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Monday, September 8, 2014

Questions for Practice on "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning


A.
 SAQ (Short Answer Questions):
    (1 mark each & to be answered in a complete sentence each)
1.            What type of poem is it ?
2.            How does the lover travel the sea ?
3.            When does the lover travel the sea ?
4.            How does the moon look like ?
5.            What makes the sea ‘grey’ ?
6.            Why are the waves startled ?
7.            How do the waves of the sea leap ?
8.            “As I gain the cove...” – Who is the speaker here ?
9.            When does the lover stop the speed of his boat ?
10.         What does the lover do after gaining the cove ?
11.         How many fields does the lover cross ?
12.         What appears when the lover crosses three fields ?
13.         What does the lover do when he reaches the farm ?
14.         Why does the lover give a tap on the window-pane of his sweetheart’s cottage ?
15.         What answer does his tap get ?
16.         “And a voice less loud...” – Whose ‘voice’ is referred to here ?
17.         How does the lady of the lover feel when she hears the tap on the window-pane ?
18.         How is the voice of the beloved ?
19.         “Than the two hearts beating each to each!” – Which two hearts are spoken of here ?
20.         What is more loud than the voice ?
21.         Why is the voice less loud in the poem ?
22.         What is the second part of “Meeting at Night” ?
B. DAQ (Descriptive / Analytical Questions):
     (5 marks each & to be answered in about 100 words each)

1.            Give an account of the lover’s journey to his beloved in “Meeting at Night”.
2.            Give a description of the nocturnal atmosphere in the poem “Meeting at Night”.
3.            Describe the effect of colour used in Browning’s poem “Meeting at Night”?


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