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The poet thinks that she is now a part of nature. After her death, he imagines her buried inside the earth with other rocks, stones, and trees and rolling around with the earth in its daily rotation. The following lines express this idea- 

Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course With rocks and stones and trees.

The poet’s reaction to his loved one’s death is not of bitter grief that he could shed out in the form of tears. On her death, he did not experience any human fears. He just looked at her and wondered how she looked and what she would experience later. He did not feel any fear. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether he is experiencing bitter grief or is in a peaceful state of mind.

The words the poet uses to convey the snake’s beauty are “beautiful” and “graceful”.

No, a simple jab of a knife cannot kill a tree because it takes many years for a tree to grow after getting fed by the soil,sunlight,air,water and then it rises out of the earth. Moreover, only a chop cannot kill it because slowly the green tender leaves will rise again and grow to its original size.

The rhyming words are:

'Few' and 'through'

'Earth' and 'hearth'

'Done' and 'one'

'Lay' and 'away'

'One' and 'done'

'Flat' and 'that'

'Myself' and 'shelf'

'Faint' and 'saint'

'Form' and 'warm'

'Food' and 'wood'

'Word' and 'bird'

'Same' and 'flame'

'Wood' and 'food'

A 'legend' is an old traditional and popular semi-true story demonstrating human values. It is considered to be historical with mythical qualities. This poem is called a 'legend' because the poet himself says that he doesn't believe this tale to be true. The story is about Saint Peter. It conveys the lesson of sharing and caring for people and moreover it also has the presence of a supernatural element at the end of the tale.

In the first stanza, the wind breaks the shutters of the windows, scatters the papers, throws down the books from the shelf, tears the pages of the books and brings showers of rain.

Many people can be seen winnowing grain at home or in a paddy field in villages. In Hindi, the word used for winnowing is Pachhorana. People use chaaj or winnowing fan for winnowing purpose.

Yes, I like rain. When it rains steadily I get into my house and enjoy the weather with my family. We enjoy tea. It is a wonderful experience (self-experience question)

The single major memory that comes to the poet is that of his mother and her fond look. The “darling dreamers” are the poet and his siblings in their childhood when they were lovingly put to sleep by their mother.

"Anchoring earth" refers to the roots of the tree that lie inside the earth and play the role of an anchor for the tree to grow and hold it strongly to the earth. They ensure the security of the tree as they nourish it with water and nutrients."Earth cave" refers to the ground on which the foundation of the tree is laid as it holds the roots and keeps the tree upright and protects it from adversities such as heavy rainfall or storm.

“The Northland” could refer to any extremely cold country on the Earth's North Polar region, such as Greenland, the northern regions of Russia, Canada, Norway etc.

(a) The poet wants to build a small cabin of clay and wattles.

(b) He wants to plant nine rows of beans.

(c) He wants to keep honey bee hives.

Five ways which suggest that we all are alike are:

(i)Each of us has a similar body

(ii) All of us breathe

(iii)All of us walk

(iv) All of us lie

(v) We live and die on the same earth

(i) The poet is probably speaking about the uniforms that the soldiers wear at the time of war. The word “uniform” here could also mean the traditional dresses of a country. 

(ii) The poet suggests that all people on land are the same as all are born and buried in a similar way. Everybody, who is on this earth, breathes, walks, sleep, love. The importance of the sun, air and water is equal for everyone. Everyone needs peace and suffers from starvation during wars.

There are five common features in stanza 2. These features are the sun, the air, the water, peaceful harvest, hands and the labor.

The strength of the tree lies in its roots, which the poet asks to snap out in order to kill the tree. Thus, the phrase "the strength of the tree exposed" refers to the roots of the tree being exposed to sunlight and air.

The tree is finally killed by the uprooting of its roots. When the roots, which had anchored it, lying hidden in the earth for years, were dug out, the tree's strength was exposed and this led to the death of the tree. It dried up after it had been uprooted.

The poet says that the wind god winnows the weak crumbling houses, doors, rafters, wood, bodies, lives and hearts, and then crushes them all.

Yes, I have read another poem on wind. It is titled 'Toofan' and was originally written in Hindi by Naresh Aggarwal.

No, the poet is not a child now. He is a grown up man. He remembers her when he is inside his cosy cottage and enjoys the pattern of rain on the roof.

Yes, my mother used to tuck me in when I was a young child, just like the poet’s mother did. (Self-experience question)

When the poet is far away from Innisfree he hears the sound of the lake water washing the shore in his “heart's core”.

(a) He hears the cricket’s song.

(b) He holds linnets flying in the sky.

(c) He sees glimmering midnight and glowing rooms.

Although Innisfree is the poet’s boyhood haunt, it also represents his state of mind. The poet wishes to escape to Innisfree as it is more peaceful than where he is now−the city.  Innisfree is representative of what the poet considers an ideal place to live, which is devoid  of the restless humdrum of his life.  

Yes, the poet actually misses the place of his boyhood days. Even when he is away from  Innisfree, he recalls the sound of the lake water washing the shore.

(i) These words bring the image of buzzing bees to our minds. 

(ii) These words bring up the image of linnets flying across an evening sky. 

(iii) These words evoke not only the image but also the soft sound of a lake's water washing the shore.

The given lines indicate that peace of mind can be slowly acquired from the natural surroundings. 

It is peace that “comes dropping slow...from the veils of the morning”. 

The phrase “to where the cricket sings” indicates a peaceful place where one can hear the vibrant sounds of nature− sounds such as the songs of the crickets at the time of dawn.