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After the Storm
William Wordsworth
About William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth loved Nature and has written many poems describing the beauty of Nature. Here, the describes one of Nature's moods − the joy felt by birds and animals the morning after a stormy night.
There was a roaring in the wind all night;
The rain came heavily and fell in floods;
But now the sun is rising calm and bright;
The birds are singing in the distant woods;
Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;
The lay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;
And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters.
All things that love the sun are out of doors;
The sky rejoices in the morning's birth;
The grass is bright with rain-drops; − on the moors
The Hare is running races in her mirth:
And with her feet she from the plashy earth
Raises a mist; that, glittering in the sun,
Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
Available Answers
- 1.
What do the first two lines describe? When did that happen? Was it just rain or was it a storm? One phrase which indicates the answer is a 'roaring in the wind'. What is another?
- 2.
What is described in the next two lines? Can you see the opposite of a storm? Which words show this?
- 3.
When the speaker says a bird 'broods over his own street voice', another bird 'chatters' and a third 'makes answer', is that just what he actually hears or does he imagine what does birds think and mean?
- 4.
Look at the line 'And all the air...' Noise is usually an unpleasant sound, especially if it is loud enough to fill the air. Does it, however, depend on where the sound comes from and what mood we are in at the time?
- 5.
"All things that love the sun are out of doors."
What 'things' does the poet mention?
- 6.
The last four lines describe what mood the hare is in, what it does, where and with what effect, and what it all looks like to an observer. Describe in a paragraph the hare's mood, its activity, the effect produced and the scene created, as well as you can.
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Where are the answers
18 Oct 2023Jayshree G.