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00 a yellow wood
(11) it was grassy and wanted wear
(111) the passing there
(iv) leaves no step had trodden Black
(v) how way leads on to way
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2. Discuss what these phrases mean to you.
(i) a yellow wood
(ii) it was grassy and wanted wear
(iii) the passing there
(iv) leaves no step had trodden black
(v) how way leads on to way
i) Yellow wood represents the autumn season. In the poem, the author has used 'autumn' to symbolise the old age. The poet , here, talks about the later stages of life.
ii) The phrase says that one of the roads was full of grass and seemed to be untrodden because nobody has used that road.
iii) The treading of the people on that path.
iv) The leaves turned black and didn't change their colour because of few people stepping on them. It could represent a path one may have never/seldom taken in life for the fear of uncertainty.
v) This phrase means how certain decisions one makes in life could pave the way for many other decisions.
1= the second path had not been frequently travelled by the people .So, it was full of grass and didn't have a worn out look .It indicated that fewer people had taken to the second road in comparison to the first road.
2= 'leaves no step had trodden black ' means nobody has left any footprint on the leaves of the forest where the poet was standing. The leaves had not become black in colour by the pressure of the travellers . It indicated that nobody trodden on those leaves.
3= The phrase 'how way leads to the other way ' means one way leads to the other way. In a forest we find that one way leads to another way and that way leads to the third way and there is a network of paths in a forest.