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Aarti Pathania
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The poem "The Brook" by Alfred Lord Tennyson describes the journey of a brook from its origins in a place frequented by birds like coots and herons. It flows downhill, passing through 30 hills, 20 villages, and half a hundred bridges before joining the brimming river on Philip's farm. The brook refers to itself as "I", showing it is personified. It flows on forever, suggesting the brook is immortal.

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THE BROOK -BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
Brook
Brook is a poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. In this poem, the brook refers itself to a living being. This is called personification. The word 'I' explains it. The brook suddenly emerges from a place frequently visited by coots and herons. It falls down a valley making a quarrelling noise. The poet uses numerical references like 'thirty hills', 'twenty thorpes' & ' half hundred bridges'. The brook joins the brimming river at Philip's farm. The line 'For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever' explains the brook is immortal as it goes on forever. Also
The brook makes a chattering noise as it passes over stony ways and in little sharps and trebles it bubbles into eddying bays. The brook's bank passes through many curves and fields along weeds and other plants. The river keeps chattering in order to meet the brimming river. It carries many things like blossoms, lusty trout, grayling, foamy flakes, forget me not etc.. The brooks gently crosses the lawn and grassy plots and slides by hazel covers. It moves by the sweet forget me not that grow for happy lovers (The flowers are so lovely that people give it to their lovers so that they
The river does many actions. It slips, slides, glooms, glances. The swallows ( a kind of bird) skim through the top of the brook and the water makes the sunbeam dance by acting as nets against it's sandy shallows. While passing through thorny bushes, the brooks murmurs (human comparison-the brook complains) about passing the scary thorny poisonous bushes. But when it surfaces the shingly bars (pebbles), it loiters(human comparison- it stays there for some time) round the cresses. And finally the brook winds around the curves to flow into the brimming river. Still it remained immortal after passing through thorns and venomous bushes.
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate alternative from those given below : I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, (a)Describe the movement of the brook as depicted in line 1. (i) Line 1 shows the spiral movement of water. (ii) The brook flows around the obstruction on its way. (iii) And then flows along its path. (iv) all of the above
(b) What all does the brook carry as it moves along ? (i) flowers blossom (ii) the lusty trout and grayling (iii) foamy flakes (iv) all of the above
On the basis of your understanding of the poem 'The Brook', answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice. (a)The poet draws a parallelism between the journey of the book and (i) the life of a man (ii) the death of man (iii) the difficulties in a man's life (iv) the endless talking of human being
I come from haunts of coot and hern; I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. (a) ‘I’ in the stanza stands for (i) the poet. (ii) the valley. (iii) the brook, (iv) a shepherd.
(b) According to the stanza, the brook originates from (i) the mountains. (ii) the river. (iii) the sea. (iv) the place visited by sea birds. (c) Which one of the following expressions used in the stanza shows that the brook is noisy ? (i) haunts of coots and herons (ii) sudden sally (iii) sparkle out (iv) bicker down a valley
(c) The rhyme scheme of the poem is (i) ab ab cc. (ii) aa bb cc. (iii) ab ab. (iv) abed abed.
QUESTION – ANSWER Question: Where does the brook begin? Answer: Place frequented by coots and herns. Question: Which is the last place to be visited by the brook? Answer: Philip's farm is the last place to be visited by the brook. Question: When is the brook specially noisy? Answer: When it flows over stones.
QUESTION – ANSWER Question: Why is the water described as silvery? Answer: The sun shines on the water making it sparkle like white silver.
POETIC DEVICES USED IN THE POEM These terms are known as figures of speech. •Refrain is the repetition of a word or a phrase. For example, 'For men may come and men may go'. •Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound. For example, 'I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance'. •Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that represents the sound associated with an object. For example, 'babble'.
POETIC DEVICES USED IN THE POEM •Repetition means the repetition of a word, a phrase or a clause to emphasise on a point. For example, 'chatter,chatter'. •Imagery is a description which evokes readers senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste. Metaphors and similes are also considered as imagery. For example, "I babble on the pebbles". •Personification is a literary device that assigns human qualities to inanimate and abstract things. For example, "I make the netted sunbeam dance".
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  • 3. Brook is a poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. In this poem, the brook refers itself to a living being. This is called personification. The word 'I' explains it. The brook suddenly emerges from a place frequently visited by coots and herons. It falls down a valley making a quarrelling noise. The poet uses numerical references like 'thirty hills', 'twenty thorpes' & ' half hundred bridges'. The brook joins the brimming river at Philip's farm. The line 'For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever' explains the brook is immortal as it goes on forever. Also
  • 4. The brook makes a chattering noise as it passes over stony ways and in little sharps and trebles it bubbles into eddying bays. The brook's bank passes through many curves and fields along weeds and other plants. The river keeps chattering in order to meet the brimming river. It carries many things like blossoms, lusty trout, grayling, foamy flakes, forget me not etc.. The brooks gently crosses the lawn and grassy plots and slides by hazel covers. It moves by the sweet forget me not that grow for happy lovers (The flowers are so lovely that people give it to their lovers so that they
  • 5. The river does many actions. It slips, slides, glooms, glances. The swallows ( a kind of bird) skim through the top of the brook and the water makes the sunbeam dance by acting as nets against it's sandy shallows. While passing through thorny bushes, the brooks murmurs (human comparison-the brook complains) about passing the scary thorny poisonous bushes. But when it surfaces the shingly bars (pebbles), it loiters(human comparison- it stays there for some time) round the cresses. And finally the brook winds around the curves to flow into the brimming river. Still it remained immortal after passing through thorns and venomous bushes.
  • 6. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate alternative from those given below : I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, (a)Describe the movement of the brook as depicted in line 1. (i) Line 1 shows the spiral movement of water. (ii) The brook flows around the obstruction on its way. (iii) And then flows along its path. (iv) all of the above
  • 7. (b) What all does the brook carry as it moves along ? (i) flowers blossom (ii) the lusty trout and grayling (iii) foamy flakes (iv) all of the above
  • 8. On the basis of your understanding of the poem 'The Brook', answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice. (a)The poet draws a parallelism between the journey of the book and (i) the life of a man (ii) the death of man (iii) the difficulties in a man's life (iv) the endless talking of human being
  • 9. I come from haunts of coot and hern; I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. (a) ‘I’ in the stanza stands for (i) the poet. (ii) the valley. (iii) the brook, (iv) a shepherd.
  • 10. (b) According to the stanza, the brook originates from (i) the mountains. (ii) the river. (iii) the sea. (iv) the place visited by sea birds. (c) Which one of the following expressions used in the stanza shows that the brook is noisy ? (i) haunts of coots and herons (ii) sudden sally (iii) sparkle out (iv) bicker down a valley
  • 11. (c) The rhyme scheme of the poem is (i) ab ab cc. (ii) aa bb cc. (iii) ab ab. (iv) abed abed.
  • 12. QUESTION – ANSWER Question: Where does the brook begin? Answer: Place frequented by coots and herns. Question: Which is the last place to be visited by the brook? Answer: Philip's farm is the last place to be visited by the brook. Question: When is the brook specially noisy? Answer: When it flows over stones.
  • 13. QUESTION – ANSWER Question: Why is the water described as silvery? Answer: The sun shines on the water making it sparkle like white silver.
  • 14. POETIC DEVICES USED IN THE POEM These terms are known as figures of speech. •Refrain is the repetition of a word or a phrase. For example, 'For men may come and men may go'. •Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound. For example, 'I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance'. •Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that represents the sound associated with an object. For example, 'babble'.
  • 15. POETIC DEVICES USED IN THE POEM •Repetition means the repetition of a word, a phrase or a clause to emphasise on a point. For example, 'chatter,chatter'. •Imagery is a description which evokes readers senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste. Metaphors and similes are also considered as imagery. For example, "I babble on the pebbles". •Personification is a literary device that assigns human qualities to inanimate and abstract things. For example, "I make the netted sunbeam dance".