The Brook

I come from haunts of coot and hern,

I make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty thorps, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
Till last by Philip's farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.
With many a curve my banks I fret
by many a field and fallow,
And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed and mallow.
I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
I wind about, and in and out,
with here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling,
And here and there a foamy flake
Upon me, as I travel
With many a silver water-break
Above the golden gravel,
And draw them all along, and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers;
I move the sweet forget-me-nots
That grow for happy lovers.
I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance,
Among my skimming swallows;
I make the netted sunbeam dance
Against my sandy shallows.
I murmur under moon and stars
In brambly wildernesses;
I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses;
And out again I curve and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

 question_answer1)

I come from haunts of coot and hem; I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern,

To bicker down a valley. (i) Identify T in the current extract. (ii) It originates

from............... .... (iii) Which poetic device is used here? or (i) Name the poem and the poet of

these lines. (ii) According to the stanza where does the brook originate from? (iii) Which is

the literary device used in these lines? or (i) From where does the brook

emerge? (ii) Explain, "I make a sudden sally." (iii) What makes the brook 'sparkle.'

 question_answer2)

By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorpes, a little town,

And half a hundred bridges. (i) The brook passes by ......................... (ii) How is the journey

of the brook similar to that of man? (iii) The number words symbolise or (i) What is

the brook's movement like? (ii) What do the words 'thirty hills' and 'twenty thorpes'

suggest? (iii) What poetic device does the poet use in the first line?

 question_answer3)
 Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men

may go, But I go on forever. (i) The brook's destination is ......................... (ii) The

comparison made between man and the brook is that........................ (iii) Name the poetic

device used here. or (i) What is the motive of the brook? (ii) Which poetic device

is used in the third line? (iii) What is the message conveyed in the last two lines?

or (i) Where is Philip's farm situated? (ii) What does the phrase 'brimming river' mean? (iii)

Which poetic device is used here?

 question_answer4)

I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble

on the pebbles. (i) Explain, 'I chatter'. (ii) Name the poetic devices used here. (iii) Which line

indicates that the brook is full of enthusiasm? or (i) How does the brook move? (ii) What is

the mood of the brook as it flows to wards the river? (iii) What poetic device has been used

in the last two lines?

With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland

set With willow-weed and mallow. (i) Explain the first line. (ii) The rhyme scheme of the

stanza is................ (iii) Which word tells us that it also flows by the piece of land that extends

into the sea? or (i) Who is 'I' here? (ii) What is the literary device used in the first line? (iii)

What is the aim of the brook?

 question_answer6)
I chatter, chatter, as I How To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go,

But I go on forever. (i) The brook flows ...................... (ii) What is the relevance of brimming

river? (iii) Explain 'brimming'.