1. Who announces daybreak in the poem ‘Daybreak’?
Answer: The wind announces daybreak in the poem ‘Daybreak’.
2. From where did the wind come in ‘Daybreak’?
Answer: The wind came from the sea in ‘Daybreak’.
3. What did the wind say to the mists?
Answer: The wind requested the mists to make passage and give him way.
4. Who hailed the ships to sail on?
Answer: The wind hailed the ships to sail on.
5. What did the wind tell the mariners?
Answer: The wind informed the mariners that the night was gone.
6. Where did the wind hurry to in ‘Daybreak’?
Answer: The wind hurried to the forest in ‘Daybreak’.
7. What is the wind’s message to the forest in ‘Daybreak’?
Answer: The wind’s message to the forest is to murmur and unfold its leaves.
8. What is meant by ‘leafy banner’ in the poem ‘Daybreak’?
Answer: ‘Leafy banner’ refers to the branches covered with leaves, resembling a banner.
9. What did the wind touch in ‘Daybreak’?
Answer: The wind touched the wood-bird’s wing in ‘Daybreak’.
10. What did the wind ask the wood-bird to do?
Answer: The wind asked the wood-bird to wake up and sing.
11. What did the wind tell the chanticleer?
Answer: The wind told the chanticleer (rooster) to blow its clarion (loud and clear sound) because the day was near.
12. “O chanticleer, Your clarion blow, the day is near.” – what do you mean by a chanticleer?
Answer: A chanticleer is another word for a rooster or a cock, known for its distinctive crowing sound.
13. What did the wind whisper to the fields of corn?
Answer: The wind whispered to the fields of corn to rustle and wave.
14. What did the wind urge the bell to do?
Answer: The wind urged the bell to proclaim the hour.
15. What did the wind say when it crossed the churchyard?
Answer: The wind said, “Not yet! in quiet lie,” when it crossed the churchyard.
16. Why does the wind proclaim differently when it crosses the churchyard?
Answer: The wind proclaims differently when it crosses the churchyard to signify the reverence and solemnity associated with a sacred place.
17. What does the phrase ‘not yet! in quiet lie’ suggest?
Answer: The phrase suggests that the day has not fully arrived, and everything should remain in a calm and peaceful state.
18. “It shouted through the belfry tower.” – what is a belfry tower?
Answer: A belfry tower is a tall tower or structure in a church or other building where bells are hung.
19. What do you mean by daybreak?
Answer: Daybreak refers to the time at dawn when daylight first appears, marking the beginning of the day.
20. From where does the wind come out and when?
Answer: The wind comes out of the sea in the dawn.
21. Whom does the wind address first?
Answer: The wind addresses the mists first in the poem.
22. Whom does the wind request to make passage?
Answer: The wind requests the mists to make passage.
23. What does the wind request the mists?
Answer: The wind requests the mists to make passage and allow it to blow through.
24. What does the phrase ‘leafy banners’ mean?
Answer: The phrase ‘leafy banners’ refers to the branches covered with leaves, resembling banners waving in the wind.
25. What does the wind inform the mariners?
Answer: The wind informs the mariners that the night is gone.
26. What does the wind tell the forest?
Answer: The wind tells the forest to shout and unfold its leaves.
27. What does the word ‘clarion’ mean?
Answer: The word ‘clarion’ refers to a loud and clear sound, often associated with a trumpet or a similar instrument.
28. What does the word ‘churchyard’ mean?
Answer: The word ‘churchyard’ refers to the yard or cemetery surrounding a church.
29. What does the word ‘whisper’ mean?
Answer: The word ‘whisper’ means to speak or communicate in a soft and quiet voice.
30. What is a belfry tower?
Answer: A belfry tower is a tall structure, usually part of a church or a building, where bells are hung and rung. It serves as a housing or support for the bells.
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- Narration Change from Leela’s Friend
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- Voice Change from Karma
- Narration Change from Karma
- Transformation of Sentences(1) from Karma
- Transformation of Sentences (2) from Karma
- Jimmy Valentine – O. Henry
- Voice Change from Jimmy Valentine
- Narration Change from Jimmy Valentine
- Nobel Lecture – Mother Teresa
- Voice Change from Nobel Lecture
- Narration Change from Nobel Lecture
- Transformation of Sentences from Nobel Lecture
- The Place of Art in Education – Nandalal Bose
- Voice Change from The Place of Art in Education
- Transformation of Sentences from The Place of Art in Education
- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge – William Wordsworth
- Textual Grammar from Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
- Meeting at Night – Robert Browning
- Textual Grammar from Meeting at Night
- The Sick Rose – William Blake
- Textual Grammar from The Sick Rose
- Brotherhood – Octavio Paz
- Textual Grammar from Brotherhood
- Daybreak – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Textual Grammar from Daybreak
