The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
1. What does Frost mean by the two roads? [NU 2016]
Ans: By the phrase “two roads”, Frost means two or more options a man faces at every critical moment of his life, out of which one is always chosen as the decision.
2. Why did the poet take the other road? [NU 2014]
Ans: The poet took the other road because it was grassy and had a better claim to be trodden.
3. Is there any nostalgic note in 'Road Not Taken'?
Ans: In “Road Not Taken” we get the nostalgic note of the poet that if he had chosen the other path, how different the things would have been in his life which is already led.
4. What did the poet do when could not travel both roads at a time?
Ans: When the poet could not travel both roads at a time he stood for a long time there and examined a road by looking down at it as far as he could.
5. What did the poet do when he could not travel both roads at a time?
Ans: When the poet could not travel both roads at a time, he stood there for a long time and looked down each road as far as he could, to where it bent in the undergrowth.
6. What does Frost mean by the two roads?
Ans: By the phrase “two roads”, Frost means two or more options a man faces at every critical moment of his life, out of which one is always chosen as the decision.
7. What has made all the difference in ‘The Road Not Taken’?
Ans: The decision taken years ago for following ‘road less travelled by’ has made all the difference.
8. Why did Frost take the other road?
Ans: Frost took the other road because it was grassy and had better claims to be trodden.
9. Why did he take the other road?
Ans: He took the other road because it was grassy and had better claims to be trodden.
10. Why did the poet take the other road?
Ans: The poet took the other road because it was grassy and had better claims to be trodden.
11. Why is the traveller in dilemma in the poem “The Road Not Taken?
Ans: In the poem “The Road Not Taken” the traveller is in a dilemma because it is necessary for him to make a decision regarding which of the two roads is to follow.
12. What does the poet mean when he says, "And that has made all the difference?"
Ans: When the poet says, "And that has made all the difference”, he wants to mean that the decision taken years ago while selecting a road to follow has made him what he is now.
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