Brueghel’s Winter Class 8 Questions & Answer|

Brueghel’s Winter Class 8 Questions & Answer|

               Answer the questions

1. What do these phrases refer to?

a. Wall in the wild

Ans. The mountains in the valley are like a wall.

b. Bare copse

Ans. It is winter and all the trees have shed their leaves.

c. Ink black shapes

Ans. Silhouettes or the dark black outlines of the people in the distance.

d. Fields in flood

Ans. Fields filled with snow – the land and lake are frozen.

2. Beneath naked trees – in sharp perspective set a-row – trudge huntsmen

a. Where are the hunters?

Ans. The hunters are walking under the trees in the valley.

b. What does set a-row mean?

Ans. Set a-row means arranged in a line.

c. Why are they walking in a row?

Ans. They are walking one behind the other because they are walking back home after a tiring and unsuccessful hunt.

3. Lo is used to call attention, usually to something sudden or surprising.

a. What is surprising about the hunters?

Ans. The overall description is happy but the hunters are sad in contrast.

b. Have the hunters had a successful hunt?

Ans. No, the hunters have not had a successful hunt.

c. When do you trudge – when you are cheerful or sad? 

Ans. You trudge when you are sad.

Appreciate the poem

1. When the poet describes the painting which way does his eye move? What does he describe first – image from far background to images in the foreground or the other round?

Ans. The poet describes the images from the background to those in the foreground.

2. The poet describes some of the landscape and fallen activities in the painting in short, quick phrases. Can you spot the images he has not included?

Ans. The images the poet has not included are fallen branches, woman walking in the snow, snow covered roofs, two birds sitting on the tree, a bridge and a person walking across it carrying firewood and a horse cart.

Poem lines to learn (first 6 lines)

“Jagg’d mountain peaks and skies ice-green……………… curling, skating, and sliding go”.