Q ➤ 1. “The Poetry of Earth” is a – (a) dramatic poem (b) descriptive poem (c) narrative poem (d) philosophical poem.
Q ➤ 2. The name of the poet of the poem “The poetry of Earth” is – (a) Gieve Patel (b) John Keats (c) William Shakespeare (d) Arthur Rimbaud.
Q ➤ 3. In the poem “The poetry of Earth”, winter is represented by – (a) Weed (b) Cricket (c) Strove (d) Grasshopper.
Q ➤ 4. According to the poet, the dominant creature that represents summer is – (a) Grasshopper (b) Birds (c) Cricket (d) Man
Q ➤ 5. “The Poetry of Earth ” is a – (a) sonnet (b) a poem written in free verse (c) ode (d) lyrical ballad.
Q ➤ 6. The Grasshopper is happy in – (a) Spring (b) Autumn (c) Winter (d) Summer.
Q ➤ 7. The meaning of ‘drowsiness’ is – (a) depression (b) working (c) tiredness (d) half-asleep.
Q ➤ 8. The word ‘coolling’ means – (a) comforting (b) soothing (c) brightening (d) pleasing.
Q ➤ 9. The tone of the poem is – (a) romantic (b) nostalgic (c) happy (d) tragic.
Q ➤ 10. “He takes the lead.” – Who is ‘he’ ? – (a) cricket (b) nature (c) bird (d) grasshopper.
Q ➤ 11. The grasshoppers – (a) move and play (b) move and sing (c) run and hunt (d) move and dance.
Q ➤ 12. The cricket’s song seems to increase – (a) sorrow (b) warmth (c) joy (d) rapture.
Q ➤ 13. The two seasons mentioned in this poem are – (a) autumn and summer (b) summer and winter (c) spring and summer (d) spring and monsoon.
Q ➤ 14. “The Poetry of Earth” is never dead because – (a) nature’s music can be heard through all seasons (b) the grasshopper sings through summer (c) the cricket sings through winter.
Q ➤ 15. “The Poetry of Earth” is a – (a) Petrarchan Sonnet (b) Spenserian Sonnet (c) Keatsean Sonnet (d) Shakespearean Sonnet
Q ➤ 16. The rhyme scheme of the Octave of the poem is – (a) abab cdcd (b) acbc bcac (c) cbcd abcd (d) abba abba
Q ➤ 17. The rhyme scheme of the poem is – (a) abba abba cde cde (b) abba cddc ef ef ef (c) abab addc efe efe (d) abab cdcd ef ef gg
Q ➤ 18. The meaning of the word ‘mead’ is – (a) a type of bird (b) one type of food (c) meadow (d) middle.
Q ➤ 19. Winter evening is – (a) silent (b) gloomy (c) delightful (d) hazy
Q ➤ 20. Keats celebrates in this poem – (a) the grasshopper (b) the summer (c) the cricket (d) the music of earth.
Q ➤ 21. Keats finds inspiration in – (a) poetry (b) nature (c) language.
Q ➤ 22. The symbol used in this poem to signify poetry is – (a) cricket (b) grasshopper (c) music
Q ➤ 23. With what does the cricket warm the frost ? (a) wings (b) movement (c) warmth (d) music.
Q ➤ 24. The cricket’s song is heard from – (a) the cooling place (b) the hedge (c) behind the fireplace (d) the meadow.
Q ➤ 25. The grasshopper is tired – (a) out of cold (b) out of much fun (c) out of excessive heat (d) of both heat and cold.
Q ➤ 26. The cricket’s song reminds the song of – (a) the cuckoo (b) The Nightingale (c) the grasshopper (d) the parrot.
Q ➤ 27. “From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead” – the meaning of the word ‘hedge’ is – (a) park (b) playground (c) bush (d) garden.
Q ➤ 28. The ‘grassy hills’ symbolise – (a) autumn (b) winter (c) spring (d) summer.
Q ➤ 29. A winter evening is – (a) hazy (b) gloomy (c) silent (d) delightful.
Q ➤ 30. According to Keats, the music of Earth ceases – (a) in summer (b) in autumn (c) in winter (d) at no point.
Q ➤ 31. The birds are faint with – (a) winter (b) hot sun (c) heavy rainfall (d) snowfall.
Q ➤ 32. Summer is luxurious to – (a) the insects (b) the birds (c) the cricket (d) the grasshopper.
Q ➤ 33. The grasshopper’s voice is heard in – (a) summer (b) winter (c) spring (d) autumn.
Q ➤ 34. In drowsiness, one – (a) hears nothing (b) excessively conscious (c) hears song (d) is half-lost.
Q ➤ 35. The meaning of the word ‘wrought’ is – (a) suspected (b) walked (c) created (d) laughed
Q ➤ 36. Grasshopper fly in England in – (a) spring (b) winter (c) summer (d) autumn.
Q ➤ 37. Silence has been wrought by – (a) summer (b) frost (c) winter (d) spring.
Q ➤ 38. The word ‘stove’ means – (a) the oven (b) fireplace (c) the gas oven (d) chimney.