Question

Read the following poem and answer the questions: (05)

Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World,

With the wonderful water round you curled,

And the wonderful grass upon your breast—

World, you are beautifully drest.

The wonderful air is over me,

And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree,

It walks on the water, and whirls the mills,

And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.

You friendly Earth, how far do you go,

With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow,

With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and islesAnd people upon you for thousands of miles?

Ah! you are so great, and I am so small,

I tremble to think of you, World, at all;

And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,

A whisper inside me seemed to say,

‘You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:

You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!’

Now answer the following questions by choosing correct options:

(i) In the poem above ‘beautifully drest’ refers to

(a) having gaudy dress (b) decorated with nature’s beauty

(c) wearing costly dresses (d) wearing cheap but beautiful dresses.

(ii) The poet calls the world ‘beautifully drest’ because

(a) it looks beautiful (b) it has wonderful grass curled around it

(c) it is covered with fine clothes (d) it is covered with green leaves.

(iii) The wind in the poem talks to

(a) passersby (b) trees (c) clouds (d) itself.

(iv) The poet calls the earth

(a) unfriendly (b) friendly (c) proud (d) kind.

(v) The phrase such a dot means

(a) so small (b) so fat (c) so big (d) so kind.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) world,you are beautifully drest