POEM – 10| Summer & Winter Questions & Answers| Summary | Class 8th | Jkbose |Tulip Series |

 POEM – 10| Summer & Winter Questions & Answers| Summary | Class 8th | Jkbose |Tulip Series |

             

The poem “Summer and Winter” is replete with images. The poet in the poem makes a comparison between summer and winter. Summer represents hustle and bustle. While as winter symbolizes lifelessness. The poet says that in the month of June, the beautiful clouds and sky appear dazzling. The wind from the north soothes the aching nerves. It appears, as if, the sun and the clouds are full of joy. All the things on earth shine out. Greenery is seen everywhere. The river flows quietly at some places and noisily at others, but speaks only of the pleasure which it experiences everytime in summer. The fields laden with corn keep smiling and refreshing the minds of by passers. The reeds, the willow leaves and the foliage of the larger trees shine out in the months of summer and exemplify the naturalistic style of providing solace to the troubled minds. Everything under the sun appears lively, joyous and thereby a symbol of internal beauty. Winter on the other hand, reduces the horizon of living creatures. Winter represents death – death of many beautiful birds and migration of many others, who cannot resist the bitter chill in the deep forests. Aquatic life is also badly affected. Fishes freeze in waters because the water turns into ice as the temperature lowers in winter. Even the mud and slime of the warm lakes turn into a hard lump like that of a brick. Many living creatures find it difficult to survive in the bitter cold.

In the last three lines the poet makes a marked contrast between the rich and the poor. However warm the rich and their children are, they would never give up complaining about the cold. But the poor can neither complain nor the can find the comforting place to escape the freezing cold.

Q. Thinking about the poem

1) What do the opening lines of the poem describe?

Ans. The opening lines of the poem describe the environment of liveliness and happiness.

2) What is the effect of the shining sun on the objects of nature? Ans. The objects of nature dance and develop the mesmerizing beauty.

3) How is winter described in the poem?

Ans. Winter in the poem is described as ruthless because it takes the life away from the objects of nature.

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. It means the reeds the willow leaves and the foligge of the larger trees appear beautiful and full of life in sun. They also soothe the aching nerves.

5) How does the poem end?

Ans. The poem ends on a pessimistic note due to the plight of the homeless beggar, who cannot find any comforting place to escape the bitter cold. Language Work

1. Write down some images from the poem Ans. Stainless sky; wrinkled clod.

2. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.

Ans. Crowds, clouds; weeds, reeds; breeze, trees; die, lie; makes, lakes; when, men; cold, old;

3. Write down five adjectives from the poem Ans. Cheerful, Sunny, Warm, Comfortable, Old. Cheerful: It was a bright and cheerful afternoon today. Sunny: We went for a picnic on a sunny day . Warm: She washed the child with warm water. Larger: Salim has a larger house than mine. Old: He gave the alms to an old beggar.