The Brook
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Questions
Q.1 Who is referred to as “I” in the poem?Ans: In the poem, the word “I” refers to the brook itself.
Q.2 Trace the journey of the brook.
Ans: The brook rises in the hills near villages and then flows down through valleys. It passes fields, bridges, and towns. On its way, it makes different sounds, curves around its banks, and finally joins the river.
Q.3 Explain the lines:
“For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.”
What is their meaning?
Ans: In these lines, the poet means that human beings come into the world, live their lives with happiness and sadness, and then pass away. However, nature continues forever and keeps giving happiness to the new generations. The poet wants to tell us that human life is short, but nature is everlasting.
“For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.”
What is their meaning?
Ans: In these lines, the poet means that human beings come into the world, live their lives with happiness and sadness, and then pass away. However, nature continues forever and keeps giving happiness to the new generations. The poet wants to tell us that human life is short, but nature is everlasting.
Q4. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in verse such as "I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance." Pick out more examples of alliteration from the poem.
Ans: Hills-hurry, sudden-sally, field-fallow, fairy-foreland, willow-weed, golden-gravel, skimming-swallows, sandy-swallows, etc.
Q.5 Can the journey of the brook be compared to human life? How?
Ans: Yes, the journey of the brook can be compared to human life. The brook passes through many obstacles before joining the river, just as humans face many problems and struggles before death. Like the brook, human life also moves forward despite difficulties.
Alliteration
Alliteration को हिंदी में अनुप्रास अलंकार कहते हैं।जब किसी पंक्ति या वाक्य में एक ही व्यंजन (अक्षर) की बार-बार पुनरावृत्ति होती है, तो उसे अनुप्रास अलंकार कहा जाता है।
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👉 जब पास-पास आने वाले शब्द एक ही अक्षर से शुरू हों, तो वहाँ Alliteration (अनुप्रास) होता है।
👉 जब पास-पास आने वाले शब्द एक ही अक्षर से शुरू हों, तो वहाँ Alliteration (अनुप्रास) होता है।
उदाहरण
Hills hurry
Golden gravel
Skimming swallows
Sandy shallows
चंचल चिड़िया चहकी
नन्हा नील गगन
मीठी मधुर मुस्कान
Hills hurry
Golden gravel
Skimming swallows
Sandy shallows
चंचल चिड़िया चहकी
नन्हा नील गगन
मीठी मधुर मुस्कान
Language Work
1. Pick out the sound images used in the poem.
Ans: The sound images used in the poem are bicker (झरझराहट / पानी की टकराने की आवाज़), bubble (बुलबुलाहट), babble (बड़बड़ाहट / निरंतर बहने की मधुर आवाज़), treble (तीखी और ऊँची आवाज़), murmur (धीमी-धीमी गुनगुनाहट), chatter (कलकल की आवाज़ / चहचहाहट).
2. Find the visual images used in the poem.
Ans: The visual images used in the poem are twenty thorps (छोटे-छोटे गाँव), a little town (एक छोटा शहर), a field (खेत) and a fallow (बंजर भूमि), brimming river (लबालब भरी नदी), etc.Glossary
Brook: छोटी नदी / छोटी बहती धारा / नालाHills – hurry (hills = पहाड़, hurry = जल्दी करना / तेज़ी से चलना)
Sudden – sally (sudden = अचानक, sally = तेजी से आगे बढ़ना)
Field – fallow (field = खेत, fallow = बंजर भूमि)
Fairy – foreland (fairy = परी, foreland = आगे की भूमि / तट)
Willow – weed (willow = विलो वृक्ष, weed = पौधा / खरपतवार)
Golden – gravel (golden = सुनहरा, gravel = कंकड़)
Skimming – swallows (skimming = सतह को छूते हुए उड़ना, swallows = अबाबील पक्षी)
Sandy – shallows (sandy = रेतीला, shallows = उथला पानी)