MP Board 9th English Short Answer type Questions Beehive Poem Question Bank
Q.12 Short Answer Type from Poem Beehive (Poetry) 30 words 2×2=4
Poem 1 The Road Not Taken
- Where does the traveller find himself? What problem does he face?
- Which of the two roads did the poet choose and why?
- What do yellow woods represent?
- Why was the poet looking at the path?
- What does grassy mean in the poem?
- Where does the poet find himself?
- What do the words ‘Long I stood’ mean in the poem?
Poem 2 Wind
- How does the poet want the wind to come?
- What does the wind god do?
- Who has written the poem ‘Wind’?
- What does the wind do with the books?
- Why does the author ask the wind to come swiftly?
- How does the wind become the cause of rain?
- Does the wind god do what we tell him?
- What does the wind symbolise?
Poem 3 Rain on the Roof
- What does the poet like to do when it rains?
- What sound do the raindrops make?
- What makes an echo in the poet’s heart?
- What is the single major memory that comes to the poet?
- Who are the ‘darling dreamers’ the poet refers to?
- How does the sky look before the rain falls?
Poem 4 The Lake Isle of Innisfree
- What kind of place is Innisfree?
- The three things the poet wants to do when he would go back there.
- what he hears and sees there and its effect on him?
- What is the tone of the poem?
- Describe the person, the place or the thing brought vividly to life by the poet.
- Why does the poet want to go to Innisfree?
- How is the city life different from the life at the Lake of Innisfree?
- Briefly describe one major theme of the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Poem-5 A Legend of the Northland
- Why are the people in the Northland not able to sleep throughout the night?
- What means of transportations are used in the Northland?
- What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for?
- What provoked St. Peter?
- How did St. Peter punish the old lady?
- What is the popular legend of the Northland? Do you think it is true?
- The poet doesn’t consider the legend to be true but wants to narrate the story. Why? Give one reason.
- Why was Saint Peter tired and hungry?
- Describe the landscape of the Northland as described in the poem.
Poem 6 No Men Are Foreign
- Whom does the poet refer to as ‘our brothers’ and why?
- How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same?
- What does the poet say about hating our brothers?
- When do we defile the earth?
Poem 8 On Killing a Tree
- How does a tree become strong?
- How does a tree grow to its full size? List the words suggestive of its life and activity.
- How does the tree heal itself?
- What are miniature boughs? What happens if they are left unchecked?
Poem 10 A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
- What does the poet mean by ‘spirit’ and in what state was it?
- What caused the slumber of the poet?
- What changes did the slumber bring in the poet’s feelings?