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The north ship | Philip Larkin | Questions with Answers

★ Important Questions with Answers:


1. Who wrote the poem, ‘The North Ship'?

Ans: Philip Larkin wrote the poem, ‘The North Ship'.


2. Where did the first ship turn towards?

Ans: The first ship turned towards the west.


3. What did the first ship discover in the west?

Ans: The first ship travelled over the running sea and winds carried it to a rich country.


4. Why is meant by ‘quaking sea’?

Ans: ‘Quaking sea’ refers to the running or stirring waters of the sea, caught up in the midst of strong wind.


5. What does ‘the third ship’ stand for?

Ans: ‘The third ship’ stands as a symbol of the endless journey of mankind filled with difficulties in order to attend one’s aspirations.


6. Where did the wind carry the first ship?

Ans: The wind carried the first ship to a rich country.


7. Give any two points of difference between the journey of the third ship and the other two ships.

Ans: While the fast to sleep ‘turned towards’ the west and the east respectively the third ship drove towards the north.

Secondly, the first ship, possessed by the wind, was carried to a rich country. The second one was anchored in captivity. Both of them returned, either happily or unhappily. The third one ‘went wide and far/ into an unforgiving sea.’

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8. What is the ‘north ship’ a symbol of?

Ans: The ‘north ship’ stands as a symbol of the endless journey of mankind filled with difficulties in order to attain one's aspirations.


9. Why had the third ship been ‘rigged’?

Ans: The third ship was rigged because it had to undertake a very long journey far up north.


10. Give an example of the simile used in the poem.

Ans : ‘And the wind hunted it like a beast' is an example of simile used in the poem.


11. Why is the wind compared to a beast?

Ans: The wildness of the ranging winds trying to engulf the second ship has been compared to the monstrosity of a beast hunting down its spray.


12. How has the star been described in the closing lines of the poem?

Ans: The star has been described at ‘fire-spilling' thereby highlighting the hurdles that the third ship overcomes on its long journey to the north.


13. In What state did the east and west ships come back?

Ans: The east and west ships came back either happily or unhappily.


14. Which ship travelled wide and far?

Ans: The third ship driving north travelled wide and far.


15. What did the wind do to the second ship?

Ans: As the second ship turned towards the east, the wind hunted it like a beast to anchor in captivity. The second ship was caught up in the wild stormy wind and was compelled to bow down to it.

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Anonymous said…
Thank you sir
June 9, 2022 at 6:37 AM
Anonymous said…
What is meant by the running sea?
July 18, 2022 at 8:51 PM
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