To a Skylark by Pb Shelley short Questions

To a Skylark

What does Skylark means?

It is a Shelley's romantic ode to a small songbird which he believed embodied happiness and Joy.

What are the themes of the poem Skylark?

• man and the natural world
• Sadness
• Happiness
• Power of Nature 

When Skylark was Published?

1820.

With whom does the poet compare the skylark?

As the cloud float over our heads, the skylark also remains over us. He also compares the bird with moonlight rays that are just felt.

What does the poet want skylark to do for him?

The poet wants skylark to help him in propagating his ideas in the world through his songs. It is because his voice is heard by everyone. If he will help the poet his revolutionary ideas comprehended in all over the world.

What does the poet declare to the skylark?

The poet declares the skylark a blessed spirit for its song comes from Heaven. As it is from heaven, its song touches heart.

What does the poet say about its song?

The poet says that the song of skylark is so sweet but is seems full of sadness. The reason he presents that our sweetest song is that that pours from our sadness. The poet compares the skylark with that of a cloud of fire because of its high flight.

What is the structure of the poem To a Skylark?

The poem is consisting of twenty one stanzas with five lines in each. It is a lyric. The first four lines of it are metered in trochaic trimester. And the fifth is metered in iambic hexameter. 

What is the quality of skylark?

The quality of the skylark is that though we can't see it, yet we can hear his sweat melody. It remains in our minds because of its sweet voice and melodies.

What does the skylark symbolize?

The skylark symbolizes imagination and happiness because we can't see him yet we are happy to hear its sweet voice. In other words, whenever we hear him we imagine him in our minds.

What is the effect of the voice of skylark on the people?

The effect of the voice of skylark on the people is very pleasant. Anyone, who hears it, is highly impressed by its sweet voice.

What is the role of skylark in the beauty of the universe?

The skylark is the necklace of the universe. Though there are clouds, the stars, the moon and the sun over the sky to add its beauty but the Skylark is dominant over all of them because of its excellent tune and soothing voice.

What is the Rhyme scheme of To a Skylark?

The rhyme scheme of each stanza is ABABB.

The Cloud Poem by P.B Shelley short questions

The Cloud

When the poem Cloud was published?
It was published in the years 1819 or 1820.

Name the collection of Poems in which the Cloud was published?
It is also a part of Shelley's collection Prometheus Unbound.

According to poet what purpose does cloud fulfills?
It fulfills the purpose of Shade.

What does the poet tell about the functions of a cloud?
The poet tells about the different functions of a cloud. He says that the cloud is the cycle of water and plant life. The poet says that the cloud brings rain, moisture, hail, and snow. It also fulfills the purpose of shade.

Who gives life to Plants?
Clouds give new life to the plants by raining over them.

What does the cloud bring?
The cloud brings rain to provide water. It also brings moisture in summer.

Does Cloud bring hail and storms?
Yes, It also brings hail and snow storms.

How the cloud saves us from the sunlight?
The cloud saves us from sunlight by covering the sun with itself. It not only provides human beings with shelter but also to the vegetable and plants.

How does the cloud give lightening?
The cloud gives lightening when it is part of a storm. When two clouds strike with each other, so bright light is seen followed by a great thunder.

Why there is rainbow on the sky after rain?
There is a rainbow on the sky after the rain. It is because when the sunlight falls on edges of the cloud, the water drops over it work like a prism and thus rainbow is created.

What is the structure of the poem?
The poem is consisting of six stanzas of fourteen lines each. It is a lyric, written in anapestic meter, alternating in line lengths between tetrameter, and trimester.

What is the Rhyme scheme of the poem Cloud?
The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAD , CDCD, EFEF.

Hymn to intellectual Beauty short Questions

Hymn to intellectual Beauty

When Hymn to intellectual Beauty  was published?

It was published  in 1817.

What is the Rhyme scheme of the poem?

The rhyme  scheme of the poem is ABBAACCBDDEF.

What according to poet the shadow of strange is?

The poet says that there is a shadow of a strange power that floats all over the world.

What is the spirit of beauty according to poet?

According to poet the spirit of beauty is the strange shadow.

What nourishes human thought?

Spirit of beauty. 

Why was the reason the poet want the spirit of beauty never to leave him?

The poet wants the spirit of beauty never to leave him because he wanted to be an immortal. He does not want to die.

How does the Intellectual beauty fell on Shelley?

Shelley says, when he was in his youth , he was  search of spiritual reality, the shadow of Intellectual Beauty suddenly fell on him.

What do you now about the structure of the poem?

The poem is consisting of seven stanzas of twelve lines each. The first four lines of each stanza are written in pentameter. The fifth line in hexameter, the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh lines in tetrameter. The twelfth line in pentameter.

What does the poet mean by spirit of beauty?

The poet says that there is a shadow of strange power that floats over the world and then enters in human body. It goes out in a mysterious way. The poet calls it the spirit of beauty.

What, according to Shelley is constant part of man?

According to the poet, the Spirit of Beauty be the constant part of man, he may be immortal and omnipotent. If this spirit is with him, he will need no other spirit.

What would happen if Intellectual beauty will not present in the world?

Shelley is of the view that if Intellectual beauty will not present in the world then death would be an experience to be feared.

Why does the poet withdraw from his idea about spirit of beauty?

The poet wants to know about the idea of spirit of beauty why does it goes out. He is satisfied with the idea that one can't ask rainbow why it comes and goes.

What other human spirit the poet talks about?

The poet talks about other human spirit that also come and go like the spirit of beauty. These are love and hate, despair and hope that exist in a man once and then disappear with in no time.

What thing gives grace to human life?

According to the poet, the light of the Spirit of Beauty gives grace and truth to the restless dream of life.