Objective Questions
1.‘An Epitaph’ deals with a beautiful-
(A) girl
(B) lady
(C) baby
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
2. The lady mentioned in the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ belonged to-
(A) the North Country
(B) the East Country
(c) the West Country
(D) the south Country
Answer ⇒ (C)
3. The poetic device, wbich is used in the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ is –
(A) metaphor
(B) simile
(C) personification
(D) ambiguity
Answer ⇒ (D)
4. The term ‘crumble’ used in the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ means to-
(A) die bi
(B) live
(C) suffer L
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
5. The tone of the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ means to –
(A) happy
(B) melancholy
(C) romantic
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
6. Who has composed the poem, ‘An Epitaph’ ?
(A) Walter de la Mare
(B) Rupert Brooke
(C) D.H. Lawrence
(D) W.H. Auden
Answer ⇒ (A)
7. Walter de la Mare belonged to…………. century.
(A) 19th
(B) 20th
(C) 18th
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
8. Walter de la Mare received the ‘Order of Merit’ with Queen Elizabeth-II in-
(A) 1951
(B) 1952
(C) 1953
(D) 1954
Answer ⇒ (C)
9. Walter de la Mare was-
(A) a poct
(B) a novelist
(C) a short story-writer
(D) All of these
Answer ⇒ (D)
10. Walter de la Mare shows fresh interest in………….. theme
(A) old
(B) medieval
(C) love
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
11. Walter de la Mare has written the poem-
(A) The Soldier
(B) Fire-Hyron
(C) Snake
(D) An Epitaph Ans
Answer ⇒ (D)
12. Walter de la Mare Knen weer who is now dead.
(A) girl
(B) lady
(C) boy
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
13. The poet feels that after his death nobody will……………..her.
(A) love
(B) forget
(C) remember
(D) hate
Answer ⇒ (C)
14. The poet thinks that ……………Is not everlasting.
(A) beauty
(B) cruelty
(C) ugliness
(D) love
Answer ⇒ (A)
15. The lady, who is died, lies in the –
(B) grave
(A) garden
(C) field
(D) house
Answer ⇒ (B)
16. ‘Light of step and heart was she’ is taken from-
(A) Fire-Hymn
(B) Snake
(C) An Epitaph
(D) The Soldier
Answer ⇒ (C)
17. ‘And when I crumble, who will remember is written by-
(A) John Keats
(B) John Donne
(C) Rupert Brooke
(D) Walter de la Mare
Answer ⇒ (D)
Short Answer Questions
1. What will happen when the poet dies?
Ans. The memory of the beautiful lady of the western country is alive in the heart of the poet. When he dies, nobody will ever think of her.
2. Write a note on the philosophical meaning of the poem.
Ans-The poet thinks that beauty is short-lived. It must perish. People build memorials, or write epitaphs on the graves of their dear ones. But these epitaphs are significant only to those who remember their near and dear ones. When they are dead, the epitaphs will have to meaning. Nobody would even care to read them, much less to shed a tear in the memory of the dead person.
3. ‘An Epitaph’, what does the poet think about ‘beauty’?
Ans. The poet think about the beauty that it is short lived and will disappear one day or other.