Summary of "Weathers" Grade- 10 Poem
The
poem ‘Weathers’ written by an English poet, Thomas Hardy, talks about two
different seasons viz. the spring and the winter seasons.
In the first stanza the beautiful and pleasant
spring season is described. He says that in this season cuckoo and nightingale
feel good. The light rain flows over pointed leaves of chestnut tree. The poet
is pleased as nightingale sings at his best tune. People come out of the house
to enjoy the weather and the birds’ song. The young girls are seen in their
fine clothes. The people plan to visit different places of south and west. The
poet likes this weather as it is liked by all the birds, animals and human as
well.
In the
second stanza he talks about the dullness of the winter season and the cold,
damp and wet weather. All the natural beauty turns into dull and unpleasant.
The cuckoo hates this weather and the beeches turn dry and brown as their
leaves are threshed by the wind. The water drops hang from the wooden bars of
gates. The rooks fly to their homes. He dislikes this season because the winter
season is very cold and wet.
Symbolically
the poet tries to state the bright and dark aspects of human life and the word
‘Weathers’ indicates the human life. Spring represents the bright and winter
represents the dark aspects of our life.
Question
Sets asked in SLC
[SLC
2068 A]
A. Find
similar meaning.
a) baby birds b) young
girls c) dislikes d) Sings
B. Answer these questions:
a) What do nestlings do? b) What happened to beeches?
c) Where do rooks go?
[SLC 2068 B]
A. Find
similar meaning.
a) rain b) sign c) girls d) dislikes
B. Answer these questions:
a) Mention
any two things that happen in the first stanza.
b) Why
do rocks return their home?
c) Who
has composed this poem?
[SLC 2070 S]
A. Answer
these questions:
a) What
is the similarity between speaker and the cuckoo?
b) What
do the nestlings and Nightingales do?
c) Why
do rocks go home?
B. Find
similar meaning.
a) Shake b) Ladies c) Dislikes d) Line
Additional
sets of questions:
Set-A
A. Find
similar meaning.
i) Spike ii) People iii) Baby birds iv) Queue
B. Answering
i) What
happened to the trees in the winter?
ii) How
does little Nightingale sing?
iii) Why
is the autumn season unpleasant and disappointing?
Set- B
A. Find
opposite meaning.
i) Exposed ii) Huge iii) Admire
B. Answer
the following questions:
i) How
do the girls express their joys in the spring?
ii) Why
does the poet like the spring season?
iii) What
is the weather that the cuckoo
doesn't like?
Set- C
A. Write
single words:
i) Sharp pointed leaves ii) A
bird with a call like its name.
iii) A large tree
with spreading branches. iv) Fall of liquid.
B. Answer
the following:
i) How
do maids come out?
ii) What
differences do you find between the first stanza
and second stanza.
iii) Name
the birds mentioned in the poem.
Set- D
A. Matching
with definition.
i) Tide ii) Fireless iii) Worst iv) Heaven
B. Answer
the following:
i) When
does nestling fly?
ii) What
do the rooks do during the winter season?
iii) Who
retire in their home?
Set- E
A. Write
True and false.
i) People
like to stay inside the house in winter season.
ii) Water
drops freezes to ice during summer.
iii) Cuckoo
hates the weather described in the first verse.
iv) The
young girls dress up in their fine clothes.
B. Answer
the following questions:
i) Do
you feel the same as the poet does? Why? Why not?
ii) What
sorts of plan do young people make in this season?
iii) What
do baby birds learn?
Set-F
A. Fill
in the gaps:
i) People love to
................ new places. ii) ............. is the name of an inn.
iii) Baby birds are
called ............ iv) ............ is a black bird
like crow.
B. Answer
the following questions.
i) Which weather is disliked by Cuckoo? ii) Why do beeches look dull?
iii) Who is the
writer of the poem?