FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 07 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - THE SOLITARY REAPER

 

Poem - 05

THE SOLITARY REAPER

William Wordsworth

 

Take turns with your partner to ask or answer these questions. Explain to him/her why you think your answer is correct. Quote from the poem if necessary. Write down your answers.

 

1) Wordsworth saw a group of reapers at work. (True / Not True)
Ans: Not true

 

2) In this poem the poet speaks to his companion / to himself. (Underline the correct answer)

3) The poet saw some bundles of grain in the field. (True / Not True)
Ans: True.

 

4) The reaper’s voice was resonant and sonorous. (True / Not True)
Ans: Not true.

 

5) The reaper’s song was joyous. (True / Not True) scan the poem and find three adjectives to support your answer.
Ans: Not true. Adjectives: Old, unhappy, sorrow.

 

6) What welcomes travelers in the deserts of Arabia?
Ans: The nightingale’ song welcomes travelers in the deserts of Arabia.

 

7) When do birds sing in deserts?
Ans: In the spring birds sing in deserts.

 

8) What breaks the silence of the seas?

Ans: The silence of the seas is broken by the cuckoo bird song.

 

9) There are five words in the poem that are related to music, scan the poem and find them.
Ans: Resonant, sonorous, chant, notes, and plaintive are the five words in the poem those are related to music.

 

10) The poet wonders what the theme of the maiden’s song could be. What does he say about this?

Ans: The poet wonders what the theme of the maiden’s song could be, as the poet  doesn't comprehend the language of the song. He says, will nobody reveal to him the significance of it of the young lady. He says that maybe the young lady is singing some melancholy of the past he surmises that the young lady is singing about occasions that have taken previously. Possibly she is singing for the darling who has abandoned her.