why does the road wind uphill all the way? How does the poet present the traveller's upward journey in the poem?
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Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night a resting-place?
A roof for when the slow dark hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
You cannot miss that inn.
Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
Those who have gone before.
Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?
They will not keep you standing at that door.
Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
Of labour you shall find the sum.
Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
Yea, beds for all who come.
In the first line, the traveller who metaphorically represents man is questioning God who is the guide, that the road which is life's path is winding up-hill all the way, that means it is filled with difficulties all the way till we reach the end of journey – death.