Answer these questions with refrence to the context.
1. O cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice?
a. Who is the speaker? Who is he speaking to?
b. Why is the speaker in a dilemma?
2. O blessèd bird! The earth we pace again appears to be an unsubstantial, faery place; That is fit home for thee!
a. Who is the speaker?
b. Who is the 'blessèd bird' being spoken to?
c. Why does the speaker call the earth 'an unsubstantial place'?
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class 6 chapter y to the cuckoo
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Answer:
The poet, William Wordsworth, addresses the cuckoo as the Blithe Newcomer' in the beginning of the poem. He calls it a newcomer because its song captivates and moves him to supreme spiritual joy. ... He calls the cuckoo a wandering voice because it wanders from hill to hill
The speaker is the admirer of the cuckoo. he was talking to the bird
The speaker is in a dilemma because he listens to the chirpy little cuckoo's two-fold shout, which passes from one place to the other, but it seems to him only a wandering voice; the speaker cannot seek the sight the cuckoo. In his nostalgic school-boy days, he used to listen to that voice.
The speaker is William Wordsworth
To The Cuckoo" by Wordsworth is a poem of joy and happy memories. The little song bird, cuckoo, comes to England in early spring. Wordsworth hears the two fold shout of the cuckoo and looks around but the bird is nowhere to be seen. He rejoices to hear the old familiar cry of joy that passes from hill to hill
The poet calls the Earth unsubstantial, which means an unrealistic place of fairies, because the Earth is almost like a fairy land which consists of the beautiful elements of nature like the sky, woods, and valleys.
Answer:
The poet William wordsworth is the speaker.He is speaking to the cuckoo bird.
The poet is in delimma as he has never seen him in real though he has been hearing its voice since childhood, so he is wondering whether the voice is really that of a cuckoo or just a wandering voice.