Question

Q.1 (A) Read the following stanza and answer the question. (4)

The poetry of earth is never dead:

When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,

And hide in cooling trees a voice will run

From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead,

That is the grasshopper's - he takes the lead

In summer luxury - he has never done

With his delights, for when tired out with fun

He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.

Questions:

1) 'The poetry of earth' is not made of words. What is it made of as suggested in the stanza.

2) Find in the stanza line that matches - The grasshopper's happiness never comes to an end.

3) Find the synonym of 'below' from the given stanza.

4) Name the poem and poet.​

Answer 1

Answer:

never dead

He takes lead

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