9th Class English The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth Question Bank

done 9th CBSE English The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth Total Questions - 20

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  Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here or gently pass! (i) Identify the speaker and the listener. (ii) He is asking them .................... (iii) The poet is asking them to do so because................. or (i) What is the solitary reaper doing? (ii) Why does the poet ask the readers to gently pass? (iii) What is the effect of the reaper's song on the poet?               
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    Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain: O listen! for the vale profound Is overflowing with sound. (i) Identify 'she' in the current stanza. (ii) She is..................... (iii) She is singing...................... or (i) What is she doing? (ii) What is the meaning of the expression 'vale profound'? (iii) What is the meaning of 'a melancholy strain'?        
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                No nightingale did ever chant More welcome notes to weary bands Of Travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian Sands. (i) Identify the poetic device used in the last line. (ii) The speaker quotes the example of the nightingale as............................. (iii) What do you understand by 'some shady haunt'?
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    A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the cuckoo bird Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. (i) Identify the poetic device used in the last two lines. (ii) The speaker compares the voice of the reaper with that of the cuckoo because (iii) What wonder does the voice of the solitary reaper has? or (i) What are 'the farthest Hebrides'? (ii) Whose voice has been mentioned in the above lines? (iii) Why has the cuckoo bird been mentioned? What does the poet want to convey? or (i) Name the poem and the poet of these lines. (ii) What is the poetic device used in this stanza? (iii) Why does the poet compare the song of the reaper to that of a cuckoo?   
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     Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. (i) The poet speaks the first line because The poet conjectures about the song that it may be about.................... (iii) 'Plaintive numbers' means .................... or (i) What do the above lines convey about the poet? (ii) What do you mean by 'plaintive numbers'? (iii) What are the 'plaintive numbers' about?
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    Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Same natural sorrow, loss or pain, That has been and may be again? (i) The poet conjectures about....................... (ii) Lay here means what? (iii) Explain the last line. or (i) Who is singing and where? (ii) What is the poet trying to guess? (iii) What does 'humble lay' stand for?
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    Whatever the theme, the maiden sang       As if her song could have no ending;        I saw her singing at her work,             And o'er the sickle bending;             (i) Explain' whatever the theme'.               (ii) The speaker calls her song having no ending because.............................                  (iii) Which line suggests that she is still   harvesting?                                  or (i) Whose song is being referred to here? (ii) Why cannot the poet understand the theme of the song being sung? (iii) How did it affect the poet?      
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  How does the poet describe the song of the solitary reaper? or How does Wordsworth bring out the sweetness of the solitary reaper's song?     
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    Why has William Wordsworth compared the solitary reaper's song with the song of a nightingale and the cuckoo?     or Comment on the comparison of the solitary reaper's song with the other birds as given in the poem.                    
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    What request does the poet make to the passers-by and why?             or Why does the poet want the passers-by to stop or gently pass?         
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    Having failed to understand the lyrics of the song, what does the poet wish? or Why did the poet ask someone to tell him what the solitary reaper was singing?  
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    What are the guesses the poet makes with regard to the solitary reaper's song? or What are the probable themes of the song being sung by the solitary reaper?   or Wordsworth did not understand the words of the song sung by the reaper. However, he raises a few possibilities- what are these?
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    Why do you think Wordsworth has chosen the song of the nightingale and the cuckoo for comparison with the solitary reaper's song?
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    In the first stanza, some words or phrases have been used to show that the girl working in the fields is alone. Which are those words and phrases? What effect do they create in the mind of the reader?        
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    justify the title of the poem, 'The Solitary Reaper'.                        
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    What effect does the song of the reaper has on the poet?                   or What is the effect of the solitary reaper's song on the poet William Wordsworth?  
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  Music    doesn't    know    boundaries. Wordsworth was not able to understand the dialect of the song of the reaper and even though it was melancholic, it left a long lasting impression in his heart. Describe, in your own words, how music can soothe the tired one even if one doesn't understand it.                 
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    Imagine yourself as the poet Wordsworth. You had a wonderful experience listening to the song of the highland girl while out for a walk in the countryside. Write an article expressing the feelings evoked by her song.
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    Describe the theme of the poem, 'The Solitary Reaper'.               
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    Describe the style of the poem, including the use of poetic devices.           
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