Hi Everyone!! This article will share Nature’s Way Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Heidi Campbell. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Without Glasses, The Mahatma’s Marksheets and Pepper The Phantom Pet so, you can check these posts as well.
Nature’s Way Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Breeze – a gentle wind
- Glisten – shine with a sparkling light
- Glimmer – to shine unsteadily
- Inhale – breathe in
Question 1: What is the theme of the poem?
Answer: The poem shows the beauty of many things in nature. One can see the nature in its full swing in the spring season. The fresh and fragrant air around helps one’s hair flutter in its way. One can witness so many other things like green grass, bees, flowers, trees, meadows and deer, etc. One can not only feel the gentle cold air but can also see the beauty of lovely daisies. One can enjoy listening to the splashes of freshwater that sparkles with the sunlight and can also listen to the nature’s tale and observe what God has blessed the world with.
Question 2: Choose the correct option:
1. The word “breeze” represents in the poem
(a) smell
(b) ugliness
(c) gentle wind
(d) light
2. Who climb the tallest willow trees?
(a) butterfly
(b) bees
(c) hen
(d) goat
3. What should one see according to the poem?
(a) flowery trees
(b) fresh air
(c) the bees
(d) young deer
4. Who wrote the poem “Nature’s way”?
(a) Heidi Campbell
(b) John Keats
(c) P.B Shelley
(d) Jane Austin
5. According to the poem, nature is trying to tell
(a) a taIe
(b) about stars
(c) about happiness
(d) about sadness
Question 3: Fill in the blanks.
The season described ¡n this poem is Spring. The poet uses all the senses to take in nature at this time of the year. Describing the various ways in which she senses nature, she invites us to pause and think about the tale that nature has to tell us.
Question 4: The poet gives us an account of her mid-spring experience using all her sensory perceptions. Note down all the sights, sounds, smells, and experiences of touch that she points to in these stanzas.
(a) Sights
Answer: Clouds forming shapes, a young deer playing in the meadow, the gentle stream flowing, the glimmer of water as it splashes.
(b) Sounds
Answer: Buzzing of the bees, nature’s tale
(c) Smells
Answer: Scent of fresh air and flowers
(d) Experiences of touch
Answer: Breeze in hair, grass poking between one’s toes
Question 5: The poet also refers to some activities that you can engage in. What are they?
Answer: The poet suggests climbing a tree, picking daisies, smelling flowers, watching clouds and lying down on the ground to listen to nature telling its tale.
Question 6: What do you think is the story that nature has to tell at this time of the year? Remember that spring arrives after winter, a season in which it is very cold and animals and plants remain dormant or asleep. How is this season different? What are the feelings that these sights and sounds invoke in us?
Answer: The story that nature has to tell is of the joy and merriment of life. Spring is the season when the snow melts and the trees and soil are exposed to sunlight, prompting them to grow leaves and dormant plants roots to ‘spring’ up suddenly with new growth. The blooming of flowers follows, filling the air with the scent of pollen. Animals, having grown lean and weary during the cold winter when food is scarce, now enjoy the bounty of nature. The sights and sounds of new life, vibrant flowers and happy animals are extremely uplifting as we too, are indeed a part of nature and closely linked to the cycle of the seasons.
Question 7: Nature is personified in this poem as one living thing, not just a group of plants, trees, insects and breeze. Now look at the following examples and discuss the use of personification in each of them.
(a) The fire swallowed the entire forest.
Answer: Here, fire has been personified and is imagined as a creature that is eating up the forest like one would consume food.
(b) The wind whispered through the dry grass.
Answer: Here, the wind has been personified. The sound that the wind makes as it blows against dry grass has been compared to whispering.
So, these were the Nature’s Way Questions & Answers.