1. The Road Not TakenBy -Robert Frost

2. AcknowledgementFirst of all I want to thank CBSE board whointroduced the CCE pattern and gave us anopportunity to make a project on THE ROADNOT TAKENAfter that I want to thank our respected andhard working teacher Miss.Bharti Gupta Mam{English} Who select this interesting topic forour FA-1 and who helped and encourchged tomake such interesting and good ppt. 3. Poem :Two roads diverged in a yellowwood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as IcouldTo where it bent in theundergrowth; 4. Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimBecause it was grassy and wanted wear,Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same, 5. And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I marked the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to wayI doubted if I should ever come back. 6. I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere 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 difference. 7. WordMeaningDiverge Deviate, DepartUndergrowth BushesClaim Assert, SayWearDress InTread WalkSighTo take the breath noisily 8. SummaryThe poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is aboutthe choices that one makes in life. It tells about a man who comes toa fork in the road he is travelling upon. He feels sorry that he cannottravel both paths as he must choose one. Frost uses this fork in theroad to represent a point in the mans life where he has to choosethe direction he wishes to take in life. As he thinks abouthis decision he looks down one path as far as he can see tryingto foresee what life will be like if he walks that path. He then gazesat the other trail and decides the outcome of going down that pathwould be just as pleasant. At this point he concludes that the trailthat has been less travelled on would be more rewarding when hereaches the end of it.The man then decides that he will save theother path for another day, even though he knows that one pathleads to another and that he wont get a chance to go back.The manthen says that he will be telling this story with a sigh someday inthe future suggesting that he will wonder what life would have beenlike if he had chosen the more walked path even though the path hechose has made all the difference. 9. About The PoetRobert Frost (1874-1963) was born in SanFrancisco, Frost spent most of his adultlife in rural New England and his laconiclanguage and emphasis on individualismin his poetry reflect this region. Heattended Dartmouth and Harvard butnever earned a degree, and as a youngman with a growing family he attemptedto write poetry while working on a farmor teaching in a school. American editorsrejected his submitted poems. Withconsiderable pluck Frost moved hisfamily to England in 1912 and thefollowing year a London publisherbrought out his first book. After 10. Rhyme SchemeTwo roads diverged in a yellow woodAAnd sorry I could not travel bothBAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAAnd looked down one as far as I couldATo where it bent in the undergrowthBThe rhyme scheme in this poem is ABAAB and continues that way throughout the poem. 11. Alliteration-Sound DeviceThen took the other, as just as fair,Because it was grassy and wanted wearThough as for that the passing there In lines six, eight and nine the author uses alliteration. 12. Questions And Answers What is the poem about ? ANSWER1:The poem is about a dilemma, the need to come to a decision / solve aproblem What does the road symbolize ? ANSWER2:The road = Life Symbolism - the use of a concrete image (symbol) to represent an abstract idea. What is the main dilemma in the poem? ANSWER3:The speaker is at a fork in the road he has to choose which way to go. How does the speaker solve his dilemma? ANSWER4:He compares the two roads Which road does he choose? ANSWER5:He choose the road which is less traveled by 13. BY :-ASIF AND ABHIJEETThank you !