Question

What do the phrases 'lay in leaves' and 'trodden black' mean?

Answer 1

Answer:

Lay in leaves means

These lines mean that, of the two roads the narrator is considering, neither one is more or less traveled than the other.

trodden black

The phrase is an excerpt from Robert Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken, “And both (roads) that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black.” It means neither of the roads are less traveled by.

Answer 2

Explanation:

• to stay in leaves
• no one has stepped