SAQ from " The Poetry of Earth" ( HS ): 2025

 (1) Who takes the lead in Summer luxury in Keats' sonnet, 'The Poetry of Earth'? [H.S. =2015]

Ans. The grasshopper takes the lead in Summer luxury in Keats' sonnet, 'The Poetry of Earth'.

(2) "...... a voice will run." – Whose voice is referred to here? [H.S. = 2015]

Ans. The voice of the grasshopper is referred to here.

(3)  Where do all the birds hide in summer? [H.S. = 2016]

Ans. All the birds hide in cooling shade of trees in Keats's " The poetry of Earth".

(4) Who has never done with his delights in Keats's sonnet? [H.S. = 2016]

Ans. The grasshopper has never done with his to delights in Keats's sonnet 'The Poetry of Earth'.

(5) What might one hear on a lone, cold, silent winter? [H.S. = 2017, 2019]

Ans. One might hear the cricket's shrill song on a lone, cold, silent winter.

(6) Where was the grasshopper seen in summer? [H.S. = 2017]

Ans. The grasshopper was seen in hedges and beneath the weeds in summer.

(7) Where does the grasshopper rest? [H.S. = 2018]

Ans. The grasshopper rests beneath some pleasant weed.

(8) From where is the shrill song of the cricket heard in 'The Poetry of Earth'? [H.S. = 2018 & 2022]

Ans. The shrill song of the cricket is heard from the stove in 'The poetry of Earth'.

(9) Where do the birds hide when they are 'faint with the hot sun'? [H.S. = 2019 & 2022]

Ans. The birds hide in cooling trees when they are faint with the hot Sun.

(10) What has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening in Keats's sonnet, 'The Poetry of Earth'?

Ans. The frost has wrought a silence on a lone winter evening.

(11) What does Keats celebrate in the poem 'The Poetry of Earth'? [H.S. =2020]

Ans. In the sonnet, 'The Poetry of Earth' Keats celebrates the music of the earth through the cycle of seasons.

( 12) Whose voice will run from hedge to hedge when all the birds retire to rest in cooling trees? [H.S. = 2020]

Ans. The voice of the Grasshopper will run from hedge to hedge when all the birds retire to rest in cooling trees.

(13) What type of poem is John Keats' 'The Poetry of Earth'?

Ans. John Keats' 'The Poetry of Earth' is a Petrarchan sonnet.

(14) What does the poet signify by 'the poetry of earth'?

Ans. By 'the poetry of earth' John Keats signifies the music of nature.

(15) Why did the birds faint in summer?

Ans. The birds fainted with the hot sun in summer.

(16)Where will the voice of the grasshopper run?

Ans. The voice of the grasshopper will run from hedge to hedge about the new-mown meadow.

(17) What do you mean by the phrase 'new-mown mead'?

Ans. The phrase, 'new-mown mead' means freshly chopped meadow.