Question

A1.
Read the poem and answer the following questions.
DAYBREAK
A wind came up out of the sea,
And said, "O mists, make room for me."
It hailed the ships, and cried, "Sail on,
Ye mariners, the night is gone."
And hurried landward far away,
Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
It said unto the forest, "Shout!
Hang all your leafy banners out!"
It touched the wood-bird's folded wing,
And said, "O bird, awake and sing."
And o'er the farms, "O chanticleer,
Your clarion blow; the day is near."
It whispered to the fields of corn,
"Bow down, and hail the coming morn."
It shouted through the belfry-tower,
"Awake, o bell! proclaim the hour."
It crossed the churchyard with a sigh,
And said, "Not yet! in quiet lie."
1. Whom did the wind want to dominate over?
(a) The summer season (b) The mist and the fog
(c) The forests
(d) The night time
2. "The night is gone". Her the word "night" refers to
(a) the darkness
(b) the misty weather
(c) the dusk
(d) the winter
3. The poem describes
(a) the end of night (b) the coming of day
(c) the end of winter (d) the end of hopelessness
4. "Not yet! In quiet lie". The meaning of this line is
(a) There is quietness in the churchyard.
(b) When it is daybreak outside, it is night time at the churchyard.
(c) The lead will never come alive again.
(d) No one lives in the churchyard.
5. A word which means the same as "sailors" is
a) clarion
(b) chanticleer
(c) mariners
(d) wood bird
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Answer 1

Answer:

1. the mist and the fog.
2. the misty weather.
3. the coming of day.
4. b option.
5. mariners

Answer 2

To answer questions based on the poem "Daybreak" :

1. The wind wanted to dominate over "the mist and the fog" (option b).

2. "The night is gone". Here the word "night" refers to (a) the darkness.

3. The poem describes "the coming of day" (option b).

4. "Not yet! In quiet lie". The meaning of this line is that "when it is daybreak outside, it is night time at the churchyard" (option b).

5. A word which means the same as "sailors" is (c), mariners.