Comprehension Passage-10 (POEM SOLVED)CBSE-CLASS-6-10

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
   Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
   And things are not what they seem.
 
Life is real! Life is earnest!
   And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
   Was not spoken of the soul.
 
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
   Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
   Find us farther than to-day.
 
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
   And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
   Funeral marches to the grave.
 
In the world’s broad field of battle,
   In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
   Be a hero in the strife!
 
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
   Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
   Heart within, and God o’erhead!
 
Lives of great men all remind us
   We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
   Footprints on the sands of time;
 
Footprints, that perhaps another,
   Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
   Seeing, shall take heart again.
 
Let us, then, be up and doing,
   With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
   Learn to labor and to wait.

Answer the following questions:–

1. Who has written the poem, “A Psalm of Life ?

a) Vikram Seth

b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

c) Robert Browning

d) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2. Which of the followings are the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

a) The Village Blacksmith

b) A Psalm of Life

c) both a and b

d) none of these above

3. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was  a _________ poet.

a) English Poet

b) American Poet

c) Indian Poet

d) none of these above

4. What do you mean by the term, ‘ earnest ’?

a) serious

b) jokingly

c) factual

d) eager

5. What do you mean by the term, ‘ fleeting ’?

a) in a humble manner

b) moving slowly

c) quickly passing by

d) none of these above

6. What do you mean by the term, ‘  stout ’?

a humble

b) move away

c) both a and b

d) strong

7.What is the Theme of this Poem?

a)Live in the Present

b) Be a Hero un the Battle of Life

c) A Positive Attitude towards Life

d) all of these above

8.“ Tell me not, in mournful numbers ” What does the above quoted line refers?

a)Allusions

b) Symbolism

c) Moral Principles

d) none of these above

9. Art is Long and Time is fleeting…” What does the above-quoted line signify?

a)Similes

b) Metaphor

c) Personification

d) Alliteration

10. “ grave is not its goal…” What does the above quoted line signifies?

a)Similes

b) Metaphor

c) Personification

d) Alliteration

Answers:–

1. d) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2. c) both a and b

3. b) American Poet

4. a) serious

5. c) quickly passing by

6. d) strong

7. d) all of these above

8. a)Allusions

9. b) Metaphor

10. d) Alliteration