NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem The Road not taken By Robert Frost

Here we have given NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem The Road not taken By Robert Frost.

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Poem The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

Text Book Questions & Their Answers

Thinking about the poem

Part-I

Q1. Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?

Ans: The traveller finds himself at a point where two roads diverge in a yellow wood. His problem is to decide on which road he should walk as he could not travel both at the same time.

Q2. Discuss what these phrases mean to you.

1. a yellow wood
2. it was grassy and wanted wear
3. the passing there
4. leaves no step had trodden black
5. how way leads on to way

Ans:

1. The phrase ‘a yellow wood’ signifies a forest in the autumn season.
2. The road was grassy because it was a less travelled or less worn out road. This implies that not many people had walked on it.
3. This refers to the people passing through that road.
4. It means the leaves had not been crushed under the feet of travellers.
5. Here, the poet refers to the fact that one road always leads on to another and so on.

Q3. Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes them?

1. in stanzas two and three?
2. in the last two lines of the poem?

Ans:

1. In stanzas two and three, the poet, vaguely expresses the similarities but at the same time, tries to determine the differences between the two roads. He says that although the second road seemed ‘just as fair’ and almost as same worn-out as the first yet it was somehow the ‘better claim’ since it was still afresh and less-trodden. That morning, both the roads were equally strewn with leaves that had not yet been trampled by the travellers.
2. According to the last two lines of the poem, one of the two road was ‘less travelled by’ than the other and the poet’s decision to walk on this road made all the difference in his life.

Part-II

Q1. Have you ever had to make a difficult choice (or do you think you will have difficult choices to make)? How will you make the choice (for what reasons)?

Ans: Such situations occur in everyone’s life. In today’s world people have numerous alternatives. But the decision should be taken after considering all the pros and cons of the situation. Though, I have never been in a situation in which I had to make a difficult choice. But I think the time will come when I will have to choose a stream, among science, commerce and humanities, after tenth grade. This decision will be a crucial one as it will determine my career prospects in future. I will make this decision on the basis of my interests as well as my aspirations and future goals in life.

Q2. After you have made a choice do you always think about what might have been, or do you accept the reality?

Ans: Having made a choice, I accept the reality. Reconsidering a decision or contemplating over it is not a positive approach towards life. Such thoughts never allow us to be happy with what we have gained from our decision. Therefore, I believe in sticking to my decisions.

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