Sea Fever 1) Who wrote the poem ‘Sea Fever’? Ans:- John Masefield wrote the poem ’Sea Fever’. 2) What was the favourite place of the poet? Ans:- To see the sea was the favourite place of the poet. 3) What do you mean by steer? Ans:- Steer means to control the direction of movement. 4) What was the colour of mist on the sea’s face? Ans:- The colour of the mist was grey. 5) What thing did not the poet deny? Ans:- The poet can not deny the call of running tide. 6) Write the name of Sea-bird? Ans:- Sea-gull is the name of a sea-bird. 7) Who wants to live a gypsy life? Ans:- The poet wants to become a gypsy life. 8) Write the name of the sea-animal? Ans:- Whale, a name of the sea-animal. 9) What do you mean by whetted knife? Ans:- Whetted knife means sharpened knife. 10) What kind of day does the poet prefer for siling? Ans:- The poet prefers vagrant gypsy lives in a sea-gull and whale’s way. 11) What does the poet do when the
Hearts with one purpose alone //Though summer and winter seem//Enchanted to a stone //To trouble the living stream--------------- explain (Easter 1916)
W. B. Yeats manifests his ambivalent attitude, he explain the significance of their existence in the common flux of the normal life where all things are changing and drifting minute by minute in Easter 1916. Here, The Irishman where concentrate on one single purpose to the The exclusion of all other considerations of life . Their hearts are fixed with one purpose - had a single absorbing purpose- the Liberation of their country, which made them an ever- fixed mark in the universal flux. The image of the stone represented there enduring reputations as well as there inhuman inflexibility .The "enchantment" links the moment of death with one purpose alone. The stone is cold and lifeless but the living stream has warmth and magic . By being " stone ", they disturb the smooth flow of the life of men. he celebrates the stream against which the stone stand out motionless. Stone is the symbol of Frozen heart. Yeats suggests that the soul and steadfast concent