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Reference to the context., , Read the following stanzas and answer the questions that follow., 1,, , The Poetry of earth is never dead:, , When all the birds are ‘faint with the hot sun,, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run, , From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead,, That is the Stasshopper's — he takes the lead, , In summer luxury — he has never done, , | | With his delights, for when tired out with fun, , He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed., , , , iI (i) What is the condition of birds during summer and how do they cope with ip, , WW ~, , HH SS. =, i | ea a, , (i) Someone breaks into a song notwithstanding the scorching heat. Who is he? How, Hi! does he enjoy the experience?, , , , , , , , , , , , Sees, , (ai) How does it all show in the poem, “The poetry o|, , , , —__ eee, f earth is never dead?”, , , , Se eee, , , , as eee, , , , , , , , , , , , , , (iv) Write the ‘adjectival form’ of luxury,, , (¥) Use ‘tired out’ ina sentence of your own,

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etry of earth is ceasing never:, alone winter evening when the frost, e prought a silence, from the stone there shrills, rhe cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,, seems to one in drowsiness half lost;, , And, the grasshoppers among some grassy hills., , f Which season is being described here?, , , , (i Whose shrilling voice can be heard?, , , , , , , , (ii) ‘The poetry of earth’ is not made of words. What is it made of as suggested in the, poem? [NCERT], , , , , , (iv) Pick out the three pairs of rhyming words from the stanza., (@), (), , , , , , (), (”) Choose the correct antonym of ‘drowsy’ from the given options., (a) sleepy (b) lively, , (c) creepy, , a ‘ ., ex! For Better Understanding, , L Name the poet., , eS, , un)

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3. How has the grasshopper been s, Summer luxury? What does he do w!, , , , hown as enjoying, the, hen he gets tired?, , , , , , ething else. Can you name it?, 4. The poet's use of the word ‘earth’ here stands for som: ig, , , , , , 5. The poetry of earth continues round the year through a cycle of two seasons. Mention each, , with its representative voice., , INCERT], , , , , , aN, $4. Poetic Device, , Symbolism, , You must have noticed that in the poem, the grasshopper, , and cricket do not appear as characters but they, symbolise seasons., , Common examples in every day life, , 1. The sun’s rays symbolise hope., , 2. The dove is a symbol of peace., , (Remember that the objects can represent different, , symbolic meanings in different contexts.), , , , Let us Recall, , Symbolism is the practice or art of using, an object or a word to refer to an abstract, idea. An action, word, object or a place can, , all have symbolic meanings.