Time: 3 hrs. Attempt all the questions. Full Marks: 75 1. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow. This is the weather the cuckoo likes, (5x1-5) And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestling fly: And the little brown nightingale bills his best, And they sit outside at 'The Traveller's Rest', And maids come forth sprig-muslin dressed And citizens dream of the south and west, And so do I. This is the weather the shepherd shuns And so do I; When beeches drip in brown and duns, And thresh and ply; And hill-hid tides throb, throe, and throe, And meadow rivulets overflow; And drop on gate-bars hang in a row, And rooks in families homewards go, And so do I.- What weather does the speaker talk about in the
first stanza? XII. How does the nightingale sing? III. What do young girls wear? XIV. Why does the speaker dislike the weather described in the second stanza? V. Where do rooks go?
