Summer and Winter
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Questions
1. What do the opening lines of the poem describe?Ans: In these lines, the poet describes a pleasant afternoon in the sunny month of June. He says that it was a bright and cheerful time. The sun was shining beautifully, and everything in nature looked happy and full of joy.
2. What is the effect of the shining sun on the objects of nature?
Ans: The shining sun made all the objects of nature appear joyful and pleasant.
3. How is winter described in the poem?
Ans: Winter is described as a very harsh season in the poem. Birds begin to die in deep forests. Fishes become stiff in frozen water. Even people sitting near big fires in comfortable homes still feel cold.
4. Explain the following lines:
All things rejoiced beneath the sun; the weeds,
The river, and the corn-fields, and the reeds;
The willow leaves that glanced in the light breeze
Ans: In these lines, the poet describes a bright and happy afternoon. He says that everything on earth appeared full of joy. The weeds, the river, the cornfields, and the reeds looked cheerful. The willow leaves shining softly in the gentle breeze and the firm leaves of tall trees under the sun also seemed full of happiness.
5. How does the poem end?
Ans: The poem ends on a sad note. The poet explains that during winter, people living in comfortable homes gather around big fires, yet they feel cold. The poet feels sorrow for the poor and homeless beggars who have no shelter to protect themselves from such severe weather.
Language Work
1. The use of words to describe pictures, sounds, movements, smell, taste, etc. is called imagery. In the poem, 'bright and cheerful afternoon', 'silver clouds', and 'translucent ice', are visual images. Write down some more images from the poem.
Ans: Sunny month of June, floating mountains, leaves that glanced, a wrinkled clod, etc.
2. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Ans: afternoon - June, crowds - clouds, sky - eternity, weeds - reeds, breeze - trees, die - lie, makes - lakes, when - men, cold - old.
3. Pick out any five adjectives from the poem and then use them in your own sentences:
Ans:
1. Cheerful: She has a cheerful smile. 2. Stainless: This spoon is made of stainless steel.
3. Comfortable: This chair is very comfortable.
4. Sunny: Today is a sunny day.
5. Homeless: The homeless man needs help.
Glossary
comparison → तुलनाbright → उज्ज्वल / चमकीला
joyful → आनंदित / प्रसन्न
symbolises → प्रतीक है / दर्शाता है
happiness → खुशी / आनंद
lifelessness → निर्जीवता
cheerful → हँसमुख / प्रसन्न
sunny → धूप वाला / सूर्यप्रकाशयुक्त
congregates → एकत्र होता है / इकट्ठा होता है
crowds → भीड़ / झुंड
floating → तैरता हुआ
horizon → क्षितिज
stainless → दाग-रहित / निर्मल
eternity → अनंत काल / स्वर्ग
beyond → परे / आगे
rejoiced → आनंदित हुआ / खुश हुआ
beneath → नीचे / के नीचे
weeds → खरपतवार / जंगली घास
corn-fields → मक्के के खेत / अनाज के खेत
reeds → सरकंडे / पानी के पास उगने बाली लंबी-लंबी घास
willow leaves → विलो (बेंत) वृक्ष के पत्ते
glanced → झलक देखी / क्षण भर देखा / चमक रहा था
firm → मजबूत
foliage → पत्तियाँ
lie → पड़ा होना / स्थित होना
stiffened → अकड़ गया / कठोर हो गया
translucent → अर्धपारदर्शी
mud → कीचड़
slime → पतला कीचड़
warm → गरम
wrinkled → झुर्रीदार
clod → मिट्टी का ढेला
brick → ईंट
comfortable → आरामदायक
gather → इकट्ठा करना / जुटना
homeless → बेघर
beggar → भिखारी
stiffen → अकड़ जाना / सख्त हो जाना