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Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:Four seasons fill the measure of the year;There are four seasons in the mind of man:He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clearTakes in all beauty with an easy span:He has his Summer, when luxuriouslySpring’s honey’d cud of youthful thought he lovesTo ruminate, and by such dreaming nighIs nearest unto heaven: quiet covesHis soul has in its Autumn, when his wingsHe furleth close; contented so to lookOn mists in idleness to let fair thingsPass by unheeded as a threshold brook.He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,Or else he would forgo his mortal nature.1. Write the summary of this poem.2. Explain the following lines-‘Four seasons ………………… easy span:3. Infer the meanings of the following phrases:(i) fill the measure(ii) threshold brook(iii) mortal nature3. Change the following words into adjectives:(i) lust(ii) youth |
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Answer» 1. The poet visualises the whole of human life in terms of four seasons. The youthful years are his spring, the mature age is summer, the declining years are autumn and old age is winter. He is subject to decay. Hence, he has to face this change. 2. As four seasons characterise a year so also four seasons characterise the life of a man. The youthful years are his spring. He has strength and imagination. He understands beauty with little effort. 3. (i) four seasons complete the year and the human life (ii) small stream that flows past the house (iii) destined to die. 4. (i) lusty (ii) youthful |
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