Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given belo

1.	Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below them :The frog half fearful jumps across the path,The little mouse that leaves its hole at eveNimble’s with timid dread beneath the swath;My rustling steps awhile their joys deceive,Till past, and then the cricket sings more strong,And grasshoppers in merry moods still wearThe short night weary with their fretting song.Up from behind the molehill jumps the hare,Cheat of his chosen bed, and from the bankThe yellowhammer flutters in short fearsFrom off its nest hid in the grasses rank,And drops again when no more noise it hears,Thus nature’s human link and endless thrall,Proud man still seems the enemy of all. -John Clare(1) Which living creatures (other than man) has the poet mentioned in this poem ?(2) Write words from the passage that indicate the nervousness or fear of the animals.(3) Explain the figure of speech in the fifth line.(4) What does the poet mean when he says that the grasshopper wears ‘the short night weary’?
Answer» 1. The poet has mentioned the frog, the mouse, the cricket, the grasshopper, the hare and the yellowhammer (a small bird) in this poem. 2. fearful, nimble, timid, dread, flutters, hid. 3. Personification: The cricket is given the human quality of singing. Alliteration: The sound of ‘s’ is repeated pleasingly. 4. The poet means that the grasshopper sings all night so that one who has been awake will get weary of its song.

Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below them :The frog half fearful jumps across the path,The little mouse that leaves its hole at eveNimble’s with timid dread beneath the swath;My rustling steps awhile their joys deceive,Till past, and then the cricket sings more strong,And grasshoppers in merry moods still wearThe short night weary with their fretting song.Up from behind the molehill jumps the hare,Cheat of his chosen bed, and from the bankThe yellowhammer flutters in short fearsFrom off its nest hid in the grasses rank,And drops again when no more noise it hears,Thus nature’s human link and endless thrall,Proud man still seems the enemy of all. -John Clare(1) Which living creatures (other than man) has the poet mentioned in this poem ?(2) Write words from the passage that indicate the nervousness or fear of the animals.(3) Explain the figure of speech in the fifth line.(4) What does the poet mean when he says that the grasshopper wears ‘the short night weary’?

Answer»

1. The poet has mentioned the frog, the mouse, the cricket, the grasshopper, the hare and the yellowhammer (a small bird) in this poem.

2. fearful, nimble, timid, dread, flutters, hid.

4. The poet means that the grasshopper sings all night so that one who has been awake will get weary of its song.