The Wild Swans at Coole

     W. B Yeats

The poem first appeared under the titleof The Wild Swans at Coole and Other Poems published in 1919.

Line by line explannation in bengali:- 

1st Stanza:- 

The trees are in their autumn beauty,

The woodland paths are dry,

 One word Substitution 

• One who loves mankind- Philanthropist 
• One who hates mankind- Misanthropist
• One who loves language- Philologist 
• One who hates language- Misologist
• One who loves marriage- Philogamist
• One who hates marriage - Misogamist
• One who distrusts and dislikes everybody- Misocapnic
• One who beliefs easily- Credulous
• One who is violently hostile to establish beliefs, customs, traditions, institutions - Iconoclast
• One who is easily fooled- Gullible
• One who is able to talk very quickly- Volluble
• One who collects postage stamps- Philatelish
• One who collected coins- Numismatist
• One who flirts with women- Philanderer
• a man known for seducing women and having many lovers- Casanova
• One who flirts with men - Paramour
• One who does not marry especially for the religious obligation- Celibate
• One who retires from society to live a solitary life- Recluse
• One who is citizen of the world- Cosmopolitan 
• One who eats human flesh- Cannibal
• One who eats flesh- Carnivorous 
• One who abstains from alcoholic drinks and restrict others to take so- Tee-totaller
• One who is indifferent to pain and pleasure- Stoic
• All type of excitement- Stolid
• One who believes in God- Theist
• One who does not belive in God- Atheist 
• One who believes that God exists every object of nature- Pantheist
• One who does not believe in God of anything except material things- Agnistic 
• One who displays one's knowledge- Pedant
• A person having the same name as another- Namesake
• A person living in the same time as another- Contemporary 
• One who is very talkative - Garrulous/ Loquacious 
• One who is habitually silent- Taciturn/ Reticent
• One who cuts precious stones- Lapidist 
• One who deals in cattle- Drover
• One who takes delights in excessive cruelty- Sadist
• A person who helps you to break the law- Accomplice
• A man who starves body for the good of soul- Ascetic
• Women trained to help other woman in child birth- Midwife
• A person with full of discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country- Plenipotentiary 
• A pioneer of a reform movement- Apostle
• One desirous of getting money- Avaricious
• One who is always dissatisfied - Malcontant
• One who does not care for literature or art- Philistine
• One who speaks for an idea- Advocate
• A man of odd habits- Eccentric
• One whose wife has been unfaithful to him- Cuckold
• One who pretends illness to escape duty- Malingerer
• One who tries to stir up people- Demagogue
• One who claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others- Highbow
• One who pays too much attention to the cloths and appearances- Dandy
• A person who forsakes religion- Renegade/ Apostate
• Person holding a scholarship at a university - Bursar
• Person concerned with practical results and values- Pragmatist
• Person without manners or polish- Rustic 
• One who is made to bear the blame due to others- Scapegoat
• One who is honourably discharged from service- Emeritus

The Wild Swans at Coole

William Butler Yeats

1. The predominant note of the poem is

a] cheerful

b] elegiac

c] meditative

d] celebratory

2. The poem was written in

[a] Spring 1916

[b] Winter 1915

[c] Autumn 1916

[d] Summer 1917

3. When the poet first visited Coole Park, he was aged

[a] 33

[b] 32

[c] 31

[d] 51

4. Yeats visited Coole first time in

[a] 1916

[b] 1897

[c] 1896

[d] 1890

5. During his second visit to Coole, Yeats was aged

[a] 50

[b] 52

[c] 51

[d] 59

6. The gap between Yeats' two visits of Coole was

[a] 20 years

[b] 9 years

[c] 19 years

[d] 10 years

7. Apart from natural association Autumn also signifies

[a] psychic atrophy

[b] aging

[c] loss of imagination

[d] all of these

8. Which of the following month is pictured in his poem?

[a] September

[b] October

[c] July

[d] May

9. At Coole, Yeats received hospitality from

a) Robert Gregory 

b) John Macbride

c) Iscult Gonne

d) Lady Gregory

10. Why are the woodland paths called 'dry'?

[i] the monsoon is over

[ii] rains and mists are yet to come

[iii] it was early autumn

[iv] it was late autumn

[a] (i) and (ii)

[b] (ii) and (iii)

[c] (ii) and (iv)

[d] (iii) and (iv)

11) The time mentioned in the poem is 

a) dawn 

b) early morning 

c) twilight

d) evening

12. The word 'twilight' appears as predominant

symbol in which of the following poems?

[a] Two in the Campagna

[b] Crossing the Bar

[c] Come into the Garden Maud

[d] The Tower

13. The number of swans are

[a] 58

[b] 51

[c] 59

[d] 52

14. The number 'nine-and-fifty' symbolizes

[a] the number of lovers the poet had

[b] the age of the poet when he first visited

Coole

[c] the age of the poet when he had his second

visit at Coole

[d] persons killed in the genocide of 1916

15. The dominant mode of the poem is one of

[a] jubilation

[c] innocence

[b] jocundity

[d] melancholy

16. This poem has its near kindred in

[a] Keats' 'Melancholy Ode'

[b] Vaughan's 'the Retreat'

[c] Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'

[d] Wordsworth's 'Immortality Ode'

17. The central theme of the poem is

[a] management of stress in late youth

[b] loss cum recompense

[c] Irish Independence movement

[d] meditation on his lost love for Maud

18. Yeats may be called

[a] pre-Romantic

(b) pro-Romantic

[C] neo-Romantic

[d] belated-Romantic

19. The 'streams' of the cold lake symbolizes

[a] life of flux

[b] eternity

[c] ephemerality

[d] the great currents of time

c20. "Since I first made my count"-When did Yeats make his count first?

(a) in 1896

[b] in 1915

[c] in 1897

[d] in 1917

Answer Key:- 1) b 2) c 3) b 4) b 5) b 6) c 7) d) 8) b 9) d 10) d 11) c 12) b 13) c 14) c 15) d 16) d 17) b 18) c 19) d 20) c

 Mock Test Set 1

1) The poem centres round the theme of - 

A) glamour and beauty of Lucy 

B) loveliness of Lucy and her place 

C) growth, perfection and death of Lucy

D) Lucy's serene mind

2) what does the final exclamation "The difference to me" imply? 

A) a minor inconvenience 

B) a dramatic irony 

C) profound personal loss 

D) a joyful discovery

3) The star refers to

A)  Mars

B)  Venus the evening star

C)  the sun 

D) the moon

4) What is symbolised by 'the eye' in the line "half hidden from the eye"?  

A) Lucy's blindness

B) The world's attention

C) A divine vision

D) An animal

5) What literary device is found in "fair as a star"?

A) Simile 

B) Metaphor 

C) Irony

D) Symbolism 

6) The "springs of Dove" most likely refer to- 

A) a mythological place 

B) the source of a river 

C) a village festival 

D) a dove's nest

7) The phrase "none to praise" contains which figure of speech? 

A) Hyperbole

B) Irony

C) Repetition 

D) Litotes

8) The expression "very few to love" suggests: 

A) Lucy was shy and unfriendly 

B) Lucy was disliked

C) Lucy was loved buy a small circle including the speaker

D) Lucy chose to remain single 

9) The poem has a- 

A)  ballad structure

B) Sprung rhythm

C) a cyclical structure

D) flat structure

10) The interjection Oh! Suggests the sense of- 

A) joy 

B) sorrow and loss

C) disgust 

D) depression

11) The violet was grown by a 

A) mossy stone 

B) small hill

C) mountain

D) hilly region

12) What is the most important contrast established in the poem?

A) wealth versus poverty

B)  fame versus obscurity

C)  night versus day

D)  love versus hate 

13) Wordsworth's  reference to nature in the poem mainly serves to :

A) contrast the beauty of the city and the countryside 

B) show the nature is indifferent to human struggle

C) reflect the inner emotional world of the speaker 

D) criticise the changing seasons

14) The phrase "she lived unknown and few could know"conveys : 

A) the anonymity of lucy's life 

B) Lucy's secret talents 

C)  The Fame of lucy's family

D)  the secrecy of Lucy's emotions 

15) The phrase "ceased to be" is an example of- 

A) Synecdoche 

B) Euphemism

C) Simile

D) Metaphor

16) Here ceased to be means 

A) ceased to die 

B) ceased to exist 

C) ceased to remain 

D) ceased to walk

17) The violet was 

A) hidden

B) half hidden 

C) short lived 

D) half secluded

18) The poem's rhyme scheme is 

A) AABB 

B) ABAB 

C) ABCD

D) ABBA

19)  Which romantic ideal is most evident in this poem? 

A) Emphasis on industrial progress

B) Celebration of aristocracy

C) Reverence for the simple, solitary life

D) Use of  urban imagery

20) The final stanza implies that Lucy's death : 

A) caused widespread mourning 

B) Did not effect anyone at all

C) Made no difference to society, but was devastating to the speaker 

D) was widely reported

Ans key: 

1) C 2) C 3) C 4) B 5) A 6) B 7) D 8) C 9) C 10) B 11) A 12) B 13) C 14) A 15) B 16) B 17) B 18) B 19) C 20) C 

 Mock Test Set 1 

1) In the poem, 'lea' refers to

a) A body of water 

b) A religious site 

c) A meadow 

d) A valley

2) What does the word "boon" in a sordid boon" mean?

(a) Curse 

 b) Burden

 c) Blessing

 d) Trap

3)  What is the meaning of the phrase "lay waste our powers"?

(a) Destroy our creativity and spiritual insight

b)  Preserve our talents

c) Use our strength effectively

(d) Channel energy positively

4)  The word "creed" in a creed outworn" refers to:

(a) law

(b) faith or belief system

(c) war

(d) poetic device

5)  The word “forlorn" suggests:

(a) proud

(b) angry

(c) joyful

(d) lonely or hopeless

6) Proteus is a symbol of : 

a) Fire 

b) Change and prophecy 

c) Violence 

d) Death 

7) The poem belongs to which literary movement? 

a) Neoclassicism 

b) Romanticism 

c) Realism 

d) Modernism

8) "Sleeping flowers" is an example of: 

a) Hyperbole 

b) Metaphor 

c) Simile 

d) Personification

9) What socio-economic change does the poem implicitly criticise? 

a) Colonial expansion 

b) Industrial Revolution and its effects 

c) Feudalism 

d) Postmodern art 

10) "The winds that will be howling at all hours" is an example of: 

a) Simile 

b) Alliteration

c) irony

d) Onomatopoeia and Personification 

11) In what period was this poem written? 

a) Victorian 

b) Renaissance 

c) Romantic

d) Modern

12) The phrase "we are out of tune"  implies :

a) musical discord

b)  poor communication 

c) a metaphor for spiritual disconnection from nature

d)   Misunderstanding of literature 

13) "Late and soon" refers to : 

a) Morning and night 

b) Past and future

c) Life and death 

d) Time and memory 

14) What poetic device is used in "Proteus rising from the sea"? 

a) Metaphor 

b) Alliteration 

c) Mythological allusion 

d) Pun 

15) The mood created by the line "It moves us not" is one of : 

a) Peace and satisfaction 

b) Celebration 

c) Despair and alienation 

d) Nostalgia 

16) The main conflict in the poem can be summarised as: 

a) Paganism vs Christianity 

b) Emotion vs intellect 

c) Materialism vs nature/spirituality 

d) Modernity vs antiquity 

17) " We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" uses which device? 

a) Oxymoron 

b) Enjambment 

c) Synecdoche

d) Allusion 

18) "Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn" shows the speaker's : 

a) Wish for hope through imagination 

b) Belief in Pagan rituals 

c) Desire to return to London 

d) Joy in material success 

19) Triton's horn is Symbolic of : 

a) Industrial noise 

b) Mythical knowledge 

c) Nature's lost voice 

d) War signals 

20) " The sea that bares her bosom to the moon " uses : 

a) Metaphor and personification

b) Simile and irony 

c) Hyperbole 

d) Onomatopoeia 

Answer key : 

1) c  2) c  3)  a  4)  b  5) d   6) b  7)  b  8)  d   9)  b  10) d   11)  c  12)  c  13) b  14) c 15)  c  16)  c  17) a   18) a  19) c  20) a

Mcq mock test set 1 from the poem "Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" for SLST.

1)  What is the tone of the first stanza?

a) joyful

b) sarcastic

c) Dreamlike and peaceful 

d) Aggressive

2) What transition occurs between the first and second stanza?

a)  From illusion to reality

b) From sleep to waking

c) From joy to anger

d) From day to night

3) What does the second stanza emphasise?

a) Her spiritual awakening

b) Her sensory enhancement

c) Her physical death and merging with nature

d) Her journey to heaven

4) What natural elements is the girl associated with in the second

stanza?

a) Rivers and oceans

b) Stars and moon

c) Rocks, stones, and trees  

d) Sun and clouds

 5) "She seemed a thing that could not feel" is an example of:

a) Irony

b) Alliteration

c) Symbolism

d) Paradox

6) Which poetic device is used in "Rolled round in earth's diurnal

course"?

a) Alliteration

b) Imagery

c) Onomatopoeia

d) Enjambment

7) What figure of speech is used in "A slumber did my spirit seal"?

a) Personification

b) Metaphor

c) Hyperbole

d) Simile

8) In which year was the poem first published?

a) 1807

b)  1815

c)  1800

d) 1820

9) What is the form of the poem?

a) Sonnet

b) Ode

c) Lyric

d) Ballad

10) How many stanzas does the poem contain?

a) One

B) Three

C) Two

d) Four

11) What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

a) AABB CCDD

b) ABAB CDCD

c) ABBA CDDC

d) ABCDEFGH

12) What is the meter of the poem?

a) Trochaic tetrameter

b) Iambic meter

c) Dactylic hexameter

d) Anapestic meter

13) What change does the poem portray in the speaker's perception?

a) From fear to hope

b) From doubt to belief

c) From fantasy to realism

 d) From peace to violence

14) Which line best represents the reality of death in the poem?

a) "I had no human fears"

b) "She seemed a thing that could not feel"

c) "No motion has she now, no force"

d) "With rocks, and stones, and trees"

15) What kind of lyric is the poem?

a) Pastoral lyric

b) Elegiac lyric

c) Patriotic lyric

d) Celebratory lyric

16) The tone in the second stanza can be best described as:

a) Reflective and mournful

b)  Humorous and light

c)  Angry and violent

d) Boastful and proud

17) What does "motion" signify in the second stanza? 

 a) Movement of time

 b) Movement or life force

 c) Timelessness and death

 d) Change of mood 

18) How does the time portrayed in the poem? 

a) As generous

b) As a destroyer 

c) As a healer 

d) as irrelevant 

19) The tone of acceptance in the second stanza aligns with which philosophical concepts? 

a) Idealism 

b) Stoicism

c) Nihilism

d) Hedonism

20) The use of "earth's diurnal course" is an example of :  

a) Hyperbole

b) Scientific reference

c) Personification 

d) Symbolic Imagery 

Answer Key: 

1) c 2) a 3) c 4) c 5) a 6) d 7) b 8) c 9) c 10) c 11) b 12) b 13) c 14) c 15) b 16) a 17) b 18) b 19) b 20) d

 Mock Test Set 1 Arms and the Man.

1) Sergius is acclaimed as the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment by - 

A) Catherine  

B) Raina

 C) Sergius 

D) Louka 

2) The title Arms and the Man is the English translation of the Latin phrase- 

A) Arm Virum Cano 

B) Arma Virumque Cano 

C) Army Virum Cano 

D) Ami cano virumgue

3) "If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing "- is said by 

A) Raina 

B) Bluntschli 

C) Catherine

 D) Mrs. Petcoff

4) The term ice pudding means- 

A) a soft food like ice

B) a soft food made of ice 

C) delicious and soft food from ice 

D) fast food made from ice 

5) "This hand is more accustomed to the sword than to the pen" is said by- 

A) Bluntschli 

B) Sergius 

C) Carventes

 D) Hugo

6) "There as only one thing I want to make me thoroughly comfortable"-here the 'only one thing' refers to

A) the house of Petkoff  

B) the library  

C) the old Coat of Mr Petkoff 

D) the old vase

7) The phrase 'a devil of a fight' means 

A) a devilish  fight  

B) a terrible fight

C) a fight which a demon can puts up 

D)  diabolical fight 

8) Bluntschli did not close his eyes for-

A) 48 hours 

B) 44 hours 

C) 42 hours 

D) 41 hours 

9) Nikola served the Petkoff family for- 

A) 11 years 

B) 10 Years 

C) 9 years 

D) 5 years

10) The very first thing Raina's father asked for was 

A) his old gloves 

B) his old coat 

C) his old friend 

D) his old shirt

11) Here the term 'brown study' means

A) studies brown in colour 

B) studies of brown 

C) day-dream 

D) study having brown cover

12) The phrase 'division of labour' means 

A) distribution of work  

B) division of Duty  

C) division of doing  

D) division of working 

13) "This is a better weapon than the revolver"- What is referred by 'this'? 

A) The Chocolate 

B) The cloak 

C) The coat 

D) The music

14) The last postal delivery that reached Bluntschli was

A) 4 weeks ago 

B) 3 weeks ago 

C) 5 weeks ago 

D)  2 months ago 

15) Here 'the cool impartial man' refers to 

A) Bluntschli 

B) Mr. Petkoff 

C) Sergius 

D) Louka 

16) The term 'predicament' means 

A) predicate 

B) predication  

C) unpleasant or dangerous situation  

D) plight

17) " Our romance is shattered. Life is a farce"- Who said this? What is the meaning of 'farce'? 

A)Sergious,  a mockery! an absurdity   

B) Bluntshli,far away and 

C) Louka, force 

D) Nicola, music

18)' you see the young lady's concern captain Bluntschli' - The lady's concern is 

A) whether Bluntschli is  married or not 

B) whether Bluntschli will marry her 

C) whether Sergius marry Louka 

19) "My hero! My king! " was said by Raina to 

A) her father  

B) the portrait of Sergius 

C) Sergius  

D) Bluntschli 

20) Levas is 

A) Russian coin 

B) Serbian coin 

C) Bulgarian silver coin 

D) South Asian coin

Answer key

1) A 2) B 3) B 4) C 5) B 6) C 7) B 8) A 9) B 10) B 11) C 12) A 13) B 14) B 15) A 16) C 17) A 18) A 19) C  20) C

 Virtue 

George Herbert ( 1593-1633) 

About the poet and the poem : 

●  Herbert was a poet, orator and Anglican priest of the church of England. 

● He was a devotional lyricist , often hailed as the ' saint of the metaphysical school'. 

● He composed poems in English, Latin and Greek.

● Herbert was born on 3rd April 1593 at Montgomary , wales.

● Henry Vaughan called him " a most glorious saint and seer".

● The poem published in 1633 in the collection of poem "The Temple : Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations"  with a preface from Nicholas Ferrar.

● Herbert sent his poetry to his friend Nicholas Ferrar shortly before his death. 

● Ferrar published those poems in the mentioned collection of Herbert.

● The "Virtue" by Herbert is a simple didactic poem with a moral. 

● Herbert uses ABAB CBCB DBDB rhyme scheme in the poem .

● He wrote it in Iambic Tetrameter but the last line of each stanza is in Iambic Dimeter.

● It is a Carpedium poem . 

● It has 4 stanzas and 16 lines. 

Summary : 

Virtue" is a metaphysical poem by George Herbert, exploring the contrast between earthly beauty, which is temporary, and inner virtue, which is eternal. The poem consists of four stanzas, each reflecting on different beautiful aspects of nature and life.

The poet describes a beautiful, sweet day that eventually must end in night. Despite its charm, it is transient.

 He praises the lovely rose, vibrant and fresh in the morning but destined to wither by evening.

A spring, full of life and musical sounds, also will fade as time passes.

In contrast, a virtuous soul will never die. While all external beauties perish, inner goodness and moral purity are immortal and remain beyond death.

The short poem " Virtue" is a celebration of the innate spiritual quality that outweighes all the ephemeral objects of the worl.

Word notes: 

Bridall- union, marriage,   Skie- sky,   weep- lament , Fall - end , hue- colour, Angrie- reddish, Brave - defiant , Rash- thoughtless , Gazer- onlooker, Root- origin , Grave- death , Compacted- assorted, Onely- only, soul- element of virtue, turn to coal - perishes, chiefly - alone ,lives- remains eternal