Poem Lines MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Poem Lines - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is ''But once within the wood, we paused.''

Key Points

• The lines, 'But once within the wood, we paused' are taken from Robert Frost's poem "Going for Water".

  • But once within the wood, we paused

    Like gnomes that hid us from the moon,

    Ready to run to hiding new

    With laughter when she found us soon.

• In this poem, Frost narrates an adventurous journey of a few children who travel across the field to fetch water from a brook. Since the well beside their house was dry, the children took buckets and went outside in search of a brook. The evening had already dawned in their village, but they were not scared, "because the fields were ours". They ran as if they wanted to catch the moon that had slowly risen behind the trees. They were filled with excitement and joy as they passed through the forest. Soon they heard the lively rippling of the brook. In the last stanza of the poem, the poet has portrayed a beautiful picture of the brook. As the beautiful moonlight fell on the stream, it looked like a 'silver blade'. The small drops of water appeared as if they were pearls. 
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Important Points

• The line in option 1, i.e. 'With sixty seconds "worth of distance run'" is taken from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If".
• 'Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast' is taken from Piano by D.H. Lawrence.

The correct answer is 'God'

Key Points

• The meaning of the lines is- The poet prays to God that Indians should be logical and progressive in thoughts and actions. He wants the power of reason to dominate the minds of his countrymen. He does not want the ‘stream of reason’ to be lost among outdated customs and traditions.
• Hence, the correct answer is Option 3.

The correct answer is option 1) i.e."God".

Key Points 

•  The given line has been taken from the poem Where the mind is without fear written by Rabindranath Tagore.
• Where The Mind Is Without Fear is a pre-independent poem in which the poet sincerely urges to God to awake his fellow beings for the realization that the essential need to live in a free and united country. 
• Hence, option 1 is the correct answer. 

Additional Information 

• Where The Mind Is Without Fear is a thought-provoking poem by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian writer.
• Tagore is a poet, dramatist and often refers to as ‘the Bard of Bengal’.
• It is one the best poems in the anthology called “Gitanjali” which was published in 1912 and won the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
• When Tagore composed this poem his mind was confined by the chains of slavery-like any other common citizens of India because India was under the clutch of the British Rule where freedom was like day-dreaming.
• The poem is written in the form of a prayer to the God, the Almighty for a true freedom for his country.

• Through the poem, Tagore reveals his own concept of freedom.

The correct answer is option 3) i.e." it means putting in a lot of hard work and energy".

Key Points 

•  The given line has been taken from the poem Where the mind is without fear written by Rabindranath Tagore.
• Where The Mind Is Without Fear is a pre-independent poem in which the poet sincerely urges to God to awake his fellow beings for the realization that the essential need to live in a free and united country. 
• The given line is the sixth line of the poem.
• In this line the poet expresses how he wants everyone to work hard to reach their goal, and in the long run to reach perfection.
• He thinks people should not be lazy and ignoring their work.
• Hence, option 3 is the correct answer. 

Additional Information 

• Where The Mind Is Without Fear is a thought-provoking poem by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian writer.
• Tagore is a poet, dramatist and often refers to as ‘the Bard of Bengal’.
• It is one the best poems in the anthology called “Gitanjali” which was published in 1912 and won the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
• When Tagore composed this poem his mind was confined by the chains of slavery-like any other common citizens of India because India was under the clutch of the British Rule where freedom was like day-dreaming.
• The poem is written in the form of a prayer to the God, the Almighty for a true freedom for his country.

• Through the poem, Tagore reveals his own concept of freedom.

The correct answer is 'Shakespeare'

Key Points

• The given lines are mentioned in Sonnet 116 which is written by William Shakespeare.
• Sonnet 116 is an attempt by Shakespeare to persuade the reader of the indestructible qualities of true love, which never changes, and is immeasurable.
• Sonnet 116 has fourteen lines and a rhyme scheme ababcdcdefefgg - three quatrains and a couplet.

So the correct answer is Option 2.

The correct answer is ''But once within the wood, we paused.''

Key Points

• The lines, 'But once within the wood, we paused' are taken from Robert Frost's poem "Going for Water".

  • But once within the wood, we paused

    Like gnomes that hid us from the moon,

    Ready to run to hiding new

    With laughter when she found us soon.

• In this poem, Frost narrates an adventurous journey of a few children who travel across the field to fetch water from a brook. Since the well beside their house was dry, the children took buckets and went outside in search of a brook. The evening had already dawned in their village, but they were not scared, "because the fields were ours". They ran as if they wanted to catch the moon that had slowly risen behind the trees. They were filled with excitement and joy as they passed through the forest. Soon they heard the lively rippling of the brook. In the last stanza of the poem, the poet has portrayed a beautiful picture of the brook. As the beautiful moonlight fell on the stream, it looked like a 'silver blade'. The small drops of water appeared as if they were pearls. 
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Important Points

• The line in option 1, i.e. 'With sixty seconds "worth of distance run'" is taken from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If".
• 'Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast' is taken from Piano by D.H. Lawrence.

The correct answer is 'the end of the civil war.'

Key Points

• The given lines are from the poem ''Oh Captain My Captain'' by Walt Whitman.
• This poem was written in 1865 during the civil war and President Lincoln.
• From the given lines, Whitman means that Lincoln can rest peacefully because the union has won the war and the U.S can start to recover from the war.
• Therefore, we can say that Walt Whitman refers to ''the end of a battle'' by 'object won'.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

The correct answer is 'to her grandma's house'.

Key Points

• The above lines 'How often I think of going there, to peer through blind eyes of windows or Just listen to the frozen air...'  are written by Kamala Surayya.
• In these lines, Kamala Surayya thinks of going to her grandma's house.
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 3.
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Correct Answer: to her grandma's house.

The correct answer is 'A sonnet for my incomparable mother'.

Key Points

• The poem in which the given lines occur is 'A sonnet for my incomparable mother'.
• This sonnet is written by the poet F.Joanna, which portrays the hardships a mother undergoes in bringing up her children. In turn, her daughter who has become a mother conveys her love and affection for her mother in this very soulful sonnet. 
• The word 'sonnet' means a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 3.
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Correct Answer: A sonnet for my incomparable mother.

The correct answer is 'A noiseless patient spider.'

Key Points

• The given line "And You O my soul where you stand" is from the poem ''A Noiseless Patient Spider".
  • And you O my soul where you stand,
    Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
    Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the
    spheres to connect them,
    Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile
    anchor hold,
    Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O
    my soul.
• "A Noiseless Patient Spider" is a lyric poem written by the 19th Century American poet Walt Whitman.
• ''A Noiseless Patient Spider'' explores the relationship between the individual self and the larger world.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

Additional Information

• The speaker noticed a silent spider, standing alone on a small ledge. The speaker further noticed that the spider, in order to investigate its huge, empty environment, sent out thread after thread. The spider is described as doing this constantly and perpetually, without appearing to get tired or slow down.The poem then addresses the speaker's soul, which likewise stands isolated and unconnected in a vast, open place. The soul is described as continually considering, exploring, and seeking connections. The speaker says that the soul will go on doing this until it succeeds in finding and creating links between itself and its surroundings.

The correct answer is ''Going for Water.''

Key Points

• The given lines are taken from Robert Frost's poem "Going for Water".

  • ''A note as from a single place,
    A slender tinkling fall that made
    Now drops that floated on the pool
    Like pearls, and now a silver blade.''

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

Additional Information

• In this poem, Frost narrates an adventurous journey of a few children who travel across the field to fetch water from a brook. Since the well beside their house was dry, the children took buckets and went outside in search of a brook. The evening had already dawned in their village, but they were not scared, "because the fields were ours". They ran as if they wanted to catch the moon that had slowly risen behind the trees. They were filled with excitement and joy as they passed through the forest. Soon they heard the lively rippling of the brook. In the last stanza of the poem, the poet has portrayed a beautiful picture of the brook. As the beautiful moonlight fell on the stream, it looked like a 'silver blade'. The small drops of water appeared as if they were pearls. 

The correct answer is 'Famida Y. Basheer.'

Key Points

• The given lines are taken from Famida Y. Basheer's poem "Migrant Bird".

  • ''I won’t look down. No I will not.
    With speed of wings I hasten past
    And close my eyes against the sun
    To dream my dreams and make them last.''

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

Additional Information

• The theme of this poem is that nature as such does not have any border or restriction. Man should see how nature survives in unity, one dependent on the other. The man should understand nature and he too should work in unity without any restriction with others.​ 

The correct answer is 'To show a smiling face.'

Key Points

• Good luck is round the corner is a line in the poem Keep Your Spirits High by Hope Spencer.
• The line is: ''Good luck is round the corner So have a smiling face:''
• Therefore, we can say that 'Hope Spencer' asked us to show a smiling face when "Good luck is round the corner".
   

​Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is '​joy.'

Key Points

• The poem "keep on keeping on" says:
  • Don't stop when you find there are forces that wish to steal your joy. Keep on Keeping on.
• Therefore, we can say that 'joy' takes the place of fears when someone keeps trying in the poem "keep on keeping on".
   

​Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

The correct answer is 'Sonnet No - 116.'

Key Points

• The given lines 'Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks' are from the poem Sonnet No - 116.
• These lines mean that time cannot change love.
• Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 is a testament to the abiding power of love.
   

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Additional Information

• The main theme of Sonnet No - 116, like so many of Shakespeare's sonnets, is love. In the poem, he is talking about the constancy and permanency of love. In this sonnet, Shakespeare talks about how love does not change. He says love does not change depending on the circumstances.