STD 9 English Poem - 1 The River Question Answer

 STD 9 English

 Poem - 1 The River

 Question Answer



Read the following stanzas and answer the questions.


(1) River, river, little river !

 Bright you sparkle on your way; 

O'er the yellow pebbles dancing,

 Through the flowers and foliage glancing,

 Like a child at play.


1. What does the river do over the pebbles?

Ans. The river goes dancing over the pebbles.

2. Through what does the river glance? Ans. The river glances through the flowers and foliage.

3. To whom is the river compared?

Ans. The river is compared to a playful child.

4. Write the rhyming words in the stanza.

Ans. way-play, dancing-glancing


(2) River, river, swelling river!

On you rush through rough and smooth; 

Louder, faster, brawling, leaping, 

Over rocks, by rose-banks sweeping 

Like impetuous youth.


1. What does 'swelling river' mean?

 Ans. 'Swelling river' means a growing river.

2. How does the river flow over the rocks?

Ans. The river flows louder, faster, brawling and leaping over the rocks.

3. How does the river flow by the rose

banks?

Ans. The river is sweeping by the rose-banks.

4. To whom is the river compared?

Ans. The river is compared to a careless youth.

5. Write the rhyming words in the stanza.

Ans. smooth-youth, leaping-sweeping


(3) River, river, brimming river! 

Broad and deep, and still as time;

 Seeming still, yet still in motion, 

Tending onward to the ocean,

 Just like mortal prime.


1. What does 'brimming river' mean? 

Ans. 'Brimming river' means an overflowing river.

2. Towards what is the river flowing? 

Ans. The river is flowing towards the ocean.

3. To whom is the river compared? 

Ans. The river is compared to a middle aged man.

4. Write the rhyming words in the stanza.

Ans. time-prime, motion-ocean

5. Explain 'Seeming still, yet in motion'.

Ans. 'Seeming still, yet in motion' means the river appears to be motionless, but still it is flowing quietly.


(4) River, river, headlong river ! 

Down you dash into the sea, 

Sea that line hath never sounded, 

Sea that sail hath never rounded, 

Like Eternity.


1. Where does the river dash into?

 Ans. The river dashes into the sea.

2. To what is the sea compared? 

Ans. The sea is compared to Eternity.

3. Why does the poet compare the sea to Eternity?

Ans. The poet compares the sea to Eternity because the depth of the sea can never be measured and it keeps on flowing endlessly.

4. Write the rhyming words in the stanza.

Ans. rounded-sounded


Prepare by - Devkaran Boliya

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