The Darkling Thrush
A. Fill in the blanks:
1.The bird referred to here:
2.'F' of 'Frost' used as capital letter to show:
3.The area where the poet stands is desolated by:
4.The sun seems to be:
5.The bine-stem supposed to be:
6.A musical instrument :
7.A simile used in the first stanza:
8.Those seems to be found:
9.That appears to be death:
10.'His crypt' referred to here:
11.Death song sung by:
12.'The ancient pulse' meant:
13.That expected to be shrunken hard and dry:
14.'Fervourless' meant:
15.Voice made by:
16.Twigs supposed to be:
17.'Evensong' referred to here:
18.Adjectives used to describe the bird:
19:'Soul' of the bird used to:
20.'Carolings' referred to:
B.True /false:
1.The bird symbolizes hope.
2.The coopice gate refers to entrance of 20th Century.
3.The surrounding around of the narrator seems to be full of ghosts.
4.The poem tells us about duing 20th century.
5.The remained part of winter makes the earth's feature desolate.
6.The referred lyres is unable to sound with its torn strings.
7.There is no difference between the poet and people in the house.
8.The mentioned crowd are trying to find out coldness.
9.The cloud mentioned in the poem refers to white clothe used to cover tomb of 20 th century.
10.Germation of seed is supposed to be powerful.
11.Not only the poet but also every spirit upon the earth seems to be discomforted.
12.The second stanza is describing the song sung by the thrush.
13.The mentioned twigs from the text are filled with green coloured- leaves.
14.The bird-sung song is full of unhappiness.
15.The bird singing in the surrounding seems to be young.
16.The enviournment where the narrator stands does not appear to be gloom.
17.The melancholic mood of the narrator is vanished because of what the Thrush is singing without his heart.
18.The word 'Hope' is personified here in the poem.
19.The referred bird in the poem is optimistic.
20.It is the narrator who faces only the 19 th century.
C.M.C.Qs:
1.Which of the following refers to the coppice gate?
a)gate made of plant b)entrance of 19 th century c)exit of 20th century d)exit of 19th century.
2.How the surrounding looks?
a)Bright b)spectre-grey c)sun-lit d)moon-lit
3.Which of the following are personified?
a)Neither frost nor sky b)Either winter or frost c)both frost and winter d)None of above
4.Which of the following is said to be desolated?
a)sky b)houses c)forest d)surrounding
5.Whose dregs are mentioned here?
a)The season mango grows in b)migrant birds are said to come to India in it c)it follows winter d)none of above
6.The weakening eye of day refers to:
a)the sun that looks dull because of winter frost is weakened b)the star around which our planet moves is appeared to be powerful c)the star which makes day has brightness d)all of above
7.Which of the following is said to be broken?
a)The bird-occupied heart b)the heart belonging to narrator c)the gate on which the narrator leans d)the musical instrument that is calle lyres
8.Which of the following is unknown to the poet?
a)why the bird is singing with full of happiness b)why people are expected to be found in the room c)what is going to happen in the 20 the century d)none of above
9.What is supposed to become dry and hard?
a)power of the sun b)strength of human being c)power to germ seed d)all of above
10.Who among the following become fervourless?
a)Either every spirit or the poet b)neither the narrator nor every spirit c)every spirit as well as the poet d)none of above
11.Which of the following is said to be heard?
a)A song sung by poet b)a voice made by people c)the thrush-sung song d)all of above
12.By what is death-song sung?
a)Wind b)winter c)frost d)the bird
13.What is understood by 'the bleak twigs'?
a)Twigs that are full of leaves b)the twigs said to be bear and cold c)twigs have no branches d)all of above
14.What do you mean by'beruffled plume'?
a)the bird looks awful b)the poet to be disturbed c)the surrounding to be gloom d)the bird seems to be disordered
15.Which of the following is said to be illimited?
a)evensong b)every spirit c)joy d)hope
16.Which one of the following seems to be growing?
a)gloom b)frost c)hope d)song
17.What do you understand by 'ecstatic sound'?
a)Voice full of calmness b)song with rapture c)weather having darkness d)century' death
18.His crypt refers to:
a)crypt of 20 th century b)crypt of the narrator c)crypt of the bird d)crypt of 19 the century
19.Which one of the following refers to 'carolings'
a)Song sung in the Christmas b)dance performed during the New year eve c)play acted in the time of dying year d)all of these
20.Which of the following appears to fling to be chosen in order to sing?
a)Soul that the poet occupies b)soul which is broken c)soul that is full of sadness d)bird-occupied soul
D.Short questions:
1.Name the poetic devices used in the poem with example.
2.Give examples of personification.
3.How does surrounding look and why?
4.How does the sun look and why?
5.What scored the sky? How are the compared? What are broken and why?
6.What are mankind looking for and why?
7.What seemed to be the century's corpse? and why,which century is referred to here?
8.How is cloudy canopy used? What role does the wind seem to have? What do you mean by cloudy canopy?
9.What is supposed to be hard and dry and for what?
10.Who are expected to be fervourless and why?
11.Whose voice is supposed to be heard and from where?
12.What kind of twigs are described here and why do they become so?
13.What type of song is mentioned here? And how is it sung?
14.Mentioned adjectives to refer to the bird or write the Appearance of the bird.
15.When does the bird sing and how and why?
16.How is the song performed by the bird referred to here?
17.Does the poet know why the bird is singing?How do you come to know that? How does he feel?
18.What time is the poem written?
19.How is the idea of death reintroduced?
20.What does the poet compare the vine to?
21.What does the land embody?
E.Long question:
1.Significance of the title of the poem.
2.Summarize it.
3.Explain the theme of it.
4.Describe the style of it.
5.Hardy is often criticised for his pessimism. Discuss in the light of the poem The Darkling Thrush.
6.Discuss examples of irony,satire,and pessimism in Thomas Hardy's 'The Darkling Thrush'.
7.What are the subject and the theme of the poem 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy?
8.Explain the theme of Chaos and Order in 'The darkling Thrush'.
9.Explain Hardy as a nature poet in regards to 'The Darkling Thrush'.
10.How does the poet show that there is no activity? Where are all the people?
11.How does Hardy use language and style to show a shift in the tone of the poem?
12.How does Hardy convey that nature is senseless?
13.How does Hardy use rhythm to highlight the void of the world?
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