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haunts places often visited
bicker here, flow noisily
bot black bird that lives near water
Sally Jumporop
sounds
ter make rapid
sharps and trebles high pitched notes
thorps villages brimming almost overflowing
continuous sound of water flowing over stones
eddying moving fast in a circle
area of land bordering on another
fret worry follow uncultivated and toveland an
mallow plant with hairy stems and leaves lusty lively
willow weed a plant that looks like a willow with purple flowers
grayling a silvery grey fish
tout silvery freshwater fish
I cbatter, chatter, as I flow
But I go on forever.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, (1809-1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland
during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British
poets today, Tennyson was known for short lyrics, such as in Break, Break, Break and
The Charge of the Light Brigade A great deal of his poetry was based on classical
mythological themes,
in Song of the Brook, the brook itself is the speaker. It describes its journey from the
mountains to when it finally joins a river. Tennyson makes the brook seem almost alive
He also compares the journey of the brook to the life of a human being.
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty thorps, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
Till last by Philip's farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.
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.
Upon me, as I travel
Above the golden gravel,
Answer these questions.
1.
From where has the speaker come?
2. What does the speaker mean by For men may come and men may go,/But I
go on forever?
3. What are the different sounds made by the brook on its way?
4. The movements made by the brook are described in many ways. What are they?
5. What are the obstacles that the brook faces on its way?
6. What does the brook carry along with it?
To join the brimming river;
But I go on forever.
B. Think and answer.
The title says that the poem is the 'song' of the brook. In what way is the poem a song?
C. Work in pairs. Discuss this with your partner.
Imagine you are a stone at the bottom of a deep river. What are the things that you
will see?
Song of the Brook
I come from haunts of coot and hern:
To join the brimming river;
For men may come and men may go,
I wind about, and in and out,
With here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling,
And here and there a foamy flake
With many a silvery waterbreak
And draw them all along, and flow
For men may come and men may go,
Alfred, Lord Tennyson​

Answer 1

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1. nahi ata hai so ja nahi to ghar pe