Q.
Read
the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:
1.
Oh,
life me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!
I
fall upon the thorns
of life! I bleed!
(a)
What is the mood of the poet?
(b)
What is his appeal to the west wind?
(c)
What does the poet mean by ‘the thorns of life’?
2.
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If
Winter
comes, can Spring be far behind?
(a)
What do spring and winter stand for?
(b)
Which of the following emotions of the poet is expressed in these
lines:
(i)
optimism (ii) pessimism (iii)
realism?
(c)
Who will blow the trumpet of prophecy?