Short questions and answers for class xi from "Meeting at Night".

1) How is the sea when the lover sails out?
Ans:- When the lover sails out, the sea is in sleep and grey in colour.

2) Where does the beloved live?

Ans: The beloved lives in a farmhouse beyond the sea.
3)  "The grey sea and the long black land"- What makes the sea grey?

Ans: Mist, fog and darkness make the sea grey.
4) What makes the little waves startled? 

Ans: The sleepy sea expects no vessel at that hour and hence the waves rise in surprise.
5) How does Browning  describe the half-moon? 
Ans: Browning describes the half-moon as yellow, large and low.
6) "A tap at the pan"- Who gives a tap at the pane? 
Ans: The lover of the poem 'Meeting at Night' gives a tap at the pane.
7) Where does the lover's boat slow down? 
Ans: The lover's boat slows down as it reaches the slushy sand.
8) "Two hearts beating each to each!"- What does the expression suggest here?
Ans: The expression suggests that the two fast beating hearts are united in the supreme moment of love.
9) " As I gain the cove with pushing prow."- Who is the speaker? 
Ans:- The lover is the speaker.
10) What does the moon look like when the lover braves the sea? 
Ans: When the lover braves the sea, the moon is half in size and looks yellow, large and low.