Amends To Nature Questions & Answers

Hi Everyone!! This article will share Amends To Nature Questions & Answers.

This poem is written by Arthur Symons. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers The Discontented Fir Tree and Day for Night in Ultapur so, you can check these posts as well.

Amends To Nature Questions & Answers

Question 1: Choose the correct option:

1. Earlier, the poet remained unaware of the beauty of__________.

(a) swallows
(b) flowers
(c) trees

2. Now, the poet can see _______________ with delight

(a) trees and saplings
(b) the fence
(c) flowers

3. Now, the poet no longer Iooks at the roads with__________.

(a) greedy eyes
(b) indifferent eyes
(c) possessive eyes

4. Now, the poet sees life in every____________.

(a) market
(b) insect
(c) butterfly

Question 2: Fill in the blanks.

Answer:

I was walking down the road at twilight when I saw a fugitive cat escaping from the window of the kitchen. It sat under the green hedge with a smile of infinite satisfaction upon its brown face. The habit of cats of usurping all the milk in your kitchen as their personal menu items is one which never fails to surprise me.

Question 3: Write True or False for the following sentences:

1. The poet loved colours before he began to love the objects of nature – True
2. The poet does not love hedges and saplings – False
3. The poet’s perception of the road has not changed – False
4. Now the roads are the meeting places of toads at twilight – True
5. Earlier, the poet remained unaware of the beauty of nature – True

Question 4: Match the columns:

Answer: 1-c, 2-d, 3-e, 4-a, 5-b

Question 5: Earlier, what did the poet love – flowers or colours?

Answer: Earlier, the poet loved colours.

Question 6: How much time did he waste without friendship with nature?

Answer: He wasted more than half of his age without friendship with nature.

Question 7: Who are the children of hedge and tree?

Answer: Small plants and saplings are the children of hedge and trees.

Question 8: Who are the lords of day and night?

Answer: Trees and plants are the lords of day and night.

Question 9: What is the time for the meeting of toads?

Answer: Evening is the meeting time for toads.

Question 10: What does the poet mean when he says that he has wasted half of his hours?

Answer: The poet means that half of his age has passed without paying attention to nature.

Question 11: What is the comradeship of things according to the poet?

Answer: Comradeship of things means the poet’s friendship with objects of nature.

Question 12: Who are the children of hedge and trees?

Answer: Small plants and saplings that grow under big trees and hedges are their children.

Question 13: Why did the poet see the roads with ‘usurping eyes’?

Answer: The poet always felt proud of good roads of cities and thought them to be his great property.

Question 14: How has the poet’s perception of the road changed?

Answer: The poet’s perception changed when he came into contact with beautiful objects of nature.

Question 15: Explain the last two lines of the poem in your own words.

Answer: When the poet began to love objects of nature, he felt that he was a part of nature and nature was an important part of human life.

So, these were Amends To Nature Questions & Answers.