The Poetry of Earth
Short Answer Type Questions
1 Marks Each
Answer in a complete sentence.
1) Who wrote 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. John Keats wrote 'The Poetry of Earth'.
2) "What type of sonnet is Keats' 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. 'Keats' 'The Poetry of Earth' is a Petrarchan sonnet.
3) What type of a poem is 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. 'The Poetry of Earth' is a sonnet.
4) "What does Keats celebrate in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
And. In the poem, Keats celebrates the music of nature.
5) What is the theme of this poem?
Ans. The theme of this poem is the continuity of nature's song through all seasons.
6) What is the rhyme scheme of the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. In 'The Poetry of Earth', the octave follows the rhyme scheme abba abba and the sestet follows cde cde.
7) What do you understand by the phrase "the poetry of earth is never dead"?
Ans. "The poetry of earth is never dead" means the poetry of earth is a continuous celebration of the abundance of nature through the cycle of seasons.
8) What does Keats celebrate in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. In 'The Poetry of Earth' Keats celebrates the music of the earth.
9) How are the birds in summer according to Keats?
Ans. According to Keats the birds in summer are faint.
A Why all the birds faint in Keats' sonnet 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. In summer, the birds get exhausted by the Scorching heat of the sun and thus cease to sing and faint.
10) 'Where do all the birds hide in Keats' 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. In Keats' 'The Poetry of Earth' the birds hide in cooling trees.
11) Who refuse to sing in hot summer?
Ans. Birds refuse to sing in hot summer.
12) When does grasshopper take the lead?
Ans. The grasshopper takes the lead in summer luxury.
13) In the poem 'The Poetry of Earth' who is the poet of summer?
Ans. In the poem 'The Poetry of Earth', the poet of summer is the grasshopper.
14) "What does the grasshopper metaphorically represent?
Ans. The grasshopper metaphorically represents the poetry of earth.
15) What represents the music of summer in
Ans. In 'The Poetry of Earth', the grasshopper represents the music of summer.
16) "..a voice will run." - Whose voice is referred to here?
Ans. The grasshopper's voice has been referred to here.
17) "..he takes the lead"- Who is 'he'?
Ans. Here 'he' refers to the grasshopper.
18) What does the voice speak of in Keat's 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. The voice speaks of summer luxury.
19) Where was the grasshopper seen in summer?
Ans. The grasshopper is seen beneath some pleasant weed.
20) Who takes the lead in 'summer luxury'?
Ans. The grasshopper takes the lead in summer luxury.
21) "Who 'has never done/With his delights'?
Ans. The grasshopper 'has never done/ With his delights'.
22) Where does the grasshopper rest when he is tired?
Ans. The grasshopper rests beneath some pleasant weed when he is tired.
23) "...a voice will run..."- Where does a voice run in summer?
Ans. A voice runs from hedges to the new moon mead.
24) Write a sentence on how grasshoppers experience luxury and delight.
Ans. A Grasshoppers experience luxury and delight in summer by continuing nature's music through its own voice.
25) What might one hear on a lone, cold and silent winter evening ?
Ans. On a lone, cold and silent winter evening, one could hear the song of the cricket.
26) Who 'has wrought a silence'?
Ans. Frost 'has wrought a silence' in winter.
27) Where does the cricket's song come from?
Ans. The cricket's song comes from the stove.
28) What increases the warmth in winter?
Ans. The cricket's song increases the warmth in winter.
29) "What precedes the song of the grasshopper?
Ans. The birds' songs precede the song of the grasshopper.
30) Where does the cricket hide in winter?
Ans. The cricket hides in the stove in winter.
31) "...silence from the stove there shrills'' -What does shrills refer to?
Ans. Shrills refer to the song of the cricket.
32) Who breaks the silence of winter?
Ans. The cricket's song breaks The silence of winter.
33) Who takes charge of the song in winter in 'The Poetry of Earth'?
Ans. The cricket takes charge of the song in winter in 'The Poetry of Earth'?
34) Why does Keats make the voice of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other in his sonnet ?
Ans. Keats made the voice of the grasshopper and cricket, follow each other in order to prove that the nature's music never ceases.
35) What similarity do you find in the octave and sestet of the poem "The Poetry of Earth"?
Ans. Both the octave and sestet of the poem speaks of immortality of earth's poetry or nature's beauty.
36) What does the cricket's song seem to 'one in drowsiness half lost'?
Ans. The cricket's song seem to be the song of grasshopper among some grassy fields to 'one in drowsiness half losť.
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