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प्रश्न
What information does the poet highlight about the season and the time of the day in the poem?
उत्तर
The darkest evening of the year refers to December 21, the longest night of the year, when there is biting cold. The winter season had its spell on Nature. By using the symbol of darkness in the second stanza, the poet brings forth a sense of sadness and peace.
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Have you ever travelled through a forest? How did you feel?
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep.
What are the promises the speaker is talking about?
How long does it take a tree to grow to its full size?
The root is to be pulled out
Out of the anchoring earth;
What does ‘anchoring earth’ mean?
Why do you think the poet describes the act of cutting a tree? What effect does it have on you as a reader?
Mention the rhyme scheme of the poem.
But I know no better spectacle
Than a comet in full flight.
What is the best spectacle mentioned in the above lines?
And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.
When do they have their family gatherings?
There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,
And they're very quick to shatter all the little family ties.
What do the rich and poor folk imagine themselves to be?
It's the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
Who wins the joys of the earth?
