Answer
the following questions:
(a)
How does the brook ‘sparkle’?
(b)
‘Bicker’ means ‘to quarrel’. Why does the
poet use this word here?
(c)
How many hills and bridges does it pass during is journey?
(d)
Where does it finally meet the river?
(e)
Why has the word ‘chatter’ been repeated in the poem?
(f)
‘With many a curve my banks I fret’ − What does the
poet mean by this statement?
(g)
‘I wind about, and in and out’. What kind of a picture
does this line create in your mind?
(h)
Name the different things that can be found floating in the brook.
(i)
What does the poet want to convey by using the words ‘steal’
and ‘slide’?
(j)
The poem has many examples of alliteration. List five examples.
(k)
‘I make the netted sunbeam dance.’ What does ‘the
netted sunbeam’ mean? How does it dance?
(l)
What is the ‘refrain’ in the poem? What effect does it
create?
Answer the following questions:
(a) How does the brook ‘sparkle’?
(b) ‘Bicker’ means ‘to quarrel’. Why does the poet use this word here?
(c) How many hills and bridges does it pass during is journey?
(d) Where does it finally meet the river?
(e) Why has the word ‘chatter’ been repeated in the poem?
(f) ‘With many a curve my banks I fret’ − What does the poet mean by this statement?
(g) ‘I wind about, and in and out’. What kind of a picture does this line create in your mind?
(h) Name the different things that can be found floating in the brook.
(i) What does the poet want to convey by using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’?
(j) The poem has many examples of alliteration. List five examples.
(k) ‘I make the netted sunbeam dance.’ What does ‘the netted sunbeam’ mean? How does it dance?
(l) What is the ‘refrain’ in the poem? What effect does it create?
(a)
The brook sparkles because of the sun’s rays which shine on its
water.
(b)
The poet uses the word ‘bicker’ to describe the noisy
flow of the brook as it flows through the valley.
(c)
The brook passes thirty hills and fifty bridges during its journey.
(d)
It finally meets the river near Philip’s farm.
(e)
The word ‘chatter’ has been repeated in the poem because
it represents the sound frequently made by the flowing brook.
(f)
‘With many a curve my banks I fret’ is a reference to the
erosion of the bank by the curvaceous movement of the river.
(g)
‘I wind about, and in and out’ creates a picture of a
maze.
(h)
Different things that can be found floating in the river are flowers,
foamy flakes and fishes.
(i)
By using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’, the
poet wants to convey the silent and almost undetectable movement of
the stream.
(j)Five
examples of alliteration in the poem are:
‘Sudden
sally’
‘Field
and fallow’
‘Willow-weed’
‘Golden
gravel’
‘Slip,
slide’
(k)
The ‘netted sunbeams’ is a reference to the crisscrossing
rays of the sun.
The
sunbeams falling on the brook are reflected in various directions,
giving the impression that they are dancing.
(l)
The refrain is:
‘For
men may come and men may go
But
I go on for ever.’
It
gives a chant-like quality to the poem.
(a) The brook sparkles because of the sun’s rays which shine on its water.
(b) The poet uses the word ‘bicker’ to describe the noisy flow of the brook as it flows through the valley.
(c) The brook passes thirty hills and fifty bridges during its journey.
(d) It finally meets the river near Philip’s farm.
(e) The word ‘chatter’ has been repeated in the poem because it represents the sound frequently made by the flowing brook.
(f) ‘With many a curve my banks I fret’ is a reference to the erosion of the bank by the curvaceous movement of the river.
(g) ‘I wind about, and in and out’ creates a picture of a maze.
(h) Different things that can be found floating in the river are flowers, foamy flakes and fishes.
(i) By using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’, the poet wants to convey the silent and almost undetectable movement of the stream.
(j)Five examples of alliteration in the poem are:
‘Sudden sally’
‘Field and fallow’
‘Willow-weed’
‘Golden gravel’
‘Slip, slide’
(k) The ‘netted sunbeams’ is a reference to the crisscrossing rays of the sun.
The sunbeams falling on the brook are reflected in various directions, giving the impression that they are dancing.
(l) The refrain is:
‘For men may come and men may go
But I go on for ever.’
It gives a chant-like quality to the poem.
