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115, , 3.3 The Road Not Taken, Extract 1, A1. Simple Factual Activity:, State whether the following statements are True or False:, 1. The poet made his decision about which road to take very quickly – False, 2. The season was Autumn – True, 3. The poet wished he could travel along both the roads – True, 4. He took the road which had been used more – False, Page 116, A2. Complex Factual Activity:, (1) Why does the poet feel sorry?, Answer:, The poet feels sorry that he cannot travel along both the roads at the same time., (2) Did the poet choose the road quickly?, Answer:, No, the poet did not choose the road quickly, He stood for a long time at the fork before he took a, decision., 3 No, both were equally good., 4 A greenwood turns to a yellow wood in j autumn. The stage in our life that can be compared to that season is, middle age., 5 The traveller chooses the road less travelled because it seemed just as good as the other one and he felt it, needed to be used. The traveller seems to be adventurous. He has an independent mind and does not want to, follow what others have done., A3 1, a. Choice of two options: two roads diverged., b. I made a rare choice: I took the one less travelled by., c. Equally good options: just as fair., d. It was tempting and needed to be tried: It was grassy and wanted wear., e. Some other time: Another day., 2 yes, 3 1st stanza – abaab2nd stanza – abaa
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Page no 117, A1. Simple Factual Activity:, Complete the following statements:, (1) The poet took the road less travelled by., (2) He kept the first road for another day., (3) He will be telling all this ages and ages later., (4) His choice has made all the difference., A2. Complex Factual Activities:, *(1) Does the poet tell us what difference it made?, Ans: No, he doesn’t tell what difference it made., *(2) Why does the traveller doubt that he shall ever come back?, Ans: The traveller feels that he will be so busy in his life with one thing leading to another, that he may not be, ever able to come back., *(3) If you were in the traveller’s place, which road would you choose? Justify your choice., Ans: If I were in the traveller’s place, I would choose the road that was more travelled. I would not want to go, on a strange road which many have not travelled by. I am not adventurous. I feel that there is safety in doing, what others are doing or have done., A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:, *(1) Write the symbols that are used in the poem to represent the following ideas:, (1) I made a rare choice: I took the one less travelled by., (2) Some other time: Another day., Write down the rhyme scheme of every stanza separately., 3rd stanza – abaab, 4th stanza – abaab, (3) Pick out and explain an example of inversion from the extract., Ans: Inversion: ‘And both that morning equally lay in leaves ……… The correct prose order is: And both lay, equally that morning in leaves ………, This famous poem ‘The Road not Taken’ is by the equally famous poet Robert Frost.
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The Rhyme Scheme of the poem is abaab. One Figure of Speech is Alliteration: ‘Though as for that the passing, there.’ Repetition of the sound of the letter ‘t’. The other figure of speech is Inversion., The poem is about the journey of life, and what the poet decides when the path forks off in two directions. He, knew that he could not travel both, so he took the road which was not as well-travelled as the other. This made a, difference in his life., Page no. 118, Q. Write an appreciation of this poem with the help of given points in paragraph format: Ans: - The poem “The Road not Taken” written by Robert Frost, is a masterpiece in the arena of American Poetry., He has been the most widely known and appreciated American Poet of the 20 th century. The rhyming scheme of, the poem is abaab. The figure of speech used in the poem is Alliteration in the sentence “Though as for that the, passing there,” as the letter “t” was repeated. The other figure of speech is inversion., “The Road Not Taken” is one of the beautiful lyrical poems of Robert Frost. It projects a problem that is faced, many times by people. It talks about taking a decision about choosing a career. The poet has expressed this, dilemma through the image of two roads which are separate. The traveller has to choose one between them., It is really hard to decide which road he shall prefer to. How can one say that one road is better than the other?, There are the questions majority of people have to face in life. The end of the road is the consequences of the, decision., The poet has brought out this situation where he has to select between two roads. The words “Yellow wood” point, out to the season of autumn. Both the roads are equally attractive on that particular morning. Nobody had walked, on it. So, the fallen yellow leaves are uncrushed. It is difficult to take a decision for the traveller., , Page no: 119, Q. Write a letter to your friend or cousin telling him/her about a difficult choice you have, recently made. Tell your friend/cousin how his/her example helped you to take a decision., Flat No. 3, ‘Maria Mansion’, Pereira Nagar, Mahim 400 016, 5th July 2021, , Dear Sandeep,, Hi! How are you? I tried calling you, but your number : seems to have changed. Do let me have, your new number., Last week I had to make a rather difficult choice. I | had to choose between football and my, studies. No guesses which one I chose – my studies, of course! I have made up my mind to give up
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football for the next two years. I will play in friendly, casual matches, j but nothing serious. I will, also stop my regular daily I practice., It’s been a very difficult decision to make, but then I j remembered what you had done. You too, had given up cricket for two years, hadn’t you? And then you I picked up the threads again in, college, when you had j more time. This is what has inspired me to make my j decision. Thanks,, Sandy., Will tell you more details when I meet you next., Your loving friend,, Deep, Page no: 120, ACTIVITY, 1} Rearrange the following facts in the proper order and fill in the flow chart., a. He chooses the one barely travelled., b. Choosing the lesser-used road has made a great difference., c. He observed one, as far as he could., d. The traveler came to a fork in the road., e. He planned to travel along the previous one some other time., , Answer:
