Poetry : Chapter 6 The Brook ENGLISH [Communicative] - Poetry : Chapter 6 The Brook

I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance,
Among my skimming swallows;
(a) What are the action words in the first line?
(b) Who is carrying out these actions?
(c) What does ‘skimming’ mean?

I chatter, chatter as I flow
To join the brimming river,
(a) What word indicates that the river is full of water?
(b) Why is ‘I’ chattering?
(c) Write an antonym of the word ‘flow’.

And out again I curve and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
(a) Who is joining the river?
(b) What words suggest something unchangeable and permanent?
(c) What is meant by men coming and going?

I murmur under moon and stars
In brambly wildernesses;
I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses;
(a) What time of day is indicated in these lines?
(b) How do we know that the water body is moving slowly?
(c) How do we know that the water body is moving slowly?

I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers
I move the sweet forget-me-nots
That grow for happy lovers.
(a) What words in the extract indicates noiseless movement?
(b) What kind of scene is depicted in these lines?
(c) What are forget-me-nots?

Write a paragraph on the banks of the Brook.

Imagine you are a tourist who is taking tour along the side of the Brook. Describe your journey on a sunny day.

Describe the final stages of the Brook’s journey.

At what stage is the Brook peaceful and calm?

How do we know that the Brook is turbulent during the middle of its course?