Question

‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun,
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run’

Complete the sentence suitably, based on the given extract.

The poet is describing a ______ called ______. It is full of ______ and
______. Its close friend is the ______ because they both conspire and fill all ______ with ripeness. The ______ are climbing over the roof of the cottage.

‘With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the massed cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees.’

List the various activities that autumn and summer are busy in

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Answer 1

The poet is describing a season called Autumn. It is full of mists and fruitfulness. Its close friend is the maturing sun because they both conspire and fill all fruits with ripeness. The vines are climbing over the roof of the cottage.

Activities of Autumn and Summer

• Loading the vines with fruits.
• Bending the cottage trees with apples.
• Filling fruits with ripeness to the core.
• Swelling the gourds.
• Plumping the hazel shells with sweet kernels.
• Producing more and more later flowers for the bees.