Question

Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct options.

With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.

(i) Choose the option that best describes the brook’s journey in the given stanza. It is a journey full of ______.

1. comfort and luxury
2. trials and tribulations
3. sorrow and misery
4. joy and laughter

(ii) The poet has used the pronoun ‘I’ to refer to the brook and thus employed a literary device in his depiction. Choose the option that uses the same literary device as used in the first line.

1. The magnitude of the bottomless ocean was divine.
2. The angry walls echoed his fury.
3. A mother is like a lioness protecting her cubs.
4. I felt the power of the gushing stream.

(iii) The brook seems to be fretting in the given stanza. This word has been used by the poet to depict the ______ of the flowing brook.

1. force
2. kindness
3. silence
4. beauty

Answer 1

(i) Choose the option that best describes the brook’s journey in the given stanza. It is a journey full of trials and tribulations.

Explanation:

The brook flows through many curves and fields, facing obstacles and difficulties along its journey. The words “fret” and “fallows” suggest a challenging journey.

(ii) The angry walls echoed his fury.

Explanation:

The poet gives the brook human qualities by using “I”. This is personification, and the second sentence also gives human emotions to the walls.

(iii) The brook seems to be fretting in the given stanza. This word has been used by the poet to depict the force of the flowing brook.

Explanation:

The word “fret” suggests that the brook flows with force and energy, striking and wearing away its banks as it moves.