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3.4 — The Brook, , (2) Find the meaning of the following, , words or phrases:, , ridges — Long narrow hill to or range, , (mountain bridges), , brimming — full of the margin/over, , followed, Full of water up to the to pledge., eddying — spiral movement of water., , babble — meaningless talking/sound made, , when ones talk loudly, fallow — waste land/left land, trout — A big freshwater fish, , netted — Form of a net.

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(3) Answer the following:, , (1) Who is the speaker in this poem?, , Ans: — The brook is the speaker in this, , poem. The Brook narrates it’s story., , (2) Which lines are repeated in the poem?, , What do they mean?, , Ans: —, , ‘To join the brimming river, , for men may some and men may go., , But | go on for ever., , Meaning of these lines —, , The Brook narrates its own story in this, , poem., , The Brook mean the stream it talks of its

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The Brook mean the stream it talks of its, beginning, its journey, through various, landforms and finally its destination which, , is the brimming river., , The poet compares here a man’s journey, of life to the Brook’s journey. The Brook is, eternal and flows forever, but whereas, , man is transient. The Brook says that men, , came and go but it says forever., , (3) Where does the brook join the river?, , Ans: — Destination of the brook is, brimming river mean which is full of water, flows bes the phillip's farm mean, someone's field/ landmark after which the, brook join the river where full of water up, , to the brim obtained., , Brook flows towards the brimming river,, towards the river, towards the river which, is full of water, which is very prosperous,, , developing growth and happiness.

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(4) Mention the various places that the, , brook flows past., , Ans: — Brook flows with a lot of noise, , down the valleys. On brook ways it, , crosses various places like —- many hills,, ridges, villages, towns, bridges, and forms, to reach it destination. It crocess many, vacant land and beautiful fairy lands which, are full of flowers. It also crocess lawns,, gardens full of hazelnut trees and forget, , me not flowers., , (5) Often the brook speaks of itself as if it, , is human., , For example, ‘I bicker down a valley.’, , Find two other examples of the human, , activities of the brook., , Ans: — ‘| chatter, chatter, as | flow., , ‘| murmur under moon and stars.

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(4) Spot and write any three alliterative, , phrases or sentences from the poem., , (Alliterative phrases/sentences are those, , in which the same sound is repeated.), , Ans: — There alliterative phrases or, , sentences —, , | make a ‘sudden sally’ — ‘s’ sound, , By many a ‘field and follow’ ‘f’ sound, , ‘With willow — weed’ ‘w’ sound, , (5) List the prepositions you find in this, , poem., , Ans: — Of, to, for, on, in, into, withover,, upon, above, under, among, about, along,, by., , (6) List the phrases which have the, , ’, , expression ‘many a |