Important S.E.E Poems Answer/Question along with Explanation and Word Meanings

             DID I MISS ANYTHING

Word Meanings:

1.  Angel : Messenger of God
2. Ponder: Think Deeply
3. Micro-cosm : A Miniature Representation
4. Shaft : Arrow
5. Wisdom : Knowledge

 Important Question / Answer: 

1. Who composed this poem?
Ans: This poem was composed by Tom Wayman.

2. What did the students do in the absence of their teacher?
Ans: The students simply sat in silence with their hands folded on the desks when their teacher was absent in class.

 3. What did the angel reveal to the students?
Ans: The angel revealed to the students that each students should work hard to get divine wisdom of knowledge.

4. How does the speaker in the first stanza spend time for the full two hour?
 Ans: The speaker simply sat in silence with their hands folded on the desks for the full two hours .

5. Why does the speaker in the second stanza think being in the class is important?
 Ans: The speaker in the second stanza thinks being in the class is important because the  teacher has conducted the heavy exams, assigned some readings and prepared a quiz and in case if any student is  absent in the class they he/she can miss a whole day of knowledge.

6. What does the speaker say in the third stanza regarding the value of education?
 Ans: The speaker says that the classroom education is valueless, meaningless and waste of time and is uncertainly impractical in future.

7. 'Education enlightens people with wisdom'. Does the speaker in the fourth stanza agree with this statement? How?
 Ans: 'Education enlightens people with wisdom'. Yes, the speaker in the fourth stanza agrees with this statement .
He agrees because he claims that with the help of education  a person is enlightened and in this poem  the poet has compared the teacher with an angel. The teacher is incarnated divine figure who is considered to be the source of light of wisdom. When he/she is regularly seen in the classroom, undoubtedly, every boy and girl will get life based education and good learning

 8. What does the last stanza suggests?
 Ans: The last stanza suggests to all  students those who have doubts that  they should always be present in the classroom so as to overcome their weaknesses and gain knowledge.

 9. What is the theme of the poem ?
Ans: The poem is about classroom education which  reveals that education is an opportunity which  is important in creating who you are and it shouldn't be missed.

10. What is the theme of central idea poem?
 Ans: The theme of the poem is to reveal the importance of responsibility of the student and the teacher. The students should never miss any classes  and the teachers should be regular through which the classroom education becomes live, interesting, exciting and productive.


General Summary For Students :
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"Did I miss Anything " poem is a poem full of "Sarcasm" . The teacher is talking to the students that asked "Did I miss Anything?" When the speaker says "nothing" the author is indicating the question being answered from the students point of view.  Example: "Nothing. When we realized you weren't here we sat with our hands folded on our desk in silence for the full two hours." This shows the student assumes that being absent was not a problem because nothing important takes place in the classroom when they are not there. When the speaker answers "everything" the author indicates the answer is giving from the teacher's point of view. Example: "Everything. I gave an exam worth 40 percent of your grade this term and assigned some reading due today on which I am about to hand out a quiz worth 50 percent." This shows that the class does go on when the students are absent, rather than waiting for the student to return. It is not really the teacher's responsibility to get a student caught up. The student has classmates that were present the day they were absent so they could easily ask another student and be more responsible. The tone of the poem is "Humour". Therefore, the speaker replies using sarcasm and is really mocking the question. The poem is a Free Verse poem: Every stanza starts with one word sentence fragments.  This is effective because it represents the tone of the poem. With only one word used, the poet stresses that nothing and everything was missed without explaining what it was in the same sentence Form The poem has little punctuation: This affects the meaning of the poem because it does not finish the poet's idea and leaves the reader with thoughts, ideas and guesses of what else might be said or happens Structure The author uses indented stanzas to show the swinging back and forth in the speakers sarcasm All stanzas that begin with "everything" are indented. Both are nasty and mocking What is the mood of the poem? Sarcastic, Angry, Mocking, Humorous.  Tom Wayman wrote this poem out of his own teaching experiences Teachers put in hours of time and effort preparing a class, thinking of the best way to present the material to the students so they understand it. Teachers have to introduce, develop, and summarize a lesson, then monitor the class to see the effectiveness of their presentation. When an absent student ask "Did I miss anything?" the assumption made by the teacher that the student thinks their work is not worth "anything".  The stanzas in the poem are responses Wayman wanted to say to the students who asked if they missed anything.The theme of the poem is the importance of responsibility of a teacher as well as a student 




                THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Word Meaning:

1. Fair: Proper
2. Lay: Place on Surface
3. Perhaps:Possibly
4. Sigh:Have a long & deep breathe
5. Wood: Forests

• Important Question Answer:
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 1. Who is the speaker in the poem?

 Ans: Robert Frost is the speaker in the poem. 

2. Where is the speaker standing in this poem? 

Ans: The speaker is standing in a yellow wood, considering a fork in the road . 

3. Why does he stop there for a long time? 

Ans: He stops there for a long time because he is in a dilemma about which road to take. 

4. Why is he in a dilemma? 

Ans: He is in a dilemma because he has to decide which path to follow. Both the roads were equally worn and were covered with leaves. 

5. Which road does he choose to travel? 

Ans: He chooses the road that is "less travelled" because the narrator prefers to make his own way in the world and make difference in his future. 

6. Why does he leave the other one? 

Ans: He leaves the other one because one road was a beaten track. Many people had walked on it. It was lost in the small shrubs. 

7. Is the speaker optimistic? How can you say this? 

Ans: Yes, It is because the speaker seems happy and satisfied when he says-" And that has made all the difference". He is well aware of the fact that if his choice turns out to be misplaced, there will be no coming back. He also has a feeling that his choice might be crowned with success. 

8. Do you think he has made the right decision? 

Ans: Yes, That 'choice' he had made, according to him, has changed his life. It may have brought him success, happiness and fulfillment. The choice that he made at that time affected his future. That choice made all the difference to his life. 

9. What do you think 'the roads' refer to? 

Ans: 'The Roads' refers to the choices of that particular we make in life which have shaped our life. 

10. Why does the poet doubt his coming back? 

Ans: The poet doubts his coming back because one way leads to another. The choices made today will mark his life later through the years. 

11. What does the poet mean by 'yellow wood'? 

Ans: 'Yellow wood' means the decomposing leaves and the autumn season. 12. He could not travel both the roads, why?

 Ans: Being an individual, the poet could not travel two roads at the same time. 

13. Why did the poet look down as far as he could? 

Ans: The poet is at a point where he cannot travel on both the roads and he has to make a decision. He looks down one as far as he can help him make the decision. 

14. Who does 'both' refer to? 

Ans: 'Both' refers to the two roads. 

15. What is the central idea of the poem? 

Ans: The central idea of the poem is that one should accept the challenges in his life. Man should dare to walk on the untrodden path and take risk. Tough challenges have far reaching consequences. They can change a person's life. 

16. What massage does the poet want to give us through his poem? 

Ans: It shows us that one should be willing to exercise one's individualism. One should not follow the crowd but be different from others. We should accept challenges and be ready take risk in order to succeed in life. 

17. What message does the poem 'The Road Not Taken' give us? 

Ans: The poet conveys a very important message in this poem. He tells us that man across many situations when he has to take a decision which sometimes can be crucial. We make the right choice by keeping in mind that 'opportunity knocks only once'. 

18. What makes the narrator's choice difficult in the poem? 

Ans: One road is frequently travelled by people. It is known as beaten track which seems to be safe. The second road appears to be a less travelled one and full of challenges. That's why it is a difficult choice. 

19. Which road does the speaker choose? 

Ans: The poet chose the road that was less travelled because it had the better claim. It was grassy and not many people had used it.

General Summary For Students :

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 Have you ever found yourself caught between a rock and a hard place, trying to make a dicult decision? Maybe you've had to choose between two equally desirable things, like following a career path to become an astronaut or a doctor. You may have considered the different paths of study or activity each choice would lead you down. We've all been faced with challenging decisions in our lives, and sometimes the diculty of making those decisions arises from the fear of not knowing if what we choose is right, or what will happen as a result of our choice. Well, the famous American poet, Robert Frost, once wrote a poem that describes this feeling exactly. 'The Road Not Taken', rst published in 1916, is perhaps Frost's most famous poem. The nal lines in particular, 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference', are often quoted and referred to as inspirational words that challenge us to overcome obstacles in life. The poem describes someone standing at a fork, or turning point, in a road in the woods, trying to decide which path he's going to take. He looks down one road as far as he can see, and after thinking for another minute, decides to take the other one because it looks like nobody's been that way yet, and he's curious about where it leads. He thinks maybe he might come back another day and try out the other path but he has a feeling that the road he's chosen will lead him to new places and discoveries, and he probably won't be back. He thinks wistfully about that road, the road not taken, and where he might have wound up if he'd gone that way instead. Part of him regrets his decision, but he also realizes that the things he's seen and the places he's gone because of the direction he chose has made him who he is.

          THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER

1. Who composed the poem?
Ans: William Blake composed this poem.

2. Why did the speaker cry?
 Ans: The speaker cried because his hair was shaved to prevent vermin and soot from infesting it.

3. What does the expression ‘That curled like a lamb’s back’ mean?
Ans: The expression ‘That curled like a lamb’s back’ means the exploitation of children.

4. How did the angel open the black coffins?
Ans: The angel opened the black coffins with a special key.

5. At what condition would Tom get joy?
Ans: Tom would get joy at terrible conditions where he was treated miserably by his masters.

6. What do you think there might be in their bags?
Ans: I think there might be special key in their bags.

7. What did the angel tell to Tom?
Ans: The angel told to Tom that if he would be a good boy, he would have "God for his father," and never suffer from unhappiness.

 8. How was the morning?
Ans: The morning was cold.

9. At the end of the poem what message was given to Tom?
Ans: At the end of the poem, Tom was given the message to be a good boy.

10. What is the poem about?
Ans: The poem is about the exploitation of children.

11. What happened when Tom was sleeping?
Ans: When Tom was sleeping, he had a dream in which an angel arrived with a bright key that opened the locks on the coffins and set the children free.

12. What is the central theme of the poem?
 Ans: The central theme of the poem is that the miserable life of all the human beings will be somewhat comforted that their lives will one day improve.

General  Summary For Students:
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The speaker of this poem is a small boy who was sold into the chimney-sweeping business when his mother died. He recounts the story of a fellow chimney sweeper, Tom Dacre, who cried when his hair was shaved to prevent vermin and soot from infesting it. The speaker comforts Tom, who falls asleep and has a dream or vision of several chimney sweepers all locked in black cons. An angel arrives with a special key that opens the locks on the cons and sets the children free. The newly freed children run through a green eld and wash themselves in a river, coming out clean and white in the bright sun. The angel tells Tom that if he is a good boy, he will have this paradise for his own. When Tom awakens, he and the speaker gather their tools and head out to work, somewhat comforted that their lives will one day improve.

     I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD 

WORD MEANINGS :

1. Glee:Delight
2. Host:A large number of people or things 
3. Inward : Of inside
4. Jocund : Pleasant / Cheerful
5. Oft :Short form of often
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•  Important Question / Answers: 

1. Who composed the poem?
 Ans: William Wordsworth composed the poem.

2.  . Who is compared with cloud?
Ans: The poet compares himself with a cloud.

3. Where did the person in the poem see the daffodils?
Ans: The person in the poem saw the daffodils beside the lake.

4. What word does the poet use to compare the daffodils with?
Ans: The poet uses the word 'golden' to compare the daffodils with.

5. The speaker dances with daffodils .Why?
Ans: The speaker dances with daffodils because the daffodils are lovely and makes the poet joyful.

6. What is the theme of this poem?
Ans: The theme of this poem is that Nature's beauty uplifts the human spirit whereas people sometimes fail to appreciate nature's wonders as they go about their daily routines.

Genaral Summary For Students:
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 The speaker says that, wandering like a cloud oating above hills and valleys, he encountered a eld of daffodils beside a lake. The dancing, uttering owers stretched endlessly along the shore, and though the waves of the lake danced beside the owers, the daffodils outdid the water in glee. The speaker says that a poet could not help but be happy in such a joyful company of owers. He says that he stared and stared, but did not realize what wealth the scene would bring him. For now, whenever he feels “vacant” or “pensive,” the memory ashes upon “that inward eye / That is the bliss of solitude,” and his heart lls with pleasure, “and dances with the daffodils.”

                  PAST AND PRESENT

Word Meanings:

1. Tis: Short from of it is
2. Laburnum: A small tree with racemes of golden flower
3. Morn: Short Form Of Morning
4. Robin: A European Bird
5. Slender : Thin

• Important Question / Answers: 

1. Who composed this poem?
Ans: Thomas Hood composed this poem.

2. What is the poem about?
 Ans: The poem is about the childhood life.

3. What does the poet remember in the first stanza?
Ans: In the first stanza, the poet remembers his childhood, the house where he was born and those beautiful days when sun rays came peeping through his window in the morning.

4. What does he wish in the first stanza?
Ans: In the first stanza, he wishes the night that his tiredness would go away when the night falls.

5. What does he remember in the second stanza?
Ans: In the second stanza, he remembers his childhood where he used to see and feel the beautiful colours of roses and lilies and the lilacs.

6. How does the poet describe his childhood in the third stanza?
Ans: In the third stanza, the poet describes his childhood showing the contrast experience of his past and present. He vividly remembers how he used to swing, enjoy the breeze and wind. In the same way, he was all energetic and high in spirit. But now, he does not have energy to lift his spirit. The water in the pool was cool and pleasant but now it is not cool enough to cool his fever.

7. Was the poet really closer to the heaven when he was a child? Why does he think so?
Ans: Yes, the poet was really closer to the heaven when he was child. He thinks so because the childhood life is very innocent stage in which there is no tension and risk of doing work.



General Summary for students poem:
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In this poem Thomas Hood seems to be expressing how he is looking back on to his past. This poem is the recollection of his childhood. Each stanza of the poem contrasts innocence with experience, the lost world of childhood, idealized by memory, with an adult world marked by regrets and a sense of loss. When people grow up they begin to wonder and think about things that happened during their youth. In the beginning, the poem has a happy feeling but the last few lines seem depressing.