Question

Four seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of man: He has his lusty Spring when fancy clear Takes in all beauty with an easy span; He has his Summer, when luxuriously Spring’s honey cud of youthful thought he loves To ruminate, and by such dreaming high Is nearest unto heaven: quite coves His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings He furled close; contended so to look On mist in idleness- to let fair things Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook. He has his winter too of pale misfeature, Or else he would forgo his mortal nature

Question: Choose the right option:
1. In this poem man’s mind is compared to:
(a) Seasons (b) nature (c) spring (d) winter
2. How many seasons are there in the mind of man?
(a) Four (b) three (c) five (d) two
3. ’ruminate ‘means
(a) to think seriously (b) to chew slowly as cow do (c) to depend on (d) to be melancholy.
4. Winter, in this poem symbolizes:
(a) Misfortune (b) weakness (c) death (d) darkness
5. Line three in the poem describes:
(a) Lust (b) Youthfulness (c) spring of one’s life (d) flowering

Answer 1

The expression has been taken from the poem "The Human Seasons" by John Keats.

Explanation:

Answer 1:

The human mind is compared to seasons

Answer 2:

There are four seasons mentioned in the poem lines.

Answer 3:

'ruminate' means to think deeply about something

Answer 4:

Winter symbolizes misfortune

Answer 5:

Lines 3 described the spring of someone's life when everyone is wild and youthful.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. a) seasons

2.a) four

3. a) to think seriously

4. a) misfortune

5.b) youthfulness