PLEASE CAN ANYBODY GIVE ME SUMMARY OF POEM "GOING FOR WATER" WRITTEN BY "ROBERT FROST".
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Going for Water by Robert Frost is a poem about the importance of preserving rivers and brooks. In this poem, the poet says that his brother (or sister) and himself were not allowed to go out of their house. Many years ago they had known a brook behind their house across the fields. One summer day, when there was no water in their well, they went out in search of the brook. The poem further describes their journey through fields until they reach the brook.
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Going for Water by Robert Frost is a poem about the importance of preserving rivers and brooks. In this poem, the poet says that his brother (or sister) and himself were not allowed to go out of their house. Many years ago they had known a brook behind their house across the fields. One summer day, when there was no water in their well, they went out in search of the brook. The poem further describes their journey through fields until they reach the brook.
Stanza 1
Meaning
The well was dry beside the door – There was a well beside the poet’s house but it was dry that year.
And so we went with pail and can – Carrying pails (buckets) and plastic cans, the poet and some others went out…
Across the fields behind the house – They crossed a field behind the house…
To seek the brook if still it ran – In search of a little river that used to be there.
Questions & Answers
What for did the narrator go across the fields? What had they carried with them?
The narrator went across the fields to get water from the brook. The well from where his family used to draw water had gone dry. He had carried a pail and can to bring water.
Which line indicates the narrator’s unawareness about the brook? How does it indicate the narrator’s unawareness?
The line, ‘to seek the brook if still it ran,’ indicates the poet’s unawareness about the brook. If the poet had been aware of the brook, he would not feel ‘if the brook ran still or not.
Was the narrator fond of the brook earlier? How do we know?
No, the poet was not fond of the brook. If he had been fond of the brook, he would have known if it had gone dry or not.
What is the poet’s focus in the first stanza?
The poet focuses on drought and its subsequent calamity of water shortage that has already raised global concerns.
Stanza 2
Meaning
Not Loathe – Quite willing
Autumn – Dry season
Eve – Evening
Chill – Cold
Brook – Small river
Woods – Trees
Questions & Answers
What excuse did the poet have to go to the brook?
The poet had the excuse to go to the brook because they had no water in the first place. Secondly, the autumn evening was fair and charming. Apart from this, the brook flowed by the poet’s fields and woods.
Read the remaining stanzas are on this page.
What is the central idea presented in this stanza?
The central idea in this stanza is our not taking care of the rivers and our shameless dependency to them in times of drought. It is like not knowing the worth of a priceless thing when it is around us and then crying for it when it is taken away. The poet presents river as our lifeline although our reckless development drains them.
Stanza 3
Meaning
Dawned – Rose; emerged; came out
Barren – Treeless; leafless
Bough – The main branch of a tree
We ran as if to meet the moon
Barren boughs – Branches without the leaves
Without the birds – All the birds had flown away
Without the breeze – Nature had gone terribly silent.
Questions & Answers
How did the narrator and his companion run across the field?
The narrator and his companion ran across the filed is such a hurry that it appeared that they were running to meet the moon as it emerged.
How did the moon dawn behind the trees?
The evening moon came out very slowly.
What time of the day is presented in the stanza? How do we know?
The time presented is evening. It is evident because the moon is coming out into view behind the trees.
Why were the boughs barren?
The answer to this question will be found on This Page.
Stanza 4
Meaning
Within the wood – Among the trees.
Paused – Stopped
Gnomes – Dwarfs in fairy tales.
New with laughter – The new moon appeared very bright
She found us soon – As soon as the moon found the children.
Questions & Answers
Where did the children stop?
The children stopped among the trees near the brook.
What does the poet compare the hiding of the children to?
The poet compares the hiding of the children with gnomes that hide the Earth from the Moon.
Who was/were ready to hide from the moon?
The children were ready to hide from the Moon.
Who is ‘she’ in the last line?
Stanza 5
Meaning
Each – Each child (the poet and his brother or sister)
Each laid on other a staying hand – Each child spread his hands to stop the other.
Staying hand – Stopping hand
Ere – Before
Hush – Silence
Questions & Answers
What did each child do to stop the other?
Why did the children want to stop?
Stanza 6
Meaning
A note – A musical sound
Slender – Thin; weak
Tinkling –
Now drops that floated on the pool
Like pearls, and now a silver blade.
PLEASE MAKE THE BRAINLIEST.
Stanza 1
Meaning
The well was dry beside the door – There was a well beside the poet’s house but it was dry that year.
And so we went with pail and can – Carrying pails (buckets) and plastic cans, the poet and some others went out…
Across the fields behind the house – They crossed a field behind the house…
To seek the brook if still it ran – In search of a little river that used to be there.
Questions & Answers
What for did the narrator go across the fields? What had they carried with them?
The narrator went across the fields to get water from the brook. The well from where his family used to draw water had gone dry. He had carried a pail and can to bring water.
Which line indicates the narrator’s unawareness about the brook? How does it indicate the narrator’s unawareness?
The line, ‘to seek the brook if still it ran,’ indicates the poet’s unawareness about the brook. If the poet had been aware of the brook, he would not feel ‘if the brook ran still or not.
Was the narrator fond of the brook earlier? How do we know?
No, the poet was not fond of the brook. If he had been fond of the brook, he would have known if it had gone dry or not.
What is the poet’s focus in the first stanza?
The poet focuses on drought and its subsequent calamity of water shortage that has already raised global concerns.
Stanza 2
Meaning
Not Loathe – Quite willing
Autumn – Dry season
Eve – Evening
Chill – Cold
Brook – Small river
Woods – Trees
Questions & Answers
What excuse did the poet have to go to the brook?
The poet had the excuse to go to the brook because they had no water in the first place. Secondly, the autumn evening was fair and charming. Apart from this, the brook flowed by the poet’s fields and woods.
Read the remaining stanzas are on this page.
What is the central idea presented in this stanza?
The central idea in this stanza is our not taking care of the rivers and our shameless dependency to them in times of drought. It is like not knowing the worth of a priceless thing when it is around us and then crying for it when it is taken away. The poet presents river as our lifeline although our reckless development drains them.
Stanza 3
Meaning
Dawned – Rose; emerged; came out
Barren – Treeless; leafless
Bough – The main branch of a tree
We ran as if to meet the moon
Barren boughs – Branches without the leaves
Without the birds – All the birds had flown away
Without the breeze – Nature had gone terribly silent.
Questions & Answers
How did the narrator and his companion run across the field?
The narrator and his companion ran across the filed is such a hurry that it appeared that they were running to meet the moon as it emerged.
How did the moon dawn behind the trees?
The evening moon came out very slowly.
What time of the day is presented in the stanza? How do we know?
The time presented is evening. It is evident because the moon is coming out into view behind the trees.
Why were the boughs barren?
The answer to this question will be found on This Page.
Stanza 4
Meaning
Within the wood – Among the trees.
Paused – Stopped
Gnomes – Dwarfs in fairy tales.
New with laughter – The new moon appeared very bright
She found us soon – As soon as the moon found the children.
Questions & Answers
Where did the children stop?
The children stopped among the trees near the brook.
What does the poet compare the hiding of the children to?
The poet compares the hiding of the children with gnomes that hide the Earth from the Moon.
Who was/were ready to hide from the moon?
The children were ready to hide from the Moon.
Who is ‘she’ in the last line?
Stanza 5
Meaning
Each – Each child (the poet and his brother or sister)
Each laid on other a staying hand – Each child spread his hands to stop the other.
Staying hand – Stopping hand
Ere – Before
Hush – Silence
Questions & Answers
What did each child do to stop the other?
Why did the children want to stop?
Stanza 6
Meaning
A note – A musical sound
Slender – Thin; weak
Tinkling –
Now drops that floated on the pool
Like pearls, and now a silver blade.
PLEASE MAKE THE BRAINLIEST.
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