What do you think these phrases from the poem mean?

(i) Punished in the corner

(ii) Leave their greens

(i) Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves and their twigs do?

(ii) What does the poet compare their branches to?

1. Where does the traveler find himself? What problem does he face?

2. 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

3. Is there any difference between the two roads as the poet describes them

(i) in stanzas two and three?

(ii) in the last two lines of the poem?

4. What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean? (Looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it?)

What does the title of the poem suggests to you? What do you think the poem is about?

(i) Who is the speaker in the poem?

(ii) With your partner list out the happenings the speaker is worried about.

(iii) Why do you think she/he has these worries? Can you think of ways to get rid of such worries?