summary of poem Road not taken of class 9
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The poem describes a person standing at a fork in the road in a wood, unsure which one to take. Frost uses the road as a metaphor for the journey of life. Each decision we make is like a turn in the road, and choosing what to do with our lives can be like choosing which turn to take at a fork in the road.
The Road Not Taken’ is an autobiographical poem.; Once, the poet come across a junction when his path diverged into two and he had to take a decision of which road to take. He stood there for a Long time and gave a serious thought to each road. Then he decided to take the road which was less travelled. The reason for this was that it was grassy and as far as the condition of the road was concerned, both the roads were equally worn.
He decided to keep the other road for some other time, though he knew that he might not be able to go back to that road.
That morning, both the road lay equally covered in leaves. No traveller had trodden on them that day. The poet felt that after ages he would be telling with a sigh that both the roads diverged in a forest. And the decision of taking the less travelled road made all the difference in his life.