UP Board live solution class 10th English Poetry Lesson-1 'The Fountain' by James Russell Lowel.
Stanzas
[1]. Into the moonlight,
Whiter than snow
Waving so flower-like
When the wind blow!
Questions
1. How does the fountain look like in the moonlight?
2. What Kind of movement does the word ' waving suggest? What is meant by the word 'so' used in the third line.
3. What colour is the fountain in moonlight? What is the significance of the word 'into' the first line?
4. What is the effect of the moonlight on the fountain?
5. What happens when the winds blow?
6. From which poem has the above stanza been taken and who is the poet of the poem?
Answers
1.Into the moonlight the fountain looks witer than snow.
2. 'Waving' suggest the movement to end fro. 'So' means 'like'.
3. In the moonlight the colour of the fountain is white. The word 'into' the first line denotes 'to move eternally' in every condition.
4. Moonlight makes the fountain whiter than snow.
5. When the winds blow, The fountain waves like a flower.
6. The above stanza has been taken from the poem 'The fountain'. The poet of the poem is James Russell Lowel.
[2] into the sunshine,
Full of the light,
Leaping and flashing,
From morn till night.
Questions
1. Give the title of the poem from which the above noted lines have been selected?
2. Point out the rhyming words in the stanza?
Answers
1. The title of the poem is 'The fountain'
2. Rhyming words in the stanza are light and night.
3. Glorious fountain!
Let my heart be
Fresh changefull, constant,
Upward like thee!
Questions
1. Why has the fountain been addressed as glorious?
2. What qualities of the fountain does the poet wish to have?
3. The poet has called the fountain 'changefull' and 'constant'. Why has he used these contradictory Words for the fountain?
4. What qualities of the fountain have been mentioned by the poet in these lines?
5. What do you understand by the phrase ' upward like thee'?
6. Which two words in the given stanza have opposite meanings?
7. Write the title of the poem from which the above noted lines have been selected. Who is the composer of the poem?
8. Point out the rhyming words in the stanza?
Answers
1. Glorious means splendid. The fountain goes higher and higher so it is glorious.
2. The poet wishes to be fresh, changeful, constant and upward like the fountain.
3. The fountain is called change full because its water is always changed. It goes up and down. It is constant because the flow of the fountain never discontinues.
4. The qualities of the fountain are: glorious, fresh, changeful, constant and rising upward.
5.The phrase 'upward like thee'means that the poet wishes to progress in his life as the fountain always moves upward.
6. 'changeful' and 'constant' are words with two opposite meanings .
7. The above noted lines have been selected from the poem 'The fountain'. The composer of the poem is James Russell Lowell.
8. The rhyming words in the stanza are : be and thee.
Central Idea 'TheCentral fountain'
The fountain is a source of inspiration for the poet. It looks charming day and night. It remains glad in all weathers. Its movements are natural and it cannot be trained. It is untiring, ever-happy, ceaselessly aspiring, ever fresh and glorious. The poet also wishes to remain fresh, constant and upward like the fountain.
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