Question

On the basis of your reading of the poem, answer the following

Questions by choosing the most appropriate option:-

(i) What are the feelings expressed by the poet in lines 19-20? (a) He wants

to run away into the forest with the nightingale (b) He wants to escape from

reality by experiencing the nightingale‟s feelings (c) He wants to die after

enjoying life like the nightingale (d) None of the above

(ii) Identify the figure of speech used in the line, „With beaded bubbles

winking at the brim‟. (a) Simile (b) Transferred epithet (c) Metaphor (d)

Personification

(iii) Which word used in the first stanza means „poison‟? (a) Hemlock (b)

Opiate (c) Dryad (d) Beechen

(iv) Which word used in the second stanza means „dug‟? (a) Draught (b)

Delved (c) Blushful (d) Beaded

(v) Which word used in the third stanza means „worry‟? (a) Pine (b) Groan

(e) Forget (d) Fret

(vi) Which word in the last stanza means „shining or radiant‟? (a) Palsy (b)

Pale (c) Lustrous (d) Leaden​

Answer 1

Answer:

iii) hemlock

iv)delved

v)fret

vi) lustrous