Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them:T

1.	Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them:The poetry of earth is never dead:When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,And hide in cooling trees, a voice will runFrom hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead,That is the grasshopper’s – he takes the leadIn summer luxury – he has never doneWith his delights, for when tired out with funHe rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.(1) What is the poetry of the earth, according to the poet?(2) What is the effect of the scorching heat on birds? What do they do then?(3) Explain: ‘he has never done with his delights’.
Answer» 1. According to the poet, singing of birds in, all the seasons throughout the year is the poetry of the earth, which is never dead. 2. Owing to the scorching heat, birds hide in cooling trees. 3. Even though there is scorching heat and all other birds are taking shelter in cooling trees, the grasshopper does not finish his singing. He keeps on singing joyfully.

Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them:The poetry of earth is never dead:When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,And hide in cooling trees, a voice will runFrom hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead,That is the grasshopper’s – he takes the leadIn summer luxury – he has never doneWith his delights, for when tired out with funHe rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.(1) What is the poetry of the earth, according to the poet?(2) What is the effect of the scorching heat on birds? What do they do then?(3) Explain: ‘he has never done with his delights’.

Answer»

1. According to the poet, singing of birds in, all the seasons throughout the year is the poetry of the earth, which is never dead.

2. Owing to the scorching heat, birds hide in cooling trees.

3. Even though there is scorching heat and all other birds are taking shelter in cooling trees, the grasshopper does not finish his singing. He keeps on singing joyfully.

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