“The Poetry of Earth” by John Keats (S.A.Q) Short Questions and Answers, Class XII, WBCHSE

The Poetry of Earth Short Questions and Answers

The Poetry of Earth Short Answer Type Questions – On Grasshopper and Cricket

The Poetry of Earth SAQ

(1) What is the rhyme scheme of the poem “The Poetry of Earth”?

Ans. The rhyme scheme of the poem “The Poetry of Earth” is ABBA ABBA CDE CDE.

(2) What does Keats celebrate in the poem “The Poetry of Earth”? [H.S. 2020, 2023]

Ans. Keats celebrates the never-ending music of nature in the poem, “The Poetry of Earth”.

(3) What type of poem is John Keats’ “The Poetry of Earth”?

Ans. John Keats’ “The Poetry of Earth” is a Petrarchan sonnet.

(4) What do you mean by “The poetry of Earth”?

Ans. “The poetry of Earth” is the never-ending music of the earth produced by birds and insects throughout the year.

(5) What does the poet signify by ‘the poetry of earth’?

Ans. By ‘the poetry of earth’ John Keats signifies the music of nature.

(6) Why is the poetry of earth never dead?

Ans. The poetry of earth is never dead because nature continues to spread its music throughout the year.

(7) Which seasons are portrayed in “The Poetry of Earth”?

Ans. The seasons portrayed in “The Poetry of Earth” are summer and winter.

(8) Why did the birds faint in summer ?

Ans. The birds fainted with the hot sun in summer.

(9) Where do the birds hide when they are ‘faint with the hot sun’? [H.S. 2019, 2022]

Or. Where do all the birds hide in summer? [H.S. 2016]

Ans. The birds hide in the cooling shed of trees when they are ‘faint with the hot sun’.

(10) Where does the Grasshopper carry on the voice?

Ans: The Grasshopper carries the voice from hedge to hedge about the new-mown meadow.

(11) When does the Grasshopper carry the poetry of earth?

Ans: The Grasshopper carries the poetry of earth in summer when all the birds are faint with the hot sun.

(12) “ … a voice will run” – Whose voice is referred to here? [H.S. 2015]

Or. Whose voice shall run from hedge to hedge? [H.S. 2020]

Ans. The voice of the Grasshopper is referred to here.

(13) Who takes the lead in Summer luxury in Keats’ sonnet “The Poetry of Earth”? [H.S. 2015]

Ans. The Grasshopper takes the lead in Summer luxury in Keats’ sonnet “The Poetry of Earth”.

(14) Where was the Grasshopper seen in summer? (H.S. 2017)

Ans. The Grasshopper was seen in hedges and beneath the weeds in summer.

(15) When does the Grasshopper rest?

Ans. The Grasshopper rests when it is tired out with fun.

(16) Where does the Grasshopper rest? [H.S. 2018]

Ans. The Grasshopper rests beneath some pleasant weed.

(17) How does the Grasshopper carry the music?

Ans: The Grasshopper takes the lead carries the music with delight.

(18) What do you mean by the phrase ‘new-mown mead’?

Ans. The phrase ‘new-mown mead’ means freshly chopped meadow.

(19) Who has never done with delights in Keats’s sonnet? [H.S. 2016]

Ans. The Grasshopper has never done with delights in Keats’s sonnet “The Poetry of Earth”.

(20) What does the poet mean by the statement ‘he has never done with his delights’?

Ans. By the statement ‘he has never done with his delights’, the poet means that the happiness of the Grasshopper does not end.

(21) What has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening?

Ans. The frost has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening.

(22) What might one hear on a lone, cold, silent winter? [H.S. 2017, 2019]

Or. Which insect’s son can be heard on a lone winter evening? [H.S. 2023]

Ans. One might hear the cricket’s shrill song on a lone, cold, silent winter.

(23) From where is the shrill song of the cricket heard in “The Poetry of Earth”? [H.S. 2018, 2022]

Ans. The shrill song of the cricket is heard from the stove in “The poetry of Earth”.

(24) How is the silence of winter broken?

Ans. The silence of the winter is broken by the shrill song of the cricket.

(25) What increases the warmth in winter?

Ans. The cricket’s song increases the warmth in winter.

(26) What does ‘one in drowsiness half lost’ consider the song of the cricket?

Ans. ‘One in drowsiness half lost’ considers the song of the cricket as the song of the Grasshopper.

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