Passage 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> Whose woods these are I think I know. Who is referred to as ‘his’ in the above extract? What does the speaker say about the person he refers to as ‘his’?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> Whose woods these are I think I know. Where was the speaker going? What stopped him on his way?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> Whose woods these are I think I know. What happens while the speaker stops by?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> Whose woods these are I think I know. What is the meaning of word ‘woods’?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> My little horse must think it queer Identify and explain the figure of speech used in the first line of the poem.<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> My little horse must think it queer What according to the speaker will surprise his horse?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> My little horse must think it queer Explain the figurative contrast between the farmhouse and the frozen lake.<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> My little horse must think it queer Explain the last two lines of the extract.<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> He gives his harness bells a shake What role does the horse play in the poem?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> He gives his harness bells a shake What are the sounds that the poet hears in the forest? What kind of sounds are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> He gives his harness bells a shake What effect does the silence in the woods have on the speaker?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 4.<\/span><\/strong> He gives his harness bells a shake What is the rhyme scheme of the given extract?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Passage 4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Question 1.<\/span><\/strong> The woods are lovely, dark and deep, Identify and explain the contrast in the first line of the extract.<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 2.<\/span><\/strong> The woods are lovely, dark and deep, What stops the speaker from moving on?<\/strong><\/p>\n Answer:<\/span><\/strong> Question 3.<\/span><\/strong> The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHis house is in the village though;
\nHe will not see me stopping here
\nTo watch his woods fill up with snow.<\/p>\n
\nThe owner of the woods is referred to as ‘his’ in the extract. The speaker says that he knows the person who owns the woods and further informs us that the person lives in the village.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHis house is in the village though;
\nHe will not see me stopping here
\nTo watch his woods fill up with snow.<\/p>\n
\nThe speaker was going back home with his horse and he had to pass through the woods. He found the woods beautifully queer and he was enchanted by the frozen lake in the woods. The snow falling on a cold winter night and gradually filling up the woods amazed and stopped the speaker in his tracks.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHis house is in the village though;
\nHe will not see me stopping here
\nTo watch his woods fill up with snow.<\/p>\n
\nWhile the speaker stops by, the snow continues to fall and cover the earth like a blanket.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHis house is in the village though;
\nHe will not see me stopping here
\nTo watch his woods fill up with snow.<\/p>\n
\nAn area of land smaller than a forest covered with thick growth of trees is called woods.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo stop without a farmhouse near
\nBetween the woods and frozen lake
\nThe darkest evening of the year.<\/p>\n
\nThe figure of speech in the first line of the poem is anthropomorphism, the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object. The poet gives the horse a human quality of being capable of thinking.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo stop without a farmhouse near
\nBetween the woods and frozen lake
\nThe darkest evening of the year.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the speaker, his horse will think it queer or strange to stop in the woods as it is a place with no house nearby. In addition, it is the coldest evening of the year as even the lake is frozen.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo stop without a farmhouse near
\nBetween the woods and frozen lake
\nThe darkest evening of the year.<\/p>\n
\nThe farmhouse represents warmth and homeliness. In contrast to this, the woods are cold and lonely. Also, the valley and farmhouse are terms representing habitation and community life. They can be seen as the first phase of a person’s life.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo stop without a farmhouse near
\nBetween the woods and frozen lake
\nThe darkest evening of the year.<\/p>\n
\nThe extract is from the point of view of the horse. The horse is alarmed at being stopped in the middle of the journey. He cannot see any dwelling nearby. Also the darkness of the night scares him. The horses’ reaction is in contrast to that of the travellers who finds the place oddly calming and beautiful.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo ask if there is some mistake.
\nThe only other sound’s the sweep
\nOf easy wind and downy flake.<\/p>\n
\nThe horse is the voice of reason in the poem. It can also be seen as a string which binds the speaker’s inner self to his earthly self which is dominated by reason.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo ask if there is some mistake.
\nThe only other sound’s the sweep
\nOf easy wind and downy flake.<\/p>\n
\nApart from the sound of his horse’s harness bell, the poet hears the sound of the sweeping wind and falling snow flakes. The fact that the speaker mentions hearing the sound of the snow fall indicates how quiet the forest is on that snowy day. The sounds heard by the speaker are sounds of nature.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo ask if there is some mistake.
\nThe only other sound’s the sweep
\nOf easy wind and downy flake.<\/p>\n
\nThe silence in the woods creates a serene ambiance which enchants the speaker and stops him from moving ahead to his destination.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo ask if there is some mistake.
\nThe only other sound’s the sweep
\nOf easy wind and downy flake.<\/p>\n
\nThe rhyme scheme of the poem is A-A-B-A.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBut I have promises to keep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep.<\/p>\n
\nThe speaker uses contrasting imagery to describe the woods. He calls them lovely, dark and deep all at the same time. The words ‘dark’ and ‘deep’ connote an alarmingly mysterious characteristic while the word ‘lovely’ makes the woods an attractive location. The three words give the woods a mystical character. Though the darkness serves as a warning to the uncertainties lying within the forest, he is also mesmerised by its serene beauty.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBut I have promises to keep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep.<\/p>\n
\nThe calm and soothing beauty of the deserted woods stops the speaker from moving on.<\/p>\n
\nRead the extract and answer the questions that follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBut I have promises to keep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep,
\nAnd miles to go before I sleep.<\/p>\n