Q.1: Who wrote the poem, ‘Daybreak’?A
ns: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem ‘Daybreak’.
Q.2: Why does the wind tell everyone to awake?
Ans: The wind tells everyone to awake because the darkness of the night is gone and the new day is appear.
Q.3: What is a belfry tower?A
ns: Belfry-tower is the high room on the church where is kept the church-clock.
Q.4: Whom does the wind find in the farms?
Ans: The wind finds the chanticleer sleeping in the farms.
Q.5: How does the wind move to the land?
Ans: The wind rushes to the land, announcing the beginning of the day.
Q.6: What is meant by the phrase “leafy banners”?
Ans: The phrase “leafy banners” means the twigs and branches of the trees full of leaves.
Q.7: What does the word ‘chanticleer’ suggest?
Ans: A chanticleer is a domestic cock that crows loudly at dawn.
Q.8: What did the wind whisper to the fields of corn?
Ans: The wind whispered to the fields of corn to greet the approaching morning by bowing down.
Q.9: How does the wind cross the churchyard?
Ans: The wind crosses the churchyard with a deep sigh.
Q.10: What does the wind tell the dead souls?
Ans: The wind tells the dead souls to lie quietly and enjoy eternal sleep.
Q.11: Name the birds mentioned in the poem ‘Daybreak’.
Ans: The wood-bird and the chanticleer are mentioned in the poem ‘Daybreak’.
Q.12: Where did the sea wind go after awaking the Mariners?
Ans: After awaking the Mariners the wind rushed towards the distant land.
Q.13: Why does the wind hurry landward?
Ans: The wind hurried landward to wake up everything in Nature.
Q.14: “Not yet !” – To whom does the wind say this?
Ans: The wind says this to the dead buried in the churchyard.
Q.15: Whom did the wind ask to proclaim the hour ?
Ans: The wind asked the church-bell to proclaim the hour.
Q.16: Where does the wind finally go?
Ans: The wind finally goes to blow over the churchyard.
Q.17: What does the ‘Daybreak’ imply?
Ans: The word ‘Daybreak’ implies dawn but symbolically it means light and lustre at the end of the darkness.
Q.18: Whom does the wind ask to tell time?
Ans: The wind asks the bell of the tower to tell time.
Previous years' questions :-
Q.1: Where did the wind hurry to in ‘Daybreak’ ? ( XI - ’17)
Ans: The wind hurried towards the distant land.
Q.2: Who announces daybreak in the poem ‘Daybreak’ ? ( XI - ’18, ’15)
Ans: In the poem ‘Daybreak’ the sea-wind announces daybreak.
Q.3: What did the wind touch in the poem ‘Daybreak’ ? ( XI - ’15)
Ans: In the poem ‘Daybreak’ the wind touched the wood-bird’s folded wing.
Q.4: What did the wind ask the wood-bird to do? ( XI - ’17)
Ans: The wind asked the wood-bird to wake up and sing.
Q.5: What did the wind urge the bell to do? ( XI - ’19)
Ans: The wind urged the bell of the tower to ring to announce the advent of morning.
Q.6: Why does the wind proclaim differently when it crosses the churchyard? ( XI - ’16)
Ans: The wind proclaims differently when it crosses the churchyard because there the souls of dead are sleeping peacefully.
Q.7: What does the phrase “Not yet! in quite lie” suggest? (XI - ’18)
Ans: The phrase “Not yet! in quite lie” suggests it is not time for the dead soul in the churchyard as they will rise on Judgement Day.
Q.8: From where did the wind come in ‘Daybreak’ ? (XI - ’14)
Ans: The wind came up out of the sea in the poem ‘Daybreak’.
Q.9: What did the wind say when it crossed the churchyard ?( XI- ’14)
Ans: When the wind crossed the churchyard it told the dead souls to continue resting quietly in their graves.
Q.10: What does the word ‘hail’ mean in the poem ‘Daybreak’ ? (XI- ’20)
Ans: The word ‘hail’ means greet but symbolically it means the wind greets the ship to advise the sailors to sail on.
Q.11: What does the wind shout to the forest ? (XI - ’20)
Ans: The wind shouts to the forest to hang all its leafy banners out.
Q.12: What is the wind’s massage to the forest in ‘Daybreak’ ? (XI - ’16)
Ans: The wind asks the forest to display the beauty of its leaves in the light of the rising sun.
