I Remember, I Remember Poem Questions and Answers & MCQs
Read the following extracts and answer the following questions:
Question 1.
“He never came a wink too soon,
Nor brought too long a day,
A. Where are the above lines taken from? Who is the poet?
Answer:
The above lines are taken from the poem “I
Remember, I Remember” The poet is Thomas Hood.
B. Who is ‘he’ referred to in the above line? What do lines mean?
Answer:
‘He’ in the above the line is referred to the sun which is being personified.
He never came wink too soon, nor brought too long a day means the sun which was neither early
C. Why was the day never too long for the poet?
Answer:
The poet as a child was always occupied with several activities around him. He derived his happiness from various natural elements and hence the day was never too long for him.
D. Do you think the above lines indicate that the poet possible finds his day long now? Why?
Answer:
Yes, the lines indicate that the poet finds his days too long now, as there is not much joy in his present days when compared to his childhood days which were always joyful and was full of joyful activities.
Question 2.
The tree is living yet!
A. Which tree is referred to the above line? Who planted it?
Answer:
The tree in the above line is referred to the laburnum tree that the poet’s brother had planted on his birthday.
B. Why does the poet uses the word ‘yet’ in the above line?
Answer:
Thomas Hood uses ‘yet’ in the above line to make it understand that though the tree had been planted long by his brother and with the fleeting time, his brother is dead but the tree is still alive.
C. What else does he ‘Remember’ before this line? Describe.
Answer:
The poet remembers the different flowers in his garden. He remembers the white and red-coloured roses, the violets, the lilies that used to brighten up his garden. There was also lilacs where the robin built its nest. Apart from laburnum trees, all the flowers could be seen in his garden. He recollect all these in this stanza of the poem.
D. What comparison does the poet give in the first stanza of the poem?
Answer:
The poet in the first stanza gives a comparison between day and night. The day with bright sun, peeping through the window of his room is compared to his childhood days which he remembers to be bright and joyful like the sun. The night is compared to his adulthood which is full of worries and sufferings so he does not want to live.
Question 3.
My spirit flew in feathers then,
A. How did he fly?
Answer:
The poet used to fly in a swing in his childhood days, through and the fresh air.
B. With what did he compare his flying with?
Answer:
The poet compare his flying on the swing with that of a bird. A bird with wings fly lightly and easily. So when he used to swing, he also flew lightly like a bird.
C. What is the meaning of “My spirit ….then?”
Answer:
In his childhood days, the poem led a carefree,innocent, life with childish ignorance and he had a spirit which was free from all sorrows, pains, worries, depression and anxieties. The phase of his childhood was only filled with joy and happiness. So he had an elected and light spirit. So his spirit flew like birds in feathers.
D. How do you think the poets spirit fly when he was a child?
Answer:
The poet, Thomas Hood enjoyed every aspect of nature during his childhood days. He found happiness and solace in the smallest of this around him. So, his spirit used to be happy and light during his childhood days. This was how his spirit flew when he was a child.
Question 4.
It was a childish ignorance.
A. What does ‘it’ refers to?
Answer:
‘It’ refers to the thoughts of the poet as a child which was ignorant of energy truth and reality of the world.
B. Why does the poet refer to it as ‘childish’?
Answer:
The poet had immature thoughts as a child that the fir trees were quite high and their tops almost touched the sky. Now when he is grown up, he is referring to these thoughts as ‘childish’.
C. Is the poet still as ignorant as he was a child? How can you say so?
Answer:
No, the poet is not as ignorant as his childhood days. First of all in the above line the past tense ‘was’ tells that he is not ignorant at present. Secondly after this line he says that now he has little joy since he knows the reality and is aware of the sufferings of the world.
D. What does the poet wants to convey through this poem?
Answer:
Thomas Hood recalls childhood memories and compares his childhood joy with his gloomy present. The poem deals with the wonder of life through childhood memories. The poet writes this poem in a sad mood because he was recollecting his childhood which he can never get back.
In his present time, we find him fed up with his life. So he wants to say that childhood period is the best period or phase of one’s life but with the passage of time when one grows up. His care free to phase of his childhood changes to life full of worries an side pression of adulthood.
Question 5.
‘To know that I’m farther off from heaven’
A. What can you say from the above line, about the poet as a child?
Answer:
The above line suggests and reveals that the poet was happier as a young boy and that he is now away from happiness.
B. Why did the poet feel closer to heaven earlier?
Answer:
Earlier, the poet as a child innocent and found happiness in various elements of nature. He enjoyed whatever the nature offered him and hence he felt close to heaven. It can also be said that childhood days were heavenly as it was happy and satisfied in all ways.
C. Why does the poet feel farther off from heaven now?
Answer:
The word ‘heaven’ in the poem symbolized nature and also the childhood phase itself. The poet was close to nature and since he was ignorant of the present world which is full of troubles and worries, he found happiness which was heavenly. Now, he is unable to connect with things around him. Though he knows everything now but still he does not find the same peace and happiness in nature as his mind is disturbed. Hence he feels that he is farther off from heaven now.
D. The last three lines suggest that the poet has lost his youthful joy and optimism. Do you agree?
Answer:
I agree with this viewpoint. The poet seem to have lost his youthful joy and optimism. He compares the past and the present saying that in the past he was full of life and thus happier. Now he is getting towards the end of his life and he does not have the joy and optimism (My spirit, is so heavy low.. The poet suggest that he is ill (The fever on my brow. and unhappy.
However the poem also suggests that the poet is worried about what will happen after his death. He is concerned that as a child he was closer to heaven than he is now (To know that I’m farther off from heaven/Than when I was a boy..
I Remember, I Remember Poem MCQs
Question 1.
What mood does the poet create?
a. Regretful
b. Nostalgic
c. Cheerful
d. Formidable
Answer:
b. Nostalgic
Question 2.
How does Thomas Hood organize the poem.
a. By describing his joy filled childhood memories and listing his different obstacles in his present life.
b. By showing the effects that his hardships have caused on him
c. By contrasting the joy filled days of the past and the days of pain and sorrow.
d. By providing solutions to his adversity in adulthood.
Answer:
c. By contrasting the joy filled days of the past and the days of pain and sorrow.
Question 3.
What does the poet personifies in the poem?
a. A tree
b. His memory
c. The sun
d. The flowers
Answer:
c. The sun
Question 4.
Which line best represents that he regrets his life as an adult?
a. ‘But now, I often wish the night had borne my breath away’
b. ‘The laburnum on his birthday – The tree is living yet’
c. ‘My spirit flew in feathers then, That is so heavy now’
d. The fir trees dark and high ,I used to think their slender tops were close against the sky’
Answer:
a. ‘But now, I often wish the night had borne my breath away’
Question 5.
What is the main theme of the poem?
a. Childhood misery and recollection of sorrows.
b. Childhood unhappiness and recollection of pains.
c. Childhood quilt and recollection of grief.
d. Childhood innocence and recollection of joys.
Answer:
d. Childhood innocence and recollection of joys.
Question 6.
This poem is a ———– poem
a. Reflective and humorous
b. Reflective and emotional
c. Humorous and emotional
d. Reflective and imaginary
Answer:
b. Reflective and emotional
Question 7.
What does the poet despite?
a. Poets house and garden
b. Flowers and birds
c. Poet and his brother
d. A poet’s childhood fantasy with adult reality
Answer:
d. A poet’s childhood fantasy with adult reality
Question 8.
What does the poet by “he never came a wink too soon?”
a. Come on time.
b. Come late
c. Come early
d. Never come
Answer:
a. Come on time.
Question 9.
What flowers are mentioned in the poem?
a. Red and white roses, violets, lilies
b. Tulips, daffodils and roses
c. Poppy, sunflowers and blue bells
d. Rose, tulips and lilies.
Answer:
a. Red and white roses, violets, lilies
Question 10.
Where did the Robin built its nest?
a. In the lilacs
b. On the branch.
c. On top of labumum tree.
d. In the roof
Answer:
a. In the lilacs
Question 11.
Who planted the laburnum tree on his birthday?
a. Speaker’s parents
b. Speaker’s brother
c. Speaker’s uncle
d. Speaker’s friend
Answer:
a. Speaker’s parents
Question 12.
How do the fir trees described in the poem?
a. Dark and high
b. Attractive
c. Tall
d. Short.
Answer:
a. Dark and high
Question 13.
I Remember, I Remember has ending.
a. Unexpected
b. Expected
c. Happy
d. Unhappy
Answer:
d. Unhappy
Question 14.
How did the poet enjoy the freshness of the air?
a. In the boat
b. In the plane
c. On the swing
d. In the house.
Answer:
c. On the swing
Question 15.
What does the author reveal through his use Ian exclamation mark at the end of stanza 3?
a. That he is excited to see he is still alive to view the tree again.
b. That the tree reminds him of his birthday when he planted it.
c. That he is surprised the tree is still alive after all this time.
d. That he is joyful of remembering his brother then planting the tree.
Answer:
c. That he is surprised the tree is still alive after all this time.
Question 16.
What is the poet referring to in terms of “childish ignorance”?
a. The size and adversity of the world.
b. The passing of time
c. The speed at which he approaches death
d. His soul reaching for the heaven.
Answer:
a. The size and adversity of the world.
Question 17.
The poem “I Remember, I Remember” is about ………….
a. Nature love
b. Mortality and immortality
c. Growing up
d. Romanticism
Answer:
c. Growing up
Question 18.
“He never came a wink too soon” Identify the figure of speech.
a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. None of the above
Answer:
b. Personification
Question 19.
The roses in the poem are____ in colour.
a. Pink
b. Red
c. White
d. Both b and c
Answer:
d. Both b and c
Question 20.
The slender tops of the fir trees were close against the____
a. Sky
b. Heaven
c. Roof
d. None of the above
Answer:
a. Sky
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