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“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And by one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth” (a) What does the yellow wood mean? (b) Why does the poet stand lo...

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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And by one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth”

(a) What does the yellow wood mean?

(b) Why does the poet stand long?

(c) What is the rhyme scheme of die stanza?

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(a) Yellow wood refers to the decomposing leaves and the autumn season.

(b) The poet was in a dilemma about which road to take. Both the roads were equally worn and were covered with leaves.

(c) abaab.

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