Question

Read the given extracts and answer the following questions:
1. 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.

(i)'Sigh' means .........

(ii) What has made all the difference in the poet's life

(iii)Road' is a metaphor for ......?

(iv) Why is the road less travelled by ..............?


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Answer 1

Answer:

In the poem,the road not taken by Robert Frost, the poet takes a sigh because he realizes something. He sighs when he remembers about the road which he had taken. This road was a long and hard one. ... here lines signify the poet's regret in not being able to travel on the other road.......☺

Answer 2

Answer:

1.i. Sigh means to let out a long, deep breath that shows you are tired, sad, disappointed, etc.

ii. He took the one less travelled by between two roads diverged in a wood and that has made all the difference.

iii. The road is a metaphor for the journey of life.

iv. Someone who takes 'the road less traveled' has come to take on the meaning of a person who is acting independently, freeing themselves from the conformity of others.