The Poem “Written in March” described in this post is taken from Chant English Book IV for students of Class 4th of JKBOSE. It is written by William Wordsworth. The poet describes the beauty of the spring season in the poem. In this post, I am providing you with a Written in March Chant English Question Answers. In my previous post, you read about the Summary and Question Answers of Chapter 10 Mansar Lake. Let’s get started:
Written in March Chant English Question Answers
Introduction
The poem Written in March is a nature-centric poem written by the English poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Through the medium of this poem, the poet tries to describe the beauty of spring, which comes after surpassing the harsh winter season. The poem was written in 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars when the lives of people were changing with changing seasons. The poet tries to relate human life during the war and after the war with winter being taken over by the spring.
Written in March Poem Text
The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!
Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The ploughboy is whooping-anon-anon:
There’s joy in the mountains;
There’s life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!
William Wordsworth
Written in March Poem Word Meaning
Word | English Meaning | Hindi Meaning | Urdu Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
(of a bird) to make a series of short high sounds | चहचहाना | چہچہانا | |
Glitter | to produce a lot of small bright flashes of reflected | चमक | چمک |
Grazing | (of animals) to eat grass | चरना | چرنا |
Defeat | to win a victory over someone in a fight, war or competition | हार | شکست |
Retreat | to move back or withdraw | पीछे हटना | پیچھے ہٹنا |
Bare | exposed; uncovered | नंगा | ننگا |
Ploughboy | a boy working on a farm | हल चलाने वाला | ہل چلانے والا |
Whooping | to give or make a loud cry of joy or excitement | ख़ुशी भरी ऊँची आवाज़ करना | خوشی سے اونچی آوازیں لگانا |
Fountain | a stream of water | फव्वारा | فواره |
Prevailing | existing in a particular place or at a particular time | प्रचलित | غالب |
Written in March Poem Summary in English
The poets begin the poem with the crowing of cock which marks the beginning of the day. The stream of water is flowing while the birds are chirping around. The lake glitters as the sun moves over the green fields. All the people, whether they are old or young are working very hard. They all are very dedicated to their work. The poet describes the normal day in the world to show the routine that exists.
The cattle are grazing and they are not raising their heads. Although they are forty in number they look like a single identity. The poet compared snow to a defeated army because it recedes with the onset of the spring season. The hilltops are bare after the snow has retreated and now, they will be covered with a green cover of nature. The ploughboy is extremely happy with this changing season. The mountains and fountains too look cheerful at the coming of the spring season.
The sky is getting clear. Small clouds are floating over it. The days of rain and snow are gone now and days of greenery and flowers have approached.
Think and Answer Page No. 204
- Choose the correct option:
- a) The ploughboy is at the top / bottom of the bare hill.
Ans. The ploughboy is at the top of the bare hill.
- b) There is joy / sorrow in the mountains.
Ans. There is joy in the mountains.
(c) The cattle are grazing/ploughing.
Ans. The cattle are grazing
(d) The small birds glitter/twitter.
Ans. The small birds twitter.
(e) The cattle/clouds are sailing.
Ans. The clouds are sailing.
(f) There is life/sand in the fountains.
Ans. There is life in the fountains.
(g) The people are working/sleeping in the fields.
Ans. The people are working in the fields.
(h) The cattle aren’t raising their tails/heads.
Ans. The cattle aren’t raising their heads.
(i) The poet compares snow with defeated players /army.
Ans. The poet compares snow with the defeated army.
- What are the people doing in the poem?
Ans. The people, the oldest and the youngest are at work with the strongest in the fields.
- Why aren’t the cattle raising their heads?
Ans. The cattle are busy grazing and therefore do not raise their heads.
- What does the poet compare snow with?
Ans. The poet compares snow with a defeated army.
Written in March Off to the Language Lab
Verbs in English are changed to past forms in many ways, ‘-ed’ is a common past tense marker in English. For example:
Walk walked [t]
Buzz buzzed [d]
Result resulted [id]
This ‘-ed’ is pronounced as [t], [d] or [id] depending upon the last sound of the word in the base form. If the base form ends in a voiceless consonant like [p, k, s, sh, ch, f], the ‘-ed’ is pronounced as [t]. Similarly, if the base form ends in a voiced consonant like [b, g, z, n], the -ed is pronounced as [d]. However, if the base form ends in sounds like [t and d], the past form ends with a [-id] sound.
Read aloud the following verb forms.
Classify them into [t] ending, [d] ending and [id] ending verb forms.
[t] ending | [d] ending | [id] ending |
---|---|---|
Helped | Clogged | Shrouded |
Passed | Borrowed | Clouded |
Walked | Leaned | Wielded |
Dished | Penned | Waited |
Miffed | Sealed | Retreated |
Clutched | Prevailed | Resulted |
Based | Reeled | Guided |
Finished | Repealed | Rated |
Crooked | Bugged | Shielded |
Reached | Raised | Yielded |
Shipped | Hugged | Wanted |
That’s it about Written in March Chant English Question Answers. Hope it has helped. Do share your views about this post in the comment section below.
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