2. ABOUT THE POET
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• Robert Lee Frost was an American poet
born on March 1874 .
• He won the Pulitzer Prize for his poetry .
• He used lyric and narrative in his poems
and depicted rural Life of New England .
• He also used to write on pastoral
subjects . He died in January 1963.
• He was awarded the Congressional Gold
Medal in 1960 for his poetic works.
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3. POEM – THE ROAD NOT
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STANZA – I
• Two roadsdivergedin a yellowwood,
• And sorryI couldnottravel both
• And be oneTRAVELLER, longI stood
• And lookeddownoneas far as I could
• To whereit bent inthe undergrowth
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STANZA - II
•Then took the other, just as fair,
•And having perhaps the better claim,
•Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
•Though as for that the passing there
•Had wornthemreally about the same.
VOCABULARY
FAIR – NICE
CLAIM – PROMISE
PERHAPS – PROBABLY
WANTED WEAR – NOT
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And boththat morning equallylay
In leaves no stephad troddenblack.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I shouldevercome back.
STANZA - III
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STANZA - IV
• I shall be tellingthis witha sigh
• Somewhere ages and ages hence;
• Tworoads divergedin a wood, and I —
• I tookthe one less travelled by,
• And that has made all the difference.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And both that morning equally lay
And sorry I could not travel both In leaves no step had trodden black.
And be one traveller, long I stood Oh, I kept the first for another day!
And looked down one as far as I could Yet knowing how way leads on to way
To where it bent in the undergrowth; I doubted if I should ever come back.
Then took the other, just as fair, I shall be telling this with a sigh
And having perhaps the better claim, Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
Though as for that the passing there I took the one less travelled by,
Had worn them really about the same And that has made all the difference.
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