Question

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
"Dust thou art, to dust returnest",
Was not spoken of the soul.
1. What is life and what is not its goal?
2. What was not spoken of the soul?
3. What are the qualities of life?
4. What does the poet mean by saying 'Dust thou art, to dust returnest?
5. Write the name of the poet who has composed the poem from which the given stanza has been chosen?
6. Point out the rhyming words used in the stanza?

Answer 1

Answer:

life is real andgrave is not goal

Answer 2

Answer:

This sublime poem is about life and death.

Explanation:

1. Life is in the living. It is not determined by death.

2. The body is temporary; the soul is everlasting.

3. Life is characterized by rawness.

4. Humans are born from and return to the earth.  

5. The poet is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

6. The rhyme-scheme is: " Earnest- returnest".