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Friday, February 19, 2021

The Poetry Of Earth- Probable short questions and answers (SAQ) for Class: XII




 1. What does Keats celebrate in "The Poetry of Earth"? 

  Ans: In this Keats celebrates the music of earth.

2. What type of sonnet is "The Poetry of Earth"?

  Ans: "The Poetry of Earth is a Petrarchan sonnet.

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

   Ans: In the octave part the rhyme scheme is abbaabba and in the sestet the rhyme scheme is cdecde.

5. How does the hot sun affect all the birds?

   Ans: All the birds are faint with the hot sun.

6. Why are the birds faint?

   Ans: The birds are faint because of the heat during the summer.

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7. “The poetry of earth is never dead.” -What does ‘poetry’ stand for? 

 Ans: Here ‘poetry’ stands for music. 

8. What do the birds do in summer?  

   Ans: In summer, the birds are faint with the hot sun and they take shelter in  cooling trees. 

9. What does  the Cricket's song  seem to  'one  in  drowsiness half  lost'?

 Ans: To 'one in drowsiness half lost' the cricket song seems to be the song of the Grasshopper.

 10. When does the lost',  the Cricket  shrill? 

   Ans : The  Cricket  shrills  on  a Cricket’s  song seems to  be  the lone,  cold  and  silent  winter evening.

  11. What are  two insects  referred  to in 'The  Poetry  of  Earth'?

   Ans: The  two insects  referred  to  in 'The  Poetry  of  Earth’ are the Grasshopper and Cricket.

   12. Which  season  does  the Grasshopper represent?

   Ans: The Grasshopper represents Summer.

   13. Which season does the Cricket represent? 

   Ans: The Cricket represents winter.

   14. Who takes the lead in 'Summer luxury'? H.S 15

   

   Ans: In Keats sonnet "The Poetry of Earth" the Grasshopper takes the lead in summer.

   15. What has wrought  silence  in  winter? 

   Ans: The  frost  has  wrought  silence  in  Winter.

   16. 'a voice will run' whose voice is referred to here? H.S 15

   17. "He has never done with his delights"- Who has never done with his delights? H.S 16 

    Ans: The Grasshopper has never done with his delights. 

    18. "He has never done with his delights"- Who is 'he' referred to here?

    

    Ans: He 'he' refers to the Grasshopper.

    19. Where do all the birds hide in Keats' 'The Poetry of Earth'? H.S 16 

    Ans:  In Keats’ 'The Poetry of Earth', all the birds hide in cooling trees. 

    20. What might one hear on a lone, cold and silent winter evening? H.S 17 

    Ans: On a lone, cold and silent winter evening, one might hear the Cricket's song. 

    21. Where does the Grasshopper rest?H.S 18 

       Ans: The Grasshopper rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed in summer. 

    22. From where is the shrill song of the Cricket heard in 'The Poetry of Earth’ H.S18

     Ans: In 'The Poetry of Earth’, the shrill song of the Cricket is heard from the stove on a lone winter evening. 

     23. Why does the poet think 'The Poetry of Earth' is never dead?

     Ans: Since the voice of the Grasshopper and the Cricket follow each other throughout the cycle of the season, the poet thinks that the poetry of earth is never dead.

     24. What increases the warmth of winter in the poem "The Poetry of Earth"?

     Ans: The Cricket's song increases the warmth of winter.

     25. Where can the Grasshopper be found? 

     Ans: The Grasshopper can be found in a meadow or in grassy hills.

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                                  By: Sarfaraj Nawaj

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