THE POETRY OF EARTH
John Keats
Choose the Correct Option from the Alternatives Provided
1) The poetry of earth is never-
(a) alive (✓b) dead (c) eternal (d) immortal
2. "The Poetry of Earth" is a -
(✓a) sonnet (b) lyric (d) narrative poem () war poenm
3. "The poetry of earth is never dead..."- Here 'poetry' refers to-
(✓a) music (b) composition (d) rhythm (c) narration
4) "The poetry of earth is never dead :" Here 'earth' refers to
(a) rock (b) soil (c) globe (✓d) nature
5) According to Keats, birds are faint with -
(a) storm (b) cold (✓c) hot sun (d) hail
6) "When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, .." - Here the word 'faint' means
(a) conscious (b) dead () injured (✓d) unconscious
7) The birds hide in cooling trees due to -
(a) rain (b) frost (✓c) heat (d) landslide
8) The sun in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth' is -
(a) mild (b) pleasant (c) yellow (d✓) hot
9) "And hide in cooling trees, ..."- The word 'hide' means -
(a✓) taking shelter (b) going away (c) making fun (d) only dancing
10) When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, they hide in cooling --
(✓a) trees (c) caves (b) bushes (d) cotes
11) " ... a voice will run" -- It is the voice of -
(a) bee (c) Cricket (b✓) Grasshopper (d) bird
12) The voice of the Grasshopper runs from- (a) field to field (b) flower to flower
(✓c) hedge to hedge (d) forest to forest
13) The Grasshopper sings in -
(a) winter (✓b) summer (c) autumn (d) spring.
14) The voice of the Grasshopper will run from hedge to hedge about freshly cut --
(a) trees (b) garden (c✓) Mead (d) leaves
15) "... a voice will run From hedge to hedge" - The word 'hedge means a line of -
(a) hazes (b) buds (c) hazels (✓d) bushes
16) The Grasshopper is an agent of-
(a✓) summer (b) winter (c) autumn (d) spring
17) ... about the new-mown mead; " - The word 'mead' means -
(a) pond (b) middle (✓c) meadow (d) crop
18) "That is the Grasshopper" - Here That refers to --------- the of the Grasshopper.
(a) beauty (b) liveliness (c) idleness (d✓) voice
19) When birds are faint with the hot sun, summer song is carried out by -
(a) the Cricket (b✓) the Grasshopper (c) the wind (d) the clouds.
20) " - he takes the lead" - Who is 'he' referred to here?
(a) the poet (b✓) the Grasshopper (c) the Cricket (d) the fly
21) In the scorching heat of summer, the Grasshopper feels -
(a) sorrow (b) tired (✓c) happy (d) safe
22) " --- he takes the lead" Here the word 'lead' means -
(a) position (b) leadership (c) control (d✓) role
23) The Grasshopper takes the lead in the luxury of - (✓a) summer (b) winter (c) autumn (d) spring
24) "In summer luxury" - Here the word 'luxury' means -
(a) richness (b✓) delight (c) brightness (d) comfort.
25) "In summer luxury..." Who enjoys 'summer luxury'?
(a) the Cricket (b) the bird (c✓) the Grasshopper (d) the poet
26) "- he has never done With his delights ;..." Who is 'he' referred to here?
(a) the poet (b) the bird (c) the Cricket (✓d) the Grasshopper
27 "- he has never done With his delights; Whose delights never come to an end?
(a) the Cricket (b) the poet(c) the bird (✓d) the Grasshopper
28 "... for when tired out with fun" - Who is tired out with fun?
(a) the poet (b) the Cricket (c) the poetry (✓d) the Grasshopper
29) "... for when tired out with fun" - Here the word 'fun' means
(✓a) merriment (b) sports (c) jokes (d) fan
30) "He rests at ease beneath some .... " --- Who is 'he' referred to here ?
(a) the poet (✓b) the Grasshopper(c) the poet's friend (d) the Cricket.
31) "He rests at ease beneath some ..." – The expression 'at ease' means -
(a) easily (b) calmly (✓c) comfortably (d) readily
32) The Grasshopper is tired out with
(a) heat (b) cold (c✓) fun (d) hard work.
33) "He rests at ease beneath some..." – The word 'beneath' means
(a) behind (b) before (✓c) under (d) besides
34) When the Grasshopper is tired, he takes rest beneath some pleasant -
(✓a) weed (b) wedge (c) weather (d) willow
35) "... beneath some pleasant weed."- The word 'weed' means-
(✓a) unwanted wild plant (b) wide plant (c) tree (d) group of plants
36) How is the weed as mentioned in the sonnet 'The Poetry of Earth' ?
(✓a) pleasant (b) unpleasant (c) cold (d) frosty
37) The poetry of earth is ceasing-
(a) forever (b✓) never (c) once (d) twice
38) "The Poetry of earth is ceasing never :" - The word 'ceasing' means –
(a) seizing (b) trading (c) happening (✓d) stopping
39) How is the winter evening in the sonnet "The Poetry of Earth'?
(a) pleasant (b✓) lone (c) noisy (d) hot
40) "On a lone winter evening, ." – The word 'lone' means -
(a) single (b) isolated (✓c) solitary (d) unhappy
41) What has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening?
(a) the Cricket (b) the sun (✓c) the frost (d) the Grasshopper
42) In "The Poetry of Earth" the frost represents - (a) the summer (b) the autumn (c) the spring (✓d) the winter
43) "....... when the frost Has wrought a silence," -- The word 'wrought' means-
(✓a) made (b) shown (c) spoken (d) Sung
44) '... from the stove there shrills" - What shrills from the stove?
(a) the Grasshopper's voice (b✓) the Cricket's song (c) the bird's song (d) none of the above
45 from the stove there shrills" – The 'stove' stands for -
(a) coldness (✓b) warmth (c) solitariness (d) liveliness
46 "... from the stove there shrills" - The word 'shrill' means
(a) musical sound (b) high sound (✓c) piercing sound (d) low sound
47) The Cricket finds comfort somewhere near- (a) a forest (b) a new-mown mead (✓c) a stove (d) a bush
48. The Cricket is an agent of - (a✓) winter (b) (c) summer (d) autumn
49) " ... in warmth increasing ever," What is increasing ever in warmth?
(a) The Grasshopper's song (b) The bird's song (✓c) The Crickeť's song (d) The poet's song
50 ". in warmth increasing ever," The word 'increasing' means -
(✓a) growing (b) extending (c) developing (d) including
51) "And seems to one in drowsiness half lost," - The word 'drowsiness' means -
(a) sleeplessness (b) quietness (c✓) sleepiness (d) numbness
52 "And seems to one in drowsiness half lost" - The word 'half lost means -
(a) asleep (b) half-spent (c✓) half asleep (d) half-achieved
53) " ... one in drowsiness half lost" - One is half lost in drowsiness due to a spell of-
(✓a) frosty weather (b) summer weather (c) magic (d) rains
54) "... among some grassy hills" - The word 'grassy' means -
(a) covered with weeds (✓b) covered with grass (c) full of leaves (d) covered with flowers
55) "And seems to one in drowsiness---" The Cricket's song seems to one to be the song of
(a) the bird (b) the nature (✓c) the Grasshopper (d) the poet
56) Grasshoppers fly in England
(a) in autumn (b) in spring (c) in winter (✓d) in summer
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