Story map on the poem the road not Taken
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Answer: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN - BY ROBERT FROST
- IT'S A BEAUTIFUL POEM COMPARED TO THE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS AND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE
- IT REVOLVES AND TELL US THE BASIC TRUTH OF LIFE
THAT WE ALL MAKE WRONG DECISIONS AS WELL AS RIGHT DECISION ONCE IN OUR LIFE .
- THE POEM TELL THAT THE POET HAVE COME TO A FOREST
WERE
- TWO ROADS DIVERGED THE POET IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A RIGHT DECISION .
- ONE ROAD IS TRAVELED BY MOST PEOPLE AND THE OTHER IS TRAVELED BY LESS NO. OF PEOPLE AND WANTED WEAR
- THE POET IS CONFUSED AS WELL AS DARING SO HE CHOOSE THE SECOND ROAD COMPARE TO LIFE THAT H WAS RISKY
- AT THE END HE DOUBTED
- THAT WOULD HE EVER COME BACK
- AND ALL POEM COMPARED TO THE BASIC THEME OF LIFE .
Answer:
Once the poet was walking down a road and then there was a diversion, there were two different paths and he had to choose one out them. The poet says that as he was one person, he could travel on one road only. He had to choose one out of these two roads Yellow wood means a forest with leaves which are wearing out and they have turned yellow in colour – the season of autumn. It represents a world which is full of people, where people have been living for many years. They represent people who are older than the poet. The poet kept standing there and looked at the path very carefully as far as he could see it. Before taking the path, he wanted to know how it was. Was it suitable for him or no. He was able to see the path till from where it curved after which it was covered with trees and was hidden. It 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.
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 them he decided and started walking on another path because he felt that the both paths were equally good. He says just as fair, so, 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.
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.
He says that in the future, he will take a deep breath and say that once upon a time, he had reached such a point in life that there were two options for him and he travelled on that road which had been travelled upon by lesser number of people. That decision of his decided his future. Similarly, in future, when you grow up, then you will say that once upon a time, when you were young, you had two options. The choice that you made, made you what you became of it. This is a very strong message for all the students - that you should be wise and be careful while making choices out of the options that you have in your life because your future depends on the choice that you make today.