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
1) “The humming insects don’t disturb his rest” – Who rest and where? Why is his rest not disturbed by the insects? [1+2+3 = 6] [H.S. – 2020] Ans. This quoted line taken from Arthur Rimbaud’s poem ‘Asleep in the valley’. Here, A young soldier rests in the valley. The young soldier rests with open-mouthed in the midst of a small green valley where a slow stream flows and surrounded by mountains. He lies on the heavy undergrowth that serves as a soft bed and fern grows beneath his head that serves as a pillow. The humming insects don’t disturb the young soldier's rest because he is in his eternal rest. Nobody can not break his eternal rest in mortal life. War took away his happy life to shoot death by two bullets and the young soldier took a permanent rest from the tragic world. 2) “A soldier, very young, lies open-mouthed,” – Who is the soldier referred to here? Narrate in your own words how the soldier lies in the valley? [2+4 = 6] [H.S. – 2016] Ans. This quoted line