DAYBREAK/ Short Questions and Answers

  1. Who announces daybreak in the poem ‘Daybreak’ ?
    Ans: Coming out of the sea the wind announces daybreak.
  2. What did the wind say to the mists?
    Ans: The wind tells the mists to make room for it.
  3. What did the wind ask the ships to do?
    Ans: The wind asked the ships to sail on.
  4. Where did the wind hurry to in ‘ Daybreak’?
    Ans: The wind hurried to landward in ‘Daybreak’.
  5. What is the wind’s message to the forest in ‘Daybreak’?
    Ans: To the forest the wind says to spread out the leafy banners.
  6. What did the wind touch in ‘Daybreak’ ?
    Ans: The wind touched the wood-bird’s folded wings.
  7. Whom does the wind find in the farms?
    Ans: The wind finds the chanticleer in the farms.
  8. “Your clarion blow” – whom does the wind make this request to and why?
    Ans: In the poem ‘Daybreak’, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the wind requests chanticleer to welcome the day.
  9. ” Bow down, and hail the morning” – whom does the wind say this to?
    Ans: The wind says this to the fields of corn.
  10. What is wind’s request to the bell?
    Ans: The wind tells the bell to proclaim the hour of the day.
  11. What did the wind say when it crossed the churchyard?
    Ans: The wind said to the churchyard to remain quiet.
  12. LHow does the poet show the action of the wind?
    Ans: The poet imaginatively and dramatically shows the wind as prompting every creature and thing to do work in the early morning.
  13. What does the title ‘Daybreak’ signify?
    Ans: ‘Daybreak’ means the beginning of the day in which the morning light first appears.

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