Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way.
I doubted if I shall ever come back.
(a) Why does the traveller find the road untrodden?
(b) What does 'I kept the first for another day!' means?
(c) What did the traveller know about the road?
(d) What is the rhyme scheme used in the above lines?
Dear Student,
Given below is the answer to your question.
a) The traveller finds the road untrodden because most people have made up their minds to choose the other way. He understands this from the condition of the road where the plants have outgrown the road.
b) 'I kept the first for another day' refers to the poet's decision to travel on the first path, some other day. He has decided to use the second path this time.
c) The traveller knew that one way leads to another and he doubted if he would ever come back to take the first way.
d) The rhyme scheme is abaab
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Given below is the answer to your question.
a) The traveller finds the road untrodden because most people have made up their minds to choose the other way. He understands this from the condition of the road where the plants have outgrown the road.
b) 'I kept the first for another day' refers to the poet's decision to travel on the first path, some other day. He has decided to use the second path this time.
c) The traveller knew that one way leads to another and he doubted if he would ever come back to take the first way.
d) The rhyme scheme is abaab
I hope you find this answer helpful. Please post more questions on the forum to be assisted by our team.
Thank you.