Question

Read the poem and write the correct answer for the questions given below:

In the dark that falls before the dawn,
When the dew has settled on the thorn,
When the stars have been obscured by clouds,
A silence covers all things in shrouds.
No wind signs in mulberry tree,
No firefly glimmers wild and free.
A shadow has wrapped the night in gloom,
It’s silent as a deserted tomb.
All of a sudden a lapwing’s cry
Cuts the black silence as it flies by,
Again and again it slashes the dark
That haunts the empty, desolate park.
Anguish, sorrow pours from its throat,
It wings in the night, note after note;
I open my window so the light
Will flood the dark of this wretched night.
Why does it cry so miserably?
Why is it so solitary?
All I Know is that loss and ache
Are left behind in the lapwing’s wake.

A. Answer the following
a) When darkness falls, there is __________________
b) When does the lapwing come out?
c) Why does the poet open the window?
d) What are the causes of the Lapwing’s misery?
e) Write the rhyming scheme of the last 4 lines.
f) The lapwing’s cry fills the poet with ______________
g) What poetic device is used in the following line ‘It’s silent as a deserted tomb’
h) Give a suitable title for the poem.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

a) When the darkness falls, there is dew.

b) The lapwing comes out when the shadow wraps the night in gloom.

c) The poet opens the window so that the light from the night sky will fill the darkness.

d) The loss and pain (ache) are the causes of the lapwings misery.

e) aabb

f) The lapwing's cry fills the poet with horror.

g) simile

h) The Haunted Night

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation: