Question

I had a dove, and the sweet dove died,
And I have thought it died of grieving;
O what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied
With a silken thread of my own hands weaving:
Sweet little red feet! Why would you die?
Why would you leave me, sweet bird, why?
You lived alone on the forest tree,
Why, pretty thing, could you live with me?
I kidd’d you oft, and gave you white peas
Why not live sweetly as in the green trees?
-John Keats
A. On the basis of the above poem, answer the following questions: (1x5=5 marks)
(i) For what is the bird grieving?
(a) Trees (c) Nature
(b) Freedom (d) Love
(ii) With what did the poet tie the bird’s feet?
(a) Chain (c) Cloth
(b) Silk thread (d) Cotton thread
(iii) What does ‘ lived on the forest tree’ symbolize?
(a) A dependent life (c) Freedom
(b) A lonely life (d) A dull life
(iv) What does the poet personify with a dove?
(a) Pretty (c) Love
(b) Light (d) Death
(v) What does the phrase ‘its feet were tied’ mean?
(a) Restrain (c) Bondage
(b) Concern (d) Protection
B. Answer the following questions briefly. (1x7=7 marks)
(i) What did the dove die of?
(ii) Does the poet know the cause of dove’s death?
(iii) How did the poet satisfy the needs of the bird?
(iv) What message does the poem convey?
(v) What did the bird grieve for?
(vi) Find a word from the poem which means ‘to feel and express great sadness’

Answer 1

Answer:

A.

(I). b.

(ii) b.

(iii). b.

(iv). d.

(v). b.

B.

(i) The dove died out of loneliness.

(ii). Yes,the poet knows about the doves death.

(iii). The poet satisfy the needs of the dove by accompanying him and feeding white peas.

(iv). The poem conveys how loniness can really affect you.In the times of griefs and sadness we have to express are feelings in certain ways,or else it will end up affecting you.

(v). The bird grieved for freedom

(vi). grieve

Answer 2

Answer:

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