★ Important Short Questions with Answers
1. Name the poet and the poem.
Ans: The name of the poet is William Wordsworth and the poem name is “We are Seven”.
2. Why does the girl still say, “We are seven”?
Ans: The little girl is too innocent to have any idea about death. She feels in her every limb. So she believes and feels that her brother and sister, who are laid in the graves, are still alive. So the little girl says that they are seven.
3. How old was the girl?
Ans: The girl was only eight years old.
4. How was her hair?
Ans: Her hair was thick and curly that clustering round her head.
5. How was the girl clad?
Ans: The girl was wildly clad.
6. How were the eyes of the girl?
Ans: The girl’s eyes were very fair.
7. What made the poet glad?
Ans: The girl’s beauty made the poet glad.
8. What is the colour of the graves?
Ans: The colour of the graves are green.
9. How far are the graves from the little maid’s mother’s door?
Ans: The graves were twelve steps or more from the little maid’s mother’s door.
10. Why does the poet say “What should it know of death”?
Ans: In the poem “We are Seven”, Wordsworth meets an eight years old little cottage girl. She feels life in her every limb. At this age a child knows nothing of death. That is why the poet says so.
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