Showing posts with label The Poetry of Earth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Poetry of Earth. Show all posts
Short questions and answer for class xii from "The Poetry of Earth".
The Poetry of Earth
John Keats
1)
“The poetry of Earth is never dead”- what does the ‘poetry’
stands for?
Ans: In
Keats’ sonnet, “The Poetry of Earth” the ‘poetry’ stands for music of life.
2)
“And hide in cooling trees,...”- Who hide in
a cooling trees?
Ans: The birds in summer hide in cooling
trees.
3)
“ From hedge to hedge…”- What will run from hedge to hedge?
Ans: The voice of the grasshopper will
run from hedge to hedge.
4)
“…about the new-mown mead”- What does the expression
‘new-mown mead’ mean?
Ans: The expression ‘new-mown mead’ means
the grass of the land that has been recently cut.
5)
“-he takes the lead”- Who is ‘he’ referred to here?
Ans: In Keats’ sonnet “The poetry of
Earth”, ‘he’ refers to the Grasshoper.
6)
“-he takes the lead in summer luxury”- What does the
expression ‘summer luxury’ mean?
Ans: In the poem “The Poetry of Earth”,
the expression ‘summer luxury’ means the pleasures of summer.
7)
“-he has never done with his delights;”- Who is ‘he’
referred to here?
Ans: In the poem “The Poetry of Earth”,
the grasshopper is referred to here as ‘he’.
8)
“…there shrills The cricket’s song”- From where does the
Cricket’s song shrill?
Ans: In the poem “The Poetry of Earth”,
the Cricket’s song shrills from the stove on a lone winter evening.
9)
“He rests at ease…”- Who rests at ease?
Ans: In Keats’ poem “The Poetry of
Earth”, the Grasshoper rests at ease.
10)
Where does the grasshopper rest at ease in summer?
Ans: The Grasshoper rests at ease beneath
some pleasant weed in summer.
11)
“The poetry of earth is ceasing never”- What does the poet
suggest by the expression?
Ans: By the expression John Keats wants
to suggest that the music of nature continues forever.
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