Lines Written in Early Spring (William Wordsworth
Read the Lines and answer the questions that follow.
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind
1. Who is the 'I' referred to here ?
Answer :
The poet / William Wordsworth
2. Where does the poet sit?
Answer :
The poet sits in a grove.
3. What was the mood of the poet?
Answer :
The poet was in a relaxed mood
4. What does the poet hear while sitting in the grove?
Answer :
He heard a thousand blended notes. / Many different sounds of nature.
5. 'I heard a thousand blended notes' - What is the figure of speech used here?
Answer :
Hyperbole
6. Why does the poet feel sad while reclining in the grove?
Answer :
The poet feels sad by thinking about the selfish attitude of human being. Nature tries to link every soul each other. But man always tries to destroy the harmony and makes cruelties against both his fellow beings and the nature.
7. What does the expression “I sate reclined” indicate about the poet’s state of mind.
Answer:
It indicates that the poet was very much relaxed.
8. Pick out an instance of auditory image from the stanza.
Answer :
I heard a thousand blended notes
9. Pick out a visual image from the stanza.
Answer :
Grove
10 Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer :
notes - thoughts
reclined - mind
11. What is the rhyme scheme followed here?
Answer :
ABAB
Read the Lines and answer the questions that follow.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
12. "To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran;"- What is the figure of speech used here?
Answer :
Personification
13. How does the poet associate himself with nature?
Answer :
The poet says that his soul is linked with nature . Nature has connected the human soul to all other creatures of nature so he feels that he was internally connected to nature.
14. And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man.' What do these lines convey?
Answer :
Although nature has linked human souls to all other creatures and made them a part of it, the humans fight among each other for selfish needs and also destroy the nature itself. These cruel attitude of humans makes the poet sad.
15. Pick out two examples for alliteration from the stanza.
Answer :
> Much it grieved my heart
> What man has made of man
16. Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer :
Link - think
Ran - man.
Read the Lines and answer the questions that follow
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
17. What makes the poet think that every flower enjoys its existence?
Answer :
Different flowers and plants come together and live in harmony in nature . The poet observs that the primrose tailed its wreaths through primrose tufts in the same green bower. Like every other creature, flowers enjoy their existence in nature and the air they breathe.
18. Pick out an instance of personification from the poem ? And What is personified here?
Answer :
"every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes."- is an example for personification.
The flowers are personified here to be breathing the air.
19. What is the faith of the poem?
Answer :
The poet's faith is that every flowers enjoy the air they breathes.
20.Pick out any two visual images from the stanza.
Answer :
Primrose tufts, green bower, the periwinkle trailed its wreaths.
21. Pick out an instance of alliteration from the stanza.
Answer :
Faith that every flower
22. Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer :
Bower - flower
Wreaths - breathes
23. Pick out a word from the stanza that means "spread over the surface of the ground in a straggling manner."
Answer :
Trailed
24.Pick out a word from the stanza that means 'A pleasant shady place under trees'
Answer :
Bower
25. 24.Pick out a word from the stanza that means 'A bunch or collection of something held or growing together at the base.'
Answer :
Tufts
Read the Lines and answer the questions that follow
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
26. Who did hop and play around the poet?
Answer :
The birds
27. Pick out the sentence that means the birds are very happy in nature.
Answer :
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
28. "Their thoughts I cannot measure" - Whose thoughts are mentioned here?
Answer :
Thoughts of the birds
29. How does the poet state that the birds enjoy their existence?
Answer :
The birds around me hopped and played.
30. "Their thoughts I cannot measure"- What does it imply?
The poet cannot understand or measure the feelings and thoughts of the birds. He also cannot find out how happy they are.
31. Pick out the word or phrase that means '' the slightest movement"
Answer :
Least motion
32. The word "motion" means..
Answer :
Movement
33. Who are the 'they' referred to here?
Answer :
Birds
34. Pick out an instance of personification from the stanza.
Answer :
The birds around me hopped and played.
35. Pick out a visual image from the stanza.
Answer :
The birds around me hopped and played.
36. Pick out a word from the stanza that means "move by jumping on one foot."
Answer :
Hopped
37. 'motion which they made' - Find out the figure of speech used here?
Answer :
Alliteration
38. Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer :
Played - made
Measure - pleasure
Read the Lines and answer the questions that follow:
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
39. What does the budding twigs do in nature?
Answer :
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air.
40. How do the budding twigs show their existence in nature?
Answer :
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air.
41. What is meant by the word 'fan' here?
Answer : leaf
42. Why do the budding twigs spread out their leaves?
Answer :
To catch the breezy air
43. What figure of speech is used in the lines "the budding twigs spread out their fan to catch the breezy air" ?
Answer :
Personification
44. Pick out a visual image from the stanza.
Answer :
the budding twigs spread out their fan.
Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Fan - can
Air - there
Read the Lines and answer the questions that follow:
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
45. What is nature's holy plan? How does man work against it?
Answer :
Nature's holy plan is that all the creatures should live in joyful harmony and enjoy their existence. According to the poet, through linking his soul with all other creatures, nature tries to give pleasure to human. But man works against this heavenly belief and fight among each other, and tries to destroy the nature itself for selfish gains.
46. What is the reason behind the poet's lamentation?
Answer :
The poet believes that it's the holy plan of nature or a plan sent by god from heaven to make everyone and everything live in happy and harmony. But, the human always ignores this and lives apart from the nature. Human makes cruelties against both his fellow beings and the nature. This regret makes the poet lament.
47. Suggest an alternative title for the poem.
Answers :
Nature's Holy Plan
48. Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
Answer :
Sent - lament
Plan - man
49. Pick out the word that means "a passionate expression of grief or sorrow."
Answer:
Lament
50. What is the rhetorical question used in the poem? What does it imply?
>What man has made of man?
> The question implies the feelings of the poet towards the selfish and cruel attitude of human against his fellow beings and the nature.
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