THE POETRY OF EARTH .

 VIVEKANANDA COACHING CENTRE 

POEM : - THE POETRY OF EARTH . 

POET : JOHN KEATS . 

PREPARED BY : - SWAPAN KUMAR RAY ( M.A, B.ED)

1. Complete the sentences which follow , choosing the correct answers from the alternatives given : (1Mark)

a ) Who wrote " The Poetry of Earth ' ? --- P.B Shelley / Lord Byron / Shakespeare / John Keats . 

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b) The weed beneath which the grasshopper rests ishot / faint / pleasant / green . 

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c ) Keats was a --- nature poet / metaphysical poet / novelist / dramatist . 

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d ) Each line of the sonnet " The Poetry of Earth ' contains ---- 8 syllables / 10 syllables / 12 syllables / 14 syllables . 

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e ) What is the rhyme scheme of this sonnet ? --- abab cddc efa efa / abba abba cde cde / abcb abch efg efg / abba cdde efe ef . 

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f ) A winter evening is ---hazy / silent / gloomy / delightful .

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g ) The octave presents the music of --- winter / summer / spring / autumn .

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  h ) The silence in " The Poetry of Earth ' has been wrought by --- summer / winter / frost / rain . 

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i ) The poetry of earth is never dead / enjoyable / loud / pleasing . 

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j) The birds are faint by the --- hot summer / starvation / the cold / long flight . 

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 k ) The word ' mead ' means --- middle / meadow / a kind of bird / food . 

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 l ) The birds hide in --- shade of trees / shadow of trees / cold trees / cooling trees .

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m ) The expression ' cooling tree ' suggests the session of --- spring / summer / autumn / winter . 

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 n ) Grasshoppers fly  in --- autumn /  spring / winter / summer . 

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 o ) ''He takes the lead'' -- here he means  --- the summer / the grasshopper / the cricket / the poet . 

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p ) The grasshopper takes rest beneath some --- trees / weed / flowers / bushes . 

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q ) Who sings in winter evenings ? ---  grasshopper / cuckoo / cricket / nightingale . 

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 r ) The cricket's song increases with the increase of --- cold / loneliness / happyness / warmth . 

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s ) The hot sun makes the birds - tired / sleepy / faint / energetic . 

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2. Answer the following questions each in a single sentence : (1Mark)

 a ) Who wrote " The Poetry of Earth ''?  ( ---- + V² + Obj ) . 

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b) What does the cricket's song seem to ' one in drowsiness half lost ' ? {Sub + (V + es / s ) + P + Obj + ---) . 

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c) How does the cricket warm the winter frost ? { Sub + (V + es / s)  + Obj + P + ---  ) . 

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 d ) Which seasons are mentioned in the poem " The Poetry of Earth " ? ( ---+ Aux + V³ + Obj ) . 

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e ) What does Keats mean by " The Poetry of Earth ' ? { Sub + (V+es/s) + ------}

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 f ) How are the birds in summer according to Keats ? ( According to +Sub, Sub + Aux + ---- )

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g ) Where do all the birds hide in Keats ' The Poetry of Earth ' ? ( Sub + V + P + --- ) . 

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h ) Who refused to sing in hot summer ? ( --- + V² + P + Obj ) . 

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i ) ''a voice will run . '' --- Whose voice is referred to here ? ( --- + Aux + V³ + to + Obj ) .

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j ) Who takes the lead in summer luxury ? { Sub + (V + es / s ) + V + Obj ) .

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 k ) Where was the grasshopper seen in summer ? ( Sub + Aux + V3 + P + --- ) . 

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l ) Who has never done with his delights ? ( --- + Have Verb + Neg + V3+P+ Obj) . 

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m ) Where does the grasshopper take rest ? {Sub +( V + es / s ) + V + P + --- ) . 

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 n ) Who breaks the silence of winter ?  { --- + (V + es / s) + Obj ) . 

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 o ) From where is the shrill song of the cricket heard in " The Poetry of Earth " ? ( Sub + Aux + V3+ P + --- ) .

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p ) What might one hear on a long cold and silent winter evening ? ( Sub + Could + V1+ ---  ) . 

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3. Answer the following questions :- (6Marks)

a). What picture of the two seasons does Keats draw in The Poetry of Earth ? How are the two pictures related ? 

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Give the substance of the poem ' The Poetry of Earth . ' 

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What is the central idea of the poem ' The Poetry of Earth ' ?

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 Show after Keats that the poetry of earth never comes to an end . 

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' The poetry of Earth is never dead . ' --- Explain . 

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 Justify the title of the poem ' The Poetry of Earth ' . 

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' The Poetry of Earth is casing never . ' Explain .

 Ans : -John Keats in ' The Poetry of Earth ' explain that poetry will live on this earth forever through the music of earth . When the birds become exhausted on hot summer days they take rest in the cool shade of trees . A voice of grasshopper runs from hadge to hadge to spread to music of summer . Being tired , the grasshopper takes rest beneath some pleasant weeds . The music of earth never ceases . After the grasshopper , the cricket carries the music of nature in winter . In the winter evening , the frost creates silence everywhere and the song of the cricket introduces warmth there . The person who is enchanted believes that the cricket is the grasshopper . Because the warmth of the cricket's song leads him to imagine that it is the grasshopper's song in the grassy hill during summer .

b).  " He takes the lead / in summer luxury . " --- Who takes the lead ? When does he take the lead ? What is summer luxury ? 

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 " He has never done with his delights . " --- Who is referred to as he ? Why is he never done his delights ?

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" A voice will run . " --- Whose voice will run ? Where will the voice run ? What is the significance of the voice ? 

Ans : - The grasshopper takes the lead in the John Keats's poem " The Poetry of Earth " . When all the birds faint , stop saying and hide themselves in cooling trees on hot summer noon , the grasshopper takes the lead . He makes the season musical . Summer is pleasant , but excess heat in summer noon , it is unwelcome . But like a pleasant surprise , the grasshopper finds it delightful . It flies here and there . Even when he is tired out with fun , he rests beneath some pleasant weed to enjoy again the summer luxury with renewed energy .