Q.
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?
