9th Class English The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson Question Bank

done 9th CBSE English The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson Total Questions - 33

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  I come from haunts of coot and hem; I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. (i) Identify T in the current extract. (ii) It originates from............... .... (iii) Which poetic device is used here? or (i) Name the poem and the poet of these lines. (ii) According to the stanza where does the brook originate from? (iii) Which is the literary device used in these lines?                          or (i) From where does the brook emerge? (ii) Explain, "I make a sudden sally." (iii) What makes the brook 'sparkle.'
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    By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorpes, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. (i) The brook passes by ......................... (ii) How is the journey of the brook similar to that of man? (iii) The    number    words    symbolise or (i) What is the brook's movement like? (ii) What do the words 'thirty hills' and 'twenty thorpes' suggest? (iii) What poetic device does the poet use in the first line?                    
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    Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.                   (i) The brook's destination is .........................   (ii) The comparison made between man and the  brook is that........................ (iii) Name the poetic device used here.           or (i) What is the motive of the brook?           (ii) Which poetic device is used in the third line? (iii) What is the message conveyed in the last two lines?                      or (i) Where is Philip's farm situated? (ii) What does the phrase 'brimming river' mean? (iii) Which poetic device is used here?
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    I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. (i) Explain, 'I chatter'. (ii) Name the poetic devices used here. (iii) Which line indicates that the brook is full of enthusiasm? or (i) How does the brook move? (ii) What is the mood of the brook as it flows to wards the river? (iii) What poetic device has been used in the last two lines?           
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    With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. (i) Explain the first line. (ii) The rhyme scheme of the stanza is................ (iii) Which word tells us that it also flows by the piece of land that extends into the sea? or (i) Who is 'I' here? (ii) What is the literary device used in the first line? (iii) What is the aim of the brook?  
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    I chatter, chatter, as I How To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. (i) The brook flows ...................... (ii) What is the relevance of brimming river? (iii) Explain 'brimming'.
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    I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling. (i) What does the first line suggest about the brook's movement? (ii) What do 'lusty trout' and 'grayling' refer to? (iii) What is suggested by the last two lines? or (i) How is the brook moving at this time? (ii) What is the brook carrying with it? (iii) Why is the word 'wind about' used here?
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    And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery water break Above the golden gravel. (i) Explain the first two lines. (ii) Identify the poetic device used in lines three and four. (iii) This comparison reflects the poet's..............
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    And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. (i) Identify 'them' in the current stanza. (ii) Why does the poet repeat the last two lines? (iii) Explain, 'But I go on forever'.
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    I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers. (i) Explain the first two lines. (ii) How are the 'sweet forget-me-nots' moved by the brook? (iii) 'forget-me-nots' refer to ...................... or (i) What does the phrase '1 steal' means here? (ii) What do you mean by 'forget-me-nots'? (iii) What do lovers generally like?    
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    I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows; I make the netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows. (i) Which line suggests different movements and moods of the brook? (ii) Identify the figure of speech used in line three. (iii) What do you understand by 'netted sunbeam'? or (i) What do you understand by 'skimming swallows'? (ii) What is the poetic device used in the first line? (iii) What does 'the netted sunbeam' refer to?
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    I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses. (i) What does 'murmur' suggest about the brook's movement? (ii) Identify the poetic device used in line one. (iii) Explain 'linger by my shingly bars'. or (i) Who is T in the above lines? (ii) Why does 'I' murmur in the first line?      (iii) What do 'linger' and 'loiter' indicate?
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    And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. (i) Which line reflects the importance of the destination? (ii) Identify the poetic device, apart from personification. (iii) Which line indicates that the brook is everlasting? or (i) Whom does T refer to? (ii) Explain, 'the brimming river'. (iii) What do the last two lines indicate about 'I'?  
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  Give at least two similarities between the brook and the human beings.    or How is the journey of the brook similar to human life?                  or Mention briefly how we can relate the journey of a brook with that of human life?
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    Why have the lines- "For men many come and men may go, but I go on forever" been repeated in the poem several times? What is the significance of these lines?    
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    Why has the poet introduced the poem in the form of the brook's autobiography rather than narrating it himself?             or Why do you think that the poet let the brook describe its journey rather than describing it himself?            
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          How does the brook 'sparkle'?  
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    Bicker means to quarrel. Why does the poet use this word here?        or How and why does the brook 'bicker'?
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    Write a note on personification used in the     current poem.                      
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    The poem has many examples of alliteration.    List any five examples.             
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     Write a note on metaphors used in the current poem.
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    How many hills and bridges does the brook pass during its journey?     
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    Where does it finally meet the river?  
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    Why has the word 'chatter' repeated in the poem?          
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             'With many a curve my banks I fret'. What does the poet mean by the statement?
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    'I wind about and in and out'. What kind of picture does this line create in your mind?
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    What are the different companions of the brook?                      or Name the different things that can be found floating in the brook.           or Name the different things that can be found floating in the brook.    
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    What does poet want to convey by using the words 'steal' and 'slide'?     
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    'I make the netted sunbeam dance'. What does 'the netted sunbeam' mean? How does it dance?                   or What does the poet mean by the line-'I Make the netted sunbeam dance'?  
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    What is the 'refrain' in the poem? What effect does it create?            or What is the refrain in the poem The Brook'? What effect does it create?  
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  Imagine you are the brook. Having faced a number of obstructions, you have joined the brimming river. Write a diary entry about your thoughts highlighting the importance of a destination in life.                
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     Had the brook got exhausted midway, it would not have reached its destination. How far is this statement true about our life? Explain.  
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    How is the current poem a symbol of life? Quote the examples of parallelism between man's life and the brook.           or Bring out the parallelism between the movement of brook and the course of human  
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