MCQ, SAQ from The Poetry of Earth for HS Students WBCHSE
1. “The Poetry of Earth” is a –
(a) dramatic poem
(b) descriptive poem
(c) narrative poem
(d) philosophical poem.
Ans: (b) descriptive poem.
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.
Ans: (b) John Keats.
3. In the poem “The poetry of Earth”, winter is represented by –
(a) Weed
(b) Cricket
(c) Strove
(d) Grasshopper.
Ans: (b) Cricket.
4. According to the poet, the dominant creature that represents summer is –
(a) Grasshopper
(b) Birds
(c) Cricket
(d) Man
Ans: a) Grasshopper.
5. “The Poetry of Earth ” is a –
(a) sonnet
(b) a poem written in free verse
(c) ode
(d) lyrical ballad.
Ans: (a) sonnet.
6. The Grasshopper is happy in –
(a) Spring
(b) Autumn
(c) Winter
(d) Summer.
Ans: (d) Summer.
7. In the poem “The poetry of Earth”, summer is represented by –
(a) Weed
(b) Cricket
(c) Strove
(d) Grasshopper.
Ans: (d) Grasshopper.
8. The meaning of ‘drowsiness’ is –
(a) depression
(b) working
(c) tiredness
(d) half-asleep.
Ans: (d) half-asleep.
9. The word ‘coolling’ means –
(a) comforting
(b) soothing
(c) brightening
(d) pleasing.
Ans: (a) comforting.
10. The tone of the poem is –
(a) romantic
(b) nostalgic
(c) happy
(d) tragic.
Ans: a) romantic.
11. “He takes the lead.” – Who is ‘he’ ? –
(a) cricket
(b) nature
(c) bird
(d) grasshopper.
Ans: (d) grasshopper.
12. The grasshoppers-
(a) move and play
(b) move and sing
(c) run and hunt
d() move and dance.
Ans: (d) move and dance.
13. The cricket’s song seems to increase –
(a) sorrow
(b) warmth
(c) joy
(d) rapture.
Ans: (b) warmth.
14. The two seasons mentioned in this poem are –
(a) autumn and summer
(b) summer and winter
(c) spring and summer
(d) spring and monsoon.
Ans: (b) summer and winter.
15. “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.
Ans: (a) nature’s music can be heard through all seasons.
16. “The Poetry of Earth” is a –
(a) Petrarchan Sonnet
(b) Spenserian Sonnet
(c) Keatsean Sonnet
(d) Shakespearean Sonnet
Ans: (a) Petrarchan Sonnet.
17. The rhyme scheme of the Octave of the poem is –
(a) abab cdcd
(b) acbc bcac
(c) cbcd abcd
(d) abba abba
Ans: (d) abba abba.
18. 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
Ans: (a) abba abba cde cde.
19. The meaning of the word ‘mead’ is –
(a) a type of bird
(b) one type of food
(c) meadow
(d) middle.
Ans: (c) meadow.
20. Winter evening is –
(a) silent
(b) gloomy
(c) delightful
(d) hazy
Ans: (a) silent.
21. Keats celebrates in this poem –
(a) the grasshopper
(b) the summer
(c) the cricket
(d) the music of earth.
Ans: (d) the music of earth.
22. Keats finds inspiration in –
(a) poetry
(b) nature
(c) language.
Ans: (b) nature.
23. The symbol used in this poem to signify poetry is –
(a) cricket
(b) grasshopper
(c) music
Ans: (c) music.
24. With what does the cricket warm the frost ?
(a) wings
(b) movement
(c) warmth
(d) music.
Ans: (d) music.
25. The cricket’s song is heard from –
(a) the cooling place
(b) the hedge
(c) behind the fireplace
(d) the meadow.
Ans: (c) behind the fireplace.
26. The poet contrasts summer with frost and then introduces warmth into frost. Why does he do so? –
(a) the poet does this in order to prove that the music of earth is a constant.
(b) the poet does this in order to prove that winter is not cruel.
(c) the poet does this in order to prove that the difference in seasons.
(d) the poet does this in order to prove that the cricket has a better voice.
Ans: (a) the poet does this in order to prove that the music of earth is a constant.
27. The grasshopper is tired –
(a) out of cold
(b) out of much fun
(c) out of excessive heat
(d) of both heat and cold.
Ans: (b) out of much fun.
28. The cricket’s song reminds the song of –
(a) the cuckoo
(b) The Nightingale
(c) the grasshopper
(d) the parrot.
Ans: (c) the grasshopper.
29. “From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead” – the meaning of the word ‘hedge’ is –
(a) park
(b) playground
(c) bush
(d) garden.
Ans: (c) bush.
30. The ‘grassy hills’ symbolise –
(a) autumn
(b) winter
(c) spring
(d) summer.
Ans: (d) summer.
31. A winter evening is –
(a) hazy
(b) gloomy
(c) silent
(a) delightful.
Ans: (c) silent.
32. According to Keats, the music of Earth ceases –
(a) in summer
(b) in autumn
(c) in winter
(d) at no point.
Ans: (d) at no point.
33. The birds are faint with –
(a) winter
(b) hot sun
(c) heavy rainfall
(d) snowfall.
Ans: (b) hot sun.
34. Summer is luxurious to –
(a) the insects
(b) the birds
(c) the cricket
(d) the grasshopper.
Ans: (d) the grasshopper.
35. The grasshopper’s voice is heard in –
(a) summer
(b) winter
(c) spring
(d) autumn.
Ans: (a) summer.
36. In drowsiness, one –
(a) hears nothing
(b) excessively conscious
(c) hears song
(d) is half-lost.
Ans: (d) is half-lost.
37. The meaning of the word ‘wrought’ is –
(a) suspected
(b) walked
(c) created
(d) laughed
Ans: (c) created.
38. Grasshopper fly in England in –
(a) spring (b) winter (c) summer
(d) autumn.
Ans: (c) summer.
39. Silence has been wrought by –
(a) summer (b) frost (c) winter
(d) spring.
Ans: (b) frost.
40. The word ‘stove’ means –
(a) the oven (b) fireplace
(c) the gas oven (d) chimney.
Ans: (b) fireplace.
‘The Poetry Of Earth’ By John Keats Questions And Answers(S.A.Q.), Class 12, WBCHSE
1.What type of poem is John Keats’ ‘The Poetry of Earth’ ?
Ans. John Keats’ ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is a Petrarchan sonnet.
2.What does the poet signify by ‘the poetry of earth’ ?
Ans. By ‘the poetry of earth’ John Keats signifies the music of nature.
3.Why did the bird faint in summer ?
Ans. The bird fainted with the hot sun in summer.
4.Where do the birds hide when they are ‘faint with the hot sun’? [H.S. = 2019 & 2022]
Or
Where do all the birds hide in summer ? [H.S. = 2016]
Ans. The birds hide in the cooling shed of trees when they are ‘faint with the hot sun’.
5. “…… a voice will run.” – Whose voice is referred to here ? [H.S. = 2015]
Or
Whose voice shall run from hedge to hedge ? [H.S. = 2020]
Ans. The voice of the grasshopper is referred to here.
6.Where will the voice of the grasshopper run ?
Ans. The voice of the grasshopper will run from hedge to hedge about the new-mown meadow.
7.Who takes the lead in Summer luxury in Keats’ sonnet, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ ? [H.S. =2015]
Ans. The grasshopper takes the lead in Summer luxury in Keats’ sonnet, ‘The Poetry of Earth’.
8.What do you mean by the phrase ‘new-mown mead’ ?
Ans. The phrase, ‘new-mown mead’ means freshly chopped meadow.
9.Who has never done with delights in Keats’s sonnet ? [H.S. = 2016]
Ans. The grasshopper has never done with delights in Keats’s sonnet ‘The Poetry of Earth’.
10.What does the poet mean by the statement ‘he has never done with his delights’ ?
Ans. By the statement ‘he has never done with his delights’, the poet means that the delights of the grasshopper never come to an end.
11.When does the grasshopper rest ?
Ans. The grasshopper rests when it is tired out of its singing.
12.Where does the grasshopper rest ? [H.S. = 2018]
Ans. The grasshopper rests beneath some pleasant weed.
13.Where was the grasshopper seen in summer? [H.S. = 2017]
Ans. The grasshopper was seen in hedges and beneath the weeds in summer.
14.What has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening ?
Ans. The frost has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening.
15.What might one hear on a lone, cold, silent winter ? [H.S. = 2017, 2019]
Ans. One might hear the cricket’s shrill song on a lone, cold, silent winter.
16.From where is the shrill song of the cricket heard in ‘The Poetry of Earth’ ? [H.S. = 2018 & 2022]
Ans. The shrill song of the cricket is heard from the stove in ‘The poetry of Earth’.
17.What increases the warmth in winter ?
Ans. The cricket’s song increases the warmth in winter.
18.How does the cricket warm the winter ?
Ans. The cricket warms the winter with its shrill song.
19.What does ‘one in drowsiness half lost’ consider the song of the cricket ?
Ans. ‘one in drowsiness half lost’ considers the song of the cricket as the song of the grasshopper.
20.What does Keats celebrate in the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’? [H.S. =2020]
Ans. Keats celebrates the ceaseless music of nature in the poem, ’The Poetry of Earth’.