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प्रश्न
River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
What are the surfaces the river flow through?
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उत्तर
The surfaces the river flows through are the rough rocks and smooth places like rose banks where the roses grow.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In which way is the reaction of the speaker different from that of the horse? What does it convey?
Identify the rhyme scheme used in each stanza. One example has been done for you.
| Stanza | Rhyme scheme |
| 1 | aaba |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 |
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem. One example is done for you.
| Poetic device | Lines from the poem |
| Alliteration | watch his woods |
| Personification | |
| Repetition | |
| Imagery |
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Why was the ‘foe’ found lying outstretched beneath the tree?
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What does ‘apple’ signify?
It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.
Why does it take much time to kill a tree?
What is hidden inside the earth for years?
Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping
Like impetuous youth.
Which stage of man is compared here?
Seeming still, yet still in motion
Pick out the words in alliteration from the above line.
Rampaging through the heavens
Never stopping day or night,
Which word could you replace 'rampaging' with?
