Question

(a)
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

What does the poet regret?

Why did the poet stand there looking at the two roads for a long time?

What does the phrase yellow wood mean?

Give the antonym of the word ‘diverged​

Answer 1

1. The poet regretted his decision as he thought that he would have been successful if he would have taken the other road and so his life would have been different.

2. The poet stood for a long time because he thinks about his life as he looks down one path as far as he can see trying to see what life will be like if he walks that path

3. A yellow wood symbolizes decaying and decomposing leaves which had turned yellow and filled the jungle.

4. detoured

Answer 2

Explanation:

the antonym of word diverged is separate

The “yellow wood” means the poem is set in autumn