My Heart Leaps Up
I. Answer the following questions after sharing your ideas with your partner.
1.The poet says, “My heart leaps up”. Why do you think he
feels this way?
Answer:The poet says that his heart leaps up when he sees the rainbow because
he is in love with nature and respects and revers it.
2.When did the speaker have these feelings about the
rainbow first?
Answer:The speaker had these feelings about the rainbow since his birth.
3.Discuss with your partner and write a few sentences on
why the poet wants to continue to have these feelings about the rainbow even
when he grows old.
Answer:The poet wants to continue to have these feelings about the rainbow even
when he grows old because he likes to be always connected with nature or else
he would rather die.
4.What does the poet mean by the term, “natural piety”?
Answer:The Poet Wordsworth chooses the word ‘natural piety’ to express the bond
he wishes to maintain with his childhood. We cherish our habits and hobbies we
have cultivated in our childhood and wish to never even give them up in our old
age. The poet wants his days to be tied together by reverence and piety of the
nature. So it is natural for the poet to be devoted to nature.
5.The poet shows that life without the ability to see the
beauty in Nature is meaningless. Or, he points to how a rainbow brings out the
child in us. Do you agree with these statements? Explain.
Answer:Yes, I agree with the poet. Man is a child of nature. So it is natural
for a human being to love the beauties of nature. In the absence of such
feelings we are as good as dead.
II. Write a short paragraph (about four sentences) on your experience of seeing a rainbow.
I always feel overwhelmed on seeing a rainbow. It presents a magical sight to me. It makes me wonder at the great mysteries of nature. The spectacular sight of a rainbow makes me feel so small under it. I feel that God created the rainbow to prove that he exists.
III. Identify the major figure of speech in this poem. Give some similar examples.
The Major figure of speech in the poem is ‘Paradox’ –
‘The child is the father of man’.
A ‘Paradox’ is a statement that sounds absurd or seems to contradict itself but
may, in fact, be true.
“What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young”
“Be cruel to be kind”
“Men work together whether they work together or apart” – Robert Frost
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