that maybe he felt that the path was better for him so he chooses it as it had
grass on it which means that it was unused. Not many people had walked on this
path earlier that is why this path was grassy. ‘And wanted wear’ means that it was
not walked over by many people. After he walked on the path for some distance, he
realized that both the paths had been worm out the same way. Both the paths were
similar and worn out. Even in our life, we take any path or option but all of them
have the same benefits, disadvantages, problems, challenges and we must face
them. We think that we are choosing a better option, but it is not that way.

Stanza 3
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

trodden means walked over.

The poet says that both the paths were similar that morning. Both had leaves on
them and no one had stepped on them as they were still green in colour. He decided
that that day he would take one path and keep the other path for another day,
although he knew that one way leads on to another way. He knew that he could not
go back on the choice that he had made. Similarly, even in our life once we choose
an option, we must keep on moving ahead with that option and we never get a
chance to come back and take the other option that we had left earlier.

Stanza 4
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.