A. Answer the following questions, each in a complete sentence: (Each question carries 1 mark)
(i) What does Keats celebrate in this poem ?
(ii) Why does Keats make the voices of the grasshopper and the cricket follow each other ?
(iii) The poet contrasts summer with frost and then introduces warmth into frost. Why does he do this ?
(iv) Where does the grasshopper rest at ease in summer ?
(v) What does the cricket’s song seem to ‘one in drowsiness half lost’ ?
(vi) “… he has never done with his delights…” – Whose delights are spoken of here ?
(vii) How are the birds in summer according to Keats ?
(viii) What does the voice speak of in Keats’ “The Poetry of Earth” ?
B. Answer the following questions, each in about 100 words: (each question carries 6 marks)
(i) Show, after Keats, that the poetry of earth never comes to an end.
Or, How does Keats prove that poetry of earth is never dead ?
(ii) What pictures of the two seasons does Keats draw in “The Poetry of Earth” ? How are the two pictures related ? 4+2
(iii) Name the poet who composed “The Potry of Earth”. What is meant by “The Poetry of Earth” ? How does the poet read “The Poetry of Earth” ? 1+2+3
(iv) Identify the voices of poetry in the poem. How does Keats establish continuity through these voices ?
No comments:
Post a Comment