English-12 Jayshree Periwal High School CBSE Worksheet 2020-21

FLAMINGO –A THING OF BEAUTY (POETRY)

REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS

1. ‘Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms;

And such too is the grandeur of the dooms

We have imagined for the mighty dead;

All lovely tales that we have heard or read;

An endless fountain of immortal drink,

Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.’

(a) What is rich with the sprinkling of fair musk-rose?

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(b) What does ‘grandeur of the dooms’ imply?

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(c) What according to the poet is lovelier than a lovely tale?

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(d) What comes to us from the heaven’s brink?

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2. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth,

Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth

Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,

Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways

Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all.

(a) What do we do every day?

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(b) Identify the poetic device in the expression ‘wreathing a flowery band’.

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(c) What do you understand by ‘the inhuman dearth of noble natures’?

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(d) Explain – ‘in spite of all’.

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3. Some shape of beauty moves away the pall

From our dark spirits, Such the sun, the moon,

Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boon

For simple sheep.

(a) What removes the pall from our dark spirits?

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(b) Identify a poetic device used in the last two lines of the extract?

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(c) Name the poem and the poet.

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(d) What sprouts a shady boon for sheep and how?

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4. ‘…….and such are daffodils

With the green world they live in: and clear rills

That for themselves a cooling covert make

‘Gainst the hot season: the mid forest brake,

Rich with sparkling of fair musk-rose blooms.’

(a) How do ‘daffodils’ and ‘rills’ enrich the environment?

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(b) What makes the mid forest brake rich?

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(c) What are the images used in the given extract?

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(d) Which rich bounties of nature has the poet mentioned in the above lines?

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5. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases, it will never

Pass into nothingness; ‘

(a) What does a thing of beauty provide?

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(b) How will a thing of beauty never pass into nothingness?

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 (c) How does its loveliness increase?

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(d) Name the poem and the poet.

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6. ‘But will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.’

(a) What is the poet speaking about in the above lines?

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(b) What does quiet breathing refer to?

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(c) How does the source of beauty remain constantly in us?

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(d) Which is the literary device used in the above lines?

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7. ‘Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth

Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,

Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways

Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all.’

(a) What does the expression ‘Spite of despondence’ refer to?

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(b) Why is there an inhuman dearth of noble natures?

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(c) What makes our days sad?

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(d) Which evil things do we possess and suffer from?

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8. Some shape of beauty moves away the pall

From our dark spirits, Such the sun, the moon,

Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boon

For simple sheep.

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(b) What moves away the pall?

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(c) Which objects of nature are referred to in the above lines?

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(d) What is the poetic device used in ‘simple sheep’?

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9. ‘And such too is the grandeur of the dooms

We have imagined for the mighty dead;

All lovely tales that we have heard or read;

An endless fountain of immortal drink,

Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.’

(a) Who are the mighty dead?

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(b) What is lovelier than the tales?

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(c) What is the effect of ‘immortal drink’ on us?

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(d) Explain: ‘immortal drink’.

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10. ‘Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth’

(a) Name the poem and the poet.

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(b) What does the poet wreath every morrow?

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(c) Why does the poet wreath it every morrow?

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(d) What does ‘wreathing’ mean?

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