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I. 1. What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in cl... - Beehive
I. 1. What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
I.1. What do the following phrases mean to you?
(i) humid shadows: It refers to the dark clouds that are full of water.
(ii) starry spheres: It refers to the night sky filled with stars.
(iii) what a bliss: It means a state of great happiness and joy.
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start: It means that many imaginative thoughts and dreams begin to fill the mind.
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof: It means that many old memories come together to form a beautiful picture in the mind.
2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
Ans: The poet likes to lie in bed in a cottage room with a pillow and listen to the soft patter of the rain on the roof.
3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
Ans: The single major memory that comes to the poet is of his mother. The “darling dreamers” refers to the poet and his siblings when they were children.
4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
Ans: No, the poet is not a child now; he is an adult. No, his mother is no longer alive; she is only a memory to him.