Children poem,Robert Browning's poem-PIPPA’S SONG

PIPPA’S SONG

The year’s at the spring,
And day’s at the morn;
Morning’s at seven;
The hill-side’s dew-pearled;
The lark’s on the wing;
The snail’s on the thorn:
God’s in His heaven -
All’s right with the world!

                                        - Robert Browning


I. Answer each of the following questions in a sentence or two:

1. How do you know it is day time?

2. What is the season of the year?

3. What is the dew compared to?

4. Why does the poet think that all is right with the world?


5. What is your view of the world?


II. Answer the following:-

1. The word ‘at’ in the sentence ‘Morning’s at seven’ means a specific time.
What is the meaning of ‘at’ in the following sentences?

The year’s at the spring.

And day’s at the morn;


2. The word ‘on’ in the phrase ‘on the thorn’ means just above the thorn.
Does it mean the same in the phrase ‘on the wing’?

3. What examples does Browning give to show that God is in heaven?

4. Write the words from the second stanza that rhyme with the following words.
Spring             moon           seven             dew-pearled