CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

A TRULY BEAUTIFUL MIND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
WHAT KIND OF SOUNDS DID THE POET HEAR AT INNIFREE?
A
HORRIBLE
B
NOISE
C
PLEASING, BUZZING MUSIC LIKE SOUNDS OF BEES
D
NONE
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(a) The sound of the lake water lapping against the shore of Innisfree. (b) The cries of his children telling him to come back home. (d) The cries of birds and animals to come and live with them in the forest. Answer: (a) The sound of the lake water lapping against the shore of Innisfree.

Detailed explanation-2: -A visit to Innisfree gives immense joy, pleasure and peace to the poet. The sounds of honeybees, crickets and the lake water lapping by the shore tempt him to go there again and again.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poet hears the sounds of his horse’s harness bells, wind and snow flakes.

Detailed explanation-4: -(iii) The poet hears the sound of the lake water washing the shore in his “heart’s core”. 2. By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace.

Detailed explanation-5: -While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart’s core. Explanation of the Poem – In this stanza the poet says that now he will stand up and go to Innisfree because all the time, the sound of the lake waters striking the shore repeats in his mind.

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