1)What type of poem is John Keats’ ‘The Poetry of Earth’?
Ans. John Keats’ ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is a Petrarchan sonnet.
2)What does the poet signify by ‘the poetry of earth’?
Ans. By ‘the poetry of earth’ John Keats signifies the music of nature.
3)Why did the bird faint in summer ?
Ans. The bird fainted with the hot sun in summer.
4)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’.
5) “…… 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.
6)Where will the voice of the grasshopper run?
Ans. The voice of the grasshopper will run from hedge to hedge about the new-mown meadow.
7)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’.
8)What do you mean by the phrase ‘new-mown mead’?
Ans. The phrase, ‘new-mown mead’ means freshly chopped meadow.
9)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’.
10)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 delights of the grasshopper never come to an end.
11)When does the grasshopper rest?
Ans. The grasshopper rests when it is tired out of its singing.
12)Where does the grasshopper rest? [H.S. = 2018]
Ans. The grasshopper rests beneath some pleasant weed.
13)Where was the grasshopper seen in summer? [H.S. = 2017]
Ans. The grasshopper was seen in hedges and beneath the weeds in summer.
14)What has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening?
Ans. The frost has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening.
15)What might one hear on a lone, cold, silent winter? [H.S. = 2017, 2019]
Ans. One might hear the cricket’s shrill song on a lone, cold, silent winter.
16)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’.
17)What increases the warmth in winter?
Ans. The cricket’s song increases the warmth in winter.
18)How does the cricket warm the winter?
Ans. The cricket warms the winter with its shrill song.
19)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.
20)What does Keats celebrate in the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’? [H.S. =2020]
Ans. Keats celebrates the ceaseless music of nature in the poem, ’The Poetry of Earth’.
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