The Brook Poem Question and Answers PDF Class 9
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The poet has used a number of words which indicate ‘movement’ and ‘sound’. Make a list of these words from the poem
Answer- a. Movement words
1. Sally
2. Sparkle
3. Hurry
4. Slip
5. Slide
6. Flow
7. Curve
b. Sound words
1. Bicker
2. Chatter
3. Murmur
4. Sharps
5. Trebles
6. Babble
c. Onomatopoeia
1. Bicker
2. Chatter
3. babble
Q2. The following is a flow chart showing the course of the brook. Can you fill in the blank spaces with help from the phrases given below?
a) passes under fifty bridges
b) comes from the place where coots and herons live
c) passes lawns filled with flowers
d) crosses both fertile and fallow land
e) goes through wilderness full of thorny bushes
Ans. 1. b) comes from the place where coots and herons live
Answer-
a) passes under fifty bridges
d) crosses both fertile and fallow land
c) crosses both fertile and fallow land
e) goes through wilderness full of thorny bushes
Q3. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice.
(a) The message of the poem is that the life of a brook is __________ .
(i) temporary
(ii) short-lived
(iii) eternal
(v) momentary
Answer- (iii) eternal
(b) The poet draws a parallelism between the journey of the brook with __________
(i) the life of a man
(ii) the death of man
(iii) the difficulties in a man’s life
(iv) the endless talking of human beings
Answer- (ii) the death of man
(c) In the poem, the below mentioned lines suggest that __________ .
“And here and there a lusty trout ,
And here and there a grayling”
(i) the brook is a source of life.
(ii) people enjoy the brook.
(iii) fishes survive because of water.
(iv) the brook witnesses all kinds of scenes.
Answer- (iii) fishes survive because of water.
(d) Select the option that matches the given words/phrases with the appropriate literary device used by the poet.
Words
Literary Device
i) Chatter; Babble; Murmur
1. Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
ii) Men may come and men may go but I go on forever
2. Onomatopoeia-the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
iii) fairly foreland; with willow seed; foamy flake; golden gravel
3. Inversion – reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence
4. Refrain – a word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself.
(i) i-2, ii-1, iii-4
(ii) i-4, ii-2, iii-3
(iii) I-2, ii-4, iii-1
(iv) i-1, ii-2, iii-3
Answer-. (iii) i-2, ii-4, iii-1
(e) The first-person narration of the brook allows the reader to
(i) appreciate Tennyson’s use of symbols.
(ii) realize the ultimate goal of the brook.
(iii) experience the soothing effect of the sound of water.
(iv) understand the brook’s experience as a living organism
Answer- (iv) understand the brook’s experience as a living organism
Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct options.
A. 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__________ .
a) comfort and luxury
b) trials and tribulations
c) sorrow and misery
d) joy and laughter
Answer- b) trials and tribulations
(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.
a) The magnitude of the bottomless ocean was divine.
b) The angry walls echoed his fury.
c) A mother is like a lioness protecting her cubs.
d) I felt the power of the gushing stream.
Answer- d) 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.
a) force
b) kindness
c) silence
d) beauty
Answer- a) force
B. I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses;
And out again I curve and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
(i) Choose the option that includes words that best describe the characteristics of the brook, as revealed in the given extract.
1. perpetual
2. silent
3. twisted
4. unbound
5. interrupted
a) 1, 3 and 4
b) 1, 2, 4 and 5
c) 1, 2, and 3
d) 1, 2 and 4
Answer- a) 1, 3 and 4
(ii) The line, ‘men may come and men may go’
a) mocks the shortness of the brook’s life as it goes through its journey.
b) highlights the eternal nature of human life as opposed to its own.
c) contrasts the eternal nature of brook against short-lived human life-span.
d) highlights the eternal story of men that the brook comes across during its journey.
Answer- c) contrasts the eternal nature of brook against short-lived human life-span.
iii) What do the words, ‘linger and loiter’ show about the brook?
a) Its continuity
b) Its slow movement
c) Its powerful force
d) Its ultimate purpose
Ans. b) Its slow movement
Q4. Answer the following questions.
1. Why does the brook ‘sparkle’ ?
Answer- The brook sparkles when it emerges in the backdrop of green fern plants. The bright sunlight makes it sparkle and shine.
2. ‘Bicker’ means ‘to quarrel’. Why does the poet use this word here?
Ans. ‘Bicker’ means the sound of noisy discussion. As the brook flows hurriedly down the steep valley, it makes a similar noise as if a noisy discussion is being done.
3. Why has the word ‘chatter’ been repeated in the poem?
Answer- The poet wants to emphasise on the word ‘chatter’ and so it has been repeated. The brooks often chatter or makes continuous sound as it flows.
4. ‘I wind about, and in and out’. What kind of a picture does this line create in your mind?
Ans. The line creates a scene where we imagine the brook as flowing in a zig zag pattern like a maze of a whirlpool.
5. What does the poet want to convey by using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’?
Answer- The words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’ refer to the quiet, noiseless movement of the brook.
6. ‘I make the netted sunbeam dance’. What does ‘the netted sunbeam’ mean? How does it dance?
Answer- ‘Netted sunbeam’ means that the sunbeam passes through trees and shrubs as it reaches the brook. So it makes a netted pattern which is called the netted sunbeam. When the water flows, this pattern seems to dance on the brook’s surface.
7. What is a ‘refrain’ in a poem? What effect does it create?
Answer-. The refrain in the poem is
‘For men may come and men may go
But I flow for ever.’
The use of this line repeatedly puts emphasis on the fact that man is transient and temporary whereas the brook is eternal, it is never – ending.
8. Why has the poet used the word ‘brimming’ in the line, ‘to join the brimming river?
Answer-. The word ‘brimming’ means full to the top. It gives the image of a river which is full of water.
Q5. Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem, The Brook.
Answer- The Rhyme Scheme is abab.
Q6. The poem is full of images that come alive through skilful use of words. Describe any two images that appeal to you the most, quoting the lines from the poem.
Answer- ‘To join the brimming river’, with this line, we can imagine a stream of path merging with the overflowing river. ‘By twenty thorpes, a little town, and half a hundred bridges.’, by reading this line, we can imagine the brook crossing numerous villages, towns and bridges before merging with the brimming river.
Q7. The brook appears to be a symbol for life. Pick out examples of parallelism between human life and the brook from the poem.
Answer-. The brook appears to be a symbol for life. We can see this with the help of the following extracts from the poem –
I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
With many a silvery waterbreak
I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses
And out again I curve and flow
The poet tells us that even though the brook goes through multiple obstacles in its path, it goes around its obstacle in a curved manner and eventually reaches the destination, that is the brimming river. There are many things in its path that break the water into small waves. However, the brook does not waver and continues flowing and chattering. The poem also highlights the contrasting nature of the brook and humans, and how the brook will continue flowing forever, but there is a point in every human beings’ life when they will encounter death.
The Brook Poem Question and Answers PDF Class 9
Q1. After reading the poem, answer the following questions.The poet has used a number of words which indicate ‘movement’ and ‘sound’. Make a list of these words from the poem
Answer- a. Movement words
1. Sally
2. Sparkle
3. Hurry
4. Slip
5. Slide
6. Flow
7. Curve
b. Sound words
1. Bicker
2. Chatter
3. Murmur
4. Sharps
5. Trebles
6. Babble
c. Onomatopoeia
1. Bicker
2. Chatter
3. babble
Q2. The following is a flow chart showing the course of the brook. Can you fill in the blank spaces with help from the phrases given below?
a) passes under fifty bridges
b) comes from the place where coots and herons live
c) passes lawns filled with flowers
d) crosses both fertile and fallow land
e) goes through wilderness full of thorny bushes
Ans. 1. b) comes from the place where coots and herons live
Answer-
a) passes under fifty bridges
d) crosses both fertile and fallow land
c) crosses both fertile and fallow land
e) goes through wilderness full of thorny bushes
Q3. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice.
(a) The message of the poem is that the life of a brook is __________ .
(i) temporary
(ii) short-lived
(iii) eternal
(v) momentary
Answer- (iii) eternal
(b) The poet draws a parallelism between the journey of the brook with __________
(i) the life of a man
(ii) the death of man
(iii) the difficulties in a man’s life
(iv) the endless talking of human beings
Answer- (ii) the death of man
(c) In the poem, the below mentioned lines suggest that __________ .
“And here and there a lusty trout ,
And here and there a grayling”
(i) the brook is a source of life.
(ii) people enjoy the brook.
(iii) fishes survive because of water.
(iv) the brook witnesses all kinds of scenes.
Answer- (iii) fishes survive because of water.
(d) Select the option that matches the given words/phrases with the appropriate literary device used by the poet.
Words
Literary Device
i) Chatter; Babble; Murmur
1. Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
ii) Men may come and men may go but I go on forever
2. Onomatopoeia-the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
iii) fairly foreland; with willow seed; foamy flake; golden gravel
3. Inversion – reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence
4. Refrain – a word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself.
(i) i-2, ii-1, iii-4
(ii) i-4, ii-2, iii-3
(iii) I-2, ii-4, iii-1
(iv) i-1, ii-2, iii-3
Answer-. (iii) i-2, ii-4, iii-1
(e) The first-person narration of the brook allows the reader to
(i) appreciate Tennyson’s use of symbols.
(ii) realize the ultimate goal of the brook.
(iii) experience the soothing effect of the sound of water.
(iv) understand the brook’s experience as a living organism
Answer- (iv) understand the brook’s experience as a living organism
Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct options.
A. 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__________ .
a) comfort and luxury
b) trials and tribulations
c) sorrow and misery
d) joy and laughter
Answer- b) trials and tribulations
(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.
a) The magnitude of the bottomless ocean was divine.
b) The angry walls echoed his fury.
c) A mother is like a lioness protecting her cubs.
d) I felt the power of the gushing stream.
Answer- d) 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.
a) force
b) kindness
c) silence
d) beauty
Answer- a) force
B. I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses;
And out again I curve and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
(i) Choose the option that includes words that best describe the characteristics of the brook, as revealed in the given extract.
1. perpetual
2. silent
3. twisted
4. unbound
5. interrupted
a) 1, 3 and 4
b) 1, 2, 4 and 5
c) 1, 2, and 3
d) 1, 2 and 4
Answer- a) 1, 3 and 4
(ii) The line, ‘men may come and men may go’
a) mocks the shortness of the brook’s life as it goes through its journey.
b) highlights the eternal nature of human life as opposed to its own.
c) contrasts the eternal nature of brook against short-lived human life-span.
d) highlights the eternal story of men that the brook comes across during its journey.
Answer- c) contrasts the eternal nature of brook against short-lived human life-span.
iii) What do the words, ‘linger and loiter’ show about the brook?
a) Its continuity
b) Its slow movement
c) Its powerful force
d) Its ultimate purpose
Ans. b) Its slow movement
Q4. Answer the following questions.
1. Why does the brook ‘sparkle’ ?
Answer- The brook sparkles when it emerges in the backdrop of green fern plants. The bright sunlight makes it sparkle and shine.
2. ‘Bicker’ means ‘to quarrel’. Why does the poet use this word here?
Ans. ‘Bicker’ means the sound of noisy discussion. As the brook flows hurriedly down the steep valley, it makes a similar noise as if a noisy discussion is being done.
3. Why has the word ‘chatter’ been repeated in the poem?
Answer- The poet wants to emphasise on the word ‘chatter’ and so it has been repeated. The brooks often chatter or makes continuous sound as it flows.
4. ‘I wind about, and in and out’. What kind of a picture does this line create in your mind?
Ans. The line creates a scene where we imagine the brook as flowing in a zig zag pattern like a maze of a whirlpool.
5. What does the poet want to convey by using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’?
Answer- The words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’ refer to the quiet, noiseless movement of the brook.
6. ‘I make the netted sunbeam dance’. What does ‘the netted sunbeam’ mean? How does it dance?
Answer- ‘Netted sunbeam’ means that the sunbeam passes through trees and shrubs as it reaches the brook. So it makes a netted pattern which is called the netted sunbeam. When the water flows, this pattern seems to dance on the brook’s surface.
7. What is a ‘refrain’ in a poem? What effect does it create?
Answer-. The refrain in the poem is
‘For men may come and men may go
But I flow for ever.’
The use of this line repeatedly puts emphasis on the fact that man is transient and temporary whereas the brook is eternal, it is never – ending.
8. Why has the poet used the word ‘brimming’ in the line, ‘to join the brimming river?
Answer-. The word ‘brimming’ means full to the top. It gives the image of a river which is full of water.
Q5. Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem, The Brook.
Answer- The Rhyme Scheme is abab.
Q6. The poem is full of images that come alive through skilful use of words. Describe any two images that appeal to you the most, quoting the lines from the poem.
Answer- ‘To join the brimming river’, with this line, we can imagine a stream of path merging with the overflowing river. ‘By twenty thorpes, a little town, and half a hundred bridges.’, by reading this line, we can imagine the brook crossing numerous villages, towns and bridges before merging with the brimming river.
Q7. The brook appears to be a symbol for life. Pick out examples of parallelism between human life and the brook from the poem.
Answer-. The brook appears to be a symbol for life. We can see this with the help of the following extracts from the poem –
I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
With many a silvery waterbreak
I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses
And out again I curve and flow
The poet tells us that even though the brook goes through multiple obstacles in its path, it goes around its obstacle in a curved manner and eventually reaches the destination, that is the brimming river. There are many things in its path that break the water into small waves. However, the brook does not waver and continues flowing and chattering. The poem also highlights the contrasting nature of the brook and humans, and how the brook will continue flowing forever, but there is a point in every human beings’ life when they will encounter death.
The Brook Poem Question and Answers PDF Class 9
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