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1. 1.

   Tick the correct answer.

   1. Which season does the speaker travel through the wood?
      1. spring
      2. summer
      3. autumn
   2. Why did the speaker take the road that was 'grassy and wanted wear'?
      1. He was asked to do so.
      2. He did not want to take the beaten track.
      3. He was not courageous enough to make an unusual choice.
2. 2.

   Complete these sentences.

   1. The speaker takes time to make his choice because...
   2. When the speaker makes his choice, he is not sure if he would be able to...
   3. The title of the poem hints at...
3. 3.

   I shall be telling this with a sigh
   Somewhere ages and ages hence:
   Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
   I took the one less traveled by,
   And that has made all the different.

   1. What would the speaker tell? Why would he 'sigh' while 'telling this'?
   2. Why do you think the poet ends the third line and begins the fourth with 'I'? What effect does the repetition create?
   3. Which word in the quoted lines means 'in the future'?
4. 4.

   What is the choice that the speaker makes? Can you relate to it because of a choice you had to make in your life? Share your responses in class.

5. 5.

   Imagine that the speaker of the poem 'The Road Not Taken' is now old and writing his memoirs, recounting the choices he made long ago. Assuming yourself to be the speaker, write, in about 200 words, about the choices you had, how you reached your decision and what you think of it now.