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1. By 'the poetry of the earth', the poet means(a) a song about the earth (b) the music of birds etc(c) the poetry of poets (d) the pleasures of life.

2. The birds hide in trees because of (a) rain (b) tiredness(c) cold (d) heat.

3. The 'voice' mentioned here is the voice of (a) a grasshopper (b) a cricket(c) a bird (d) the poet.

4. The word 'cooling' here means (a) pleasing (b) amusing(c) comforting (d) brightening.

1. The word 'that' refers to(a) the voice (b) the insect(c) the bird (d) the hedge.

2. The grasshopper is happy in(a) Winter(b) spring(c) summer (d) autumn.

3. The grasshopper 'has never done' means(a) he is never crying(b) he is never content(c) he is always singing (d) he is always on the move.

4. The word 'beneath' means(a) below (b) neat(c) above (d) under.

1. The poetry of earth is(a) pleasant (b) unpleasant(c) constant (d) loud.

2. The winter evening is 'lone' because (a) the poet has no company (b) there is silence all around(c) there is frost (d) it is cold.

3. The cricket's song (a) pleases everybody (b) breaks winter's depression(c) makes people angry (d) is disliked by the people.

4. The word 'warmth' in the passage means (a) loudness (b) shrillness(c) heat (d) cheer.

1. One is lost in drowsiness because of(a) the bad weather (b) the dark night(c) tiredness (d) loss of sleep.

2. The lines refer to the song sung by(a) a grasshopper (b) a cricket(c) a bird (d) a girl.

3. The passage is describing a scene of(a) summer (b) winter(c) rains (d) autumn.

4. 'Drowsiness' means(a) tiredness (b) depression(c) half asleep (d) working.

John Keats wrote his poem On the Grasshopper and Cricket because he feels as though the grasshopper and the cricket are constantly chirping and singing to make sure “The poetry of earth is never dead...” (Keats, 1) He is amazed how even “When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,” (Keats, 2) and “On a lone winter evening, when the frost has wrought a silence” (Keats, 10-11) the grasshoppers and crickets continue their symphony to the world. He writes how it is a

calming melody that soothes and warms people even in the coldest times of winter. The grasshopper and cricket are with the people year round as opposed to birds migrating in the winter. The grasshopper can be found in the “new-mown mead” (Keats, 3) in the summer and in “the stove” in the winter. He describes them as poets because he can appreciate their consistency at working at their songs.

John Keats was born in 1795 in London, England and attended school at Enfield. First beginning his apprenticeship as a surgeon, a friend encouraged his poetry. His first volume of poems was published in 1817. He became very well known in poetry, even having an article published about him in Blackwood’s Magazine. Keats continued to write poetry and receive fan mail, but began to feel weak, which was later to be found from tuberculosis. The disease prevented the marriage to his love Fanny Brawne. After publishing his finest

volume of poetry, John Keats traveled to Italy with a friend where he fell seriously ill. Keats died in Rome in February of 1821 at the age of 25. Despite dying tragically at such a young age, John Keats will

always be remembered as one of the most romantic poets of all time with warmth and love within all of his poems.