Question

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,”

(a) What does “other” refer to in the above lines?
b. Which road did the narrator choose?
c. Explain “grassy and wanted wear”?
d. Why was the roads grassy and wanted wear?
e. Justify the title of the poem?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans (a): In the above lines, 'other' refers to the road that was grassy and less traveled upon.

Ans (b): The narrator took the road that not many people had taken. It was a grassy road and so more inviting as not many people had walked on it. Also, the poet was more adventurous and wanted to take a route not many had taken.

Ans (c): The words 'grassy and wanted wear' means that on that road (the one the poet had chosen) was less travelled by the travellers, and it was grassy; whereas in the other road, a lot of people had travelled and so it wasn't much grassy as compared to the first road.

Ans (d): The poet says that the road was grassy and wanted wear because less number of people have gone through it. He chose that road because he was adventurous and wanted to take a risking path and  he knew that the other road was travelled more because it was safe.

Ans (e): The title brings out the theme of the poem in which every person at some stage of his life comes across situation where he has to make a choice. The decision taken to do things differently makes one stand out of the crowd. The title is figurative as the roads symbolize the dilemmas of life

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Answer 2

Answer:

A.“other” refers to the road that was grassy and less travelled upon.

B. The narrator chose the one that was grassy and less travelled upon

C. The poem “The Road Not Taken” tells the story of a poet who chooses one of two diverging roads of yellow wood to follow in his life. He picked the one that was “grassy and wanted wear”. It means that the path he selected was covered in grass and had never been walked before.

D.because it was grassy and wanted wear', the poet wants to draw the attention of the reader to the second road.

E.The title of the poem, 'Poetry of Earth' by John Keats is apt because the poem talks about the beautiful music on earth in the form of chirping of birds and calling of the beasts or the chants by the grasshoppers