Short Questions & Answers of 'Meeting at Night'

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Short Questions & Answers of the poem, 'Meeting at Night'

A. Answer the following questions :

Q. Who wrote the poem, 'Meeting at Night'?

Ans. Robert Browning wrote the poem, Meeting at Night.

Q. What type of poem is, Meeting at Night'?

Ans. "Meeting at Night' is a love lyric.

Q What is the colour of the sea in 'Meeting at Night'? [Annual. Exam 2015]

Ans. In 'Meeting at Night, the colour of the sea is grey.

Q. How does Browning describe the half moon? [Annual Exam 2015]

Or, How is the moon described in the poem 'Meeting at Night'?

Or, How does the half-moon look ?

Ans. The half-moon is yellow, large and low.

Q. How does Browning describe the land in 'Meeting at Night'?

Ans. Browning describes the land as long and black.

Q. How many fields will the poet have to cross before a farm appears?

[Annual Exam 2014]

Ans. The poet will have to cross three fields before a farm appears.

Q. How long is the sea scented beach ?

[Annual Exam 2014]

Ans. The sea-scented beach is a mile long.

Q. What does the speaker do immediately after he reaches the house in ‘Meeting at Night'?

[Annual Exam 2016]

Ans. The speaker gives a tap at the windowpane of the beloved's room after he reaches the house.

Q. Where does the boat slow down?

[Annual Exam 2016]

Ans. The boat slows down in the slushy sand.

Q. What's the meaning of 'prow?

Ans. 'Prow' refers to the pointed front part of a boat.

Q. What does the first stanza of the poem suggest?

Ans. The first stanza of the poem suggests the lover's excitement for the secret journey.

Q. How does the speaker describe the sea beach ?

Ans. The beach is one mile wide, warm and exudes the smell of the sea.

Q. When does the lover make his journey?

Ans. The lover makes his journey at night.

Q. How does the poet describe the sea, land and the moon?

Ans. The sea is grey, land as long and black and the moon as yellow, large and low.

Q. Why is the sea grey ?

Ans. The sea is grey because it is night and dark, and the atmosphere is gloomy.

Q. What does the 'grey sea' suggest?

Ans. The 'grey sea' suggests two things-the evening and the lover's impending secret journey to meet his beloved.

Q. What natural setting does the first line of the poem 'Meeting at Night' develop?

Ans. The first line of the poem presents a gloomy and almost colourless setting of the speaker's journey.

Q. What do the 'startled little waves do after being woken up from their sleep?

Ans. The 'startled little waves' leap up and form fiery ringlets after being woken up from their sleep.

Q. How are the waves personified by the poet?

Ans. Robert Browning personifies the waves by describing them as startled.

Q. Why are the ringlets called fiery?

Ans. The ringlets of the waves are called fiery' because the lover's passion is violent like the turbulent water he is rowing on.

Q. How is fiery ringlets used in the poem?

Ans. The phrase, fiery ringlets, is used in the poem as an image.

Q. What does the image, fiery ringlets', convey?

Ans. As the lover journeys across the sea, the waves leap like small sparks of fiery rings.

Q. How are the 'fiery ringlets' formed?

Ans. When the moonlit waves come in contact with the front part of the boat, they break up in small sparks of fiery rings.

Q. How do you classify fiery ringlets' in literary devices?

Ans: The image of fiery ringlets' is a metaphor.

Q. I gain the cove... - What does it mean?

Ans. The expression suggests that the speaker reached an inlet, a sheltered place of the coast.

Q. What does the phrase, 'quench its speed, signify?

Ans. The phrase signifies the fact that the speaker slows down the boat as it reaches the shore.

Q. When does the lover's boat retard its speed?

Ans. The lover's boat retards its speed when it reaches the cove.

Q. Where does the speaker reach with his pushing prow?

Ans. The speaker reaches a cove or a sheltered area near a coastline with his pushing prow.

Q. What is 'slushy sand'? Or, What does 'slushy sand' mean?

Ans. 'Slushy sand' refers to the soft and muddy sand.

Q. What does the second stanza of 'Meeting at Night' capture?

Ans. The second stanza of 'Meeting at Night' captures the anticipation and the fulfilment of the secret meeting.

Q. Where does the speaker's beloved live in 'Meeting at Night'?

Ans. The speaker's beloved lives in a farmhouse across the bay.

Q. "And a voice less loud" -Why was the voice less loud?

Ans. It was not only because they met secretly and did not want to be discovered but also because the excited hearts of the lovers beat each to each and made a sound louder than her voice.

Q. Why does the speaker give a tap at the pane?

Ans. The speaker gives a tap at the pane because he wants to meet his ladylove secretly. He also gives it to announce his presence.

Q. Why is 'Meeting at Night' not a dramatic monologue?

Ans. 'Meeting at Night' is not a dramatic monologue because it does not reveal the speaker's character in a critical situation and has no silent listener.

Q. Why is the beach described as 'warm' in 'Meeting at Night'?

Ans. The beach is described as 'warm' because the speaker is loaded with joys and hopes and he tries to evoke a sensation of being with his beloved.

Q. What does the phrase 'fiery ringlets signify? Or, What does the fiery ringlets stand for?

Ans. The phrase fiery ringlets' signifies the burning passion of love of the speaker.

Q. How does the lover gain the cove ?

Ans :The lover gains the cove with pushing prow.

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