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प्रश्न
Thinking about the poem
Discuss what these phrases mean to you.
(i) a yellow wood
(ii) it was grassy and wanted wear
(iii) the passing there
(iv) leaves no step had trodden black
(v) how way leads on to way
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उत्तर
(i) Yellow wood symbolises the autumn season. As Autumn corresponds to withering of the old leaves, the poet could be symbolically talking about the later stages of life of a man.
(ii) It conveys that the road was full of grass and less travelled one. The poet personifies the road by saying ‘wanted wear’. It could imply the road needed to be explored or travelled as only very few has done so.
(iii) The phrase is used with respect to the path he chose to walk or rather is used as ‘while walking the path’.
(iv) The poet uses this phrase to lay emphasis on the fact that he was unable to decide which path to choose. Both the paths seemed same, as the leaves had not changed their colour into black by people walking on them. Figuratively, it could represent a dilemma to choose a one path over the other for the fear of uncertainty.
(v) The phrase is used in continuation to the idea that poet wanted to return and try the first road for another day. But, he soon realizes how one way leads to another until one is very far from where it started. Figuratively, this phrase means how certain decisions one makes in life could pave the way for many other decisions.
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