Question

“And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day!” a) What does the poet mean by ‘both’? b) How were both ‘equally lay’? c) What does the word, ‘trodden’, mean? d) What does ‘first’ stand for?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. the poet means the two roads by both

b. they were equally lay because at that time it was too early for people to travel.

c. trodden means stepped on and crushed.