Question

1. Why is the river said to be dimpling?
2. Why has the river been called a 'grown-up' river?
3. The poet calls the river 'the sky's blue looking glass'. In what way is the river a 'blue looking glass' for the sky?
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Answer 1

Answer:

1. Dimpling river' refers to the surface of the river with indentations formed due to some external article, for example: the rain drops dimpled the stream water; the fish kept bobbing out of the water, dimpling its surface.

2. If you say that someone is grown up, you mean that they are an adult or that they behave responsible. Therefore, a grown up river means it behaves in a moderate manner.

3. The sky's looking glass is the river. b. The poet calls it the looking glass of the sky because it reflects all that is there up in the sky.