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Important Short Question and Answers from Daybreak|class-XI| WBCHSE

 Hi! Students, Today I have discussed with you all short type questions and answers from, 'Daybreak’, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I hope these question-answers will help all the students of class – XI for the annual examination.

DAYBREAK

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


•• Short type questions and answers:👇


** Answer the following questions in a single sentence each:-


Q.1: Who wrote the poem, ‘Daybreak’?

Ans: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem ‘Daybreak’.


Q.2: Why does the wind tell everyone to awake?

Ans: The wind tells everyone to awake because the darkness of the night is gone and the new day is appear.


Q.3:  What is a belfry tower?

Ans:  Belfry-tower is the high room on the church where is kept the church-clock.


Q.4:  Whom does the wind find in the farms?

Ans:  The wind finds the chanticleer sleeping in the farms.


Q.5:  How does the wind move to the land?

Ans:   The wind rushes to the land, announcing the beginning of the day.


Q.6:  What is meant by the phrase “leafy banners”?

Ans: The phrase “leafy banners” means the twigs and branches of the trees full of leaves.


Q.7:   What does the word ‘chanticleer’ suggest?

Ans:   A chanticleer is a domestic cock that crows loudly at dawn.


Q.8:   What did the wind whisper to the fields of corn?

Ans:  The wind whispered to the fields of corn to greet the approaching morning by bowing down.


Q.9:   How does the wind cross the churchyard?

Ans:   The wind crosses the churchyard with a deep sigh.


Q.10:  What does the wind tell the dead souls?

Ans: The wind tells the dead souls to lie quietly and enjoy eternal sleep.


Q.11: Name the birds mentioned in the poem ‘Daybreak’.

Ans: The wood-bird and the chanticleer are mentioned in the poem ‘Daybreak’.


Q.12:   Where did the sea wind go after awaking the Mariners?

Ans:  After awaking the Mariners the wind rushed towards the distant land.


Q.13:  Why does the wind hurry landward?

Ans:  The wind hurried landward to wake up everything in Nature.


Q.14: “Not yet !” – To whom does the wind say this?

Ans: The wind says this to the dead buried in the churchyard.


Q.15:  Whom did the wind ask to proclaim the hour ?

Ans:  The wind asked the church-bell to proclaim the hour.


Q.16:  Where does the wind finally go?

Ans: The wind finally goes to blow over the churchyard.


Q.17:  What does the ‘Daybreak’ imply?

Ans: The word ‘Daybreak’ implies dawn but symbolically it means light and lustre at the end of the darkness.


Q.18:  Whom does the wind ask to tell time?

Ans:  The wind asks the bell of the tower to tell time.



**Last few year questions of Annual Examination ( With Answers) from the poem ‘Daybreak’:-👇


Q.1: Where did the wind hurry to in ‘Daybreak’ ? ( XI - ’17)

Ans: The wind hurried towards the distant land.


Q.2:  Who announces daybreak in the poem ‘Daybreak’ ? ( XI - ’18, ’15)

Ans: In the poem ‘Daybreak’ the sea-wind announces daybreak.


Q.3:  What did the wind touch in the poem ‘Daybreak’ ? ( XI - ’15)

Ans:  In the poem ‘Daybreak’ the wind touched the wood-bird’s folded wing.


Q.4: What did the wind ask the wood-bird to do? ( XI - ’17)

Ans:  The wind asked the wood-bird to wake up and sing.


Q.5:   What did the wind urge the bell to do? ( XI - ’19)

Ans:  The wind urged the bell of the tower to ring to announce the advent of morning.


Q.6:   Why does the wind proclaim differently when it crosses the churchyard? ( XI - ’16)

Ans:   The wind proclaims differently when it crosses the churchyard because there the souls of dead are sleeping peacefully.


Q.7:   What does the phrase “Not yet! in quite lie” suggest? (XI - ’18)

Ans:  The phrase “Not yet! in quite lie” suggests it is not time for the dead soul in the churchyard as they will rise on Judgement Day.


Q.8: From where did the wind come in ‘Daybreak’ ? (XI - ’14)

Ans: The wind came up out of the sea in the poem ‘Daybreak’.


Q.9: What did the wind say when it crossed the churchyard ?( XI- ’14)

Ans: When the wind crossed the churchyard it told the dead souls to continue resting quietly in their graves.


Q.10:  What does the word ‘hail’ mean in the poem ‘Daybreak’ ? (XI- ’20)

Ans:  The word ‘hail’ means greet but symbolically it means the wind greets the ship to advise the sailors to sail on.


Q.11: What does the wind shout to the forest ? (XI - ’20)

Ans:  The wind shouts to the forest to hang all its leafy banners out.

Q.12:  What is the wind’s massage to the forest in ‘Daybreak’ ? (XI - ’16)

Ans: The wind asks the forest to display the beauty of its leaves in the light of the rising sun.

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 Last Minutes HS English Suggestion- 2022



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Comments

Unknown said…
Thanks..
But I have 2 questions more:
1) What does the poet want to say by ''wood-bird's folded wings"?
2) What is compared with the crowing of the chanticleer?
I'll be grateful if you'll answer this questions.. Thanks again 😊
Unknown said…
1) the poet wanted to tell that the Woodbird was sleeping by folding its wings in order to keep itself warm. In this poem, the sea wind touched the woodwinds folded wings to wake it up and to sing.
Unknown said…
How did the bell proclaim the hour
Unknown said…
What is the meaning of the expression ,''It is the day''?
Anonymous said…
Thank you sir...

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