Now The Leaves are Falling fast Summary In English

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“Now the leaves are falling fast” is a poem written by W H Auden. He left England as early as 1939 to settle permanently in the United States In this poem the poet has tried to tell us about human life. Human life is full of frustration. every people has some aim in his life which he wants to fulfil but only few get success and the rest just aspire for.  The poet has tried to tell us while giving an example of a plant. In the autumn season the leaves of plants fall very fast and the plant look naked. This is the same condition of human life.  The poet has discussed about a plant name is Trolls. This is very weak plant and depends on the other plants for his livelihood. As in the autumn season the leaves of the plant fall and because of this Trolls die. This is the same when the death detach us from real life & all our desires remain calm. it’s really a fine poem by W H Auden in which he has brilliantly talk about the harsh reality- death. And also advised us to be like a mountain who quenches the thirst of travelers in their last distress.

"अब पत्ते तेजी से गिर रहे हैं" डब्ल्यू एच ऑडेन द्वारा लिखी गई एक कविता है। उन्होंने संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में स्थायी रूप से बसने के लिए 1939 में ही इंग्लैंड छोड़ दिया था। इस कविता में कवि ने हमें मानव जीवन के बारे में बताने की कोशिश की है। मानव जीवन निराशा से भरा है। हर व्यक्ति के जीवन में कुछ लक्ष्य होते हैं जिन्हें वह पूरा करना चाहता है लेकिन केवल कुछ ही लोगों को सफलता मिलती है और बाकी लोग केवल इसकी आकांक्षा रखते हैं। कवि ने एक पौधे का उदाहरण देते हुए हमें यह बताने का प्रयास किया है। पतझड़ के मौसम में पौधों की पत्तियाँ बहुत जल्दी गिर जाती हैं और पौधा नग्न दिखने लगता है। यही स्थिति मानव जीवन की भी है। कवि ने एक पौधे की चर्चा की है जिसका नाम ट्रॉल्स है। यह बहुत कमज़ोर पौधा है और अपनी आजीविका के लिए दूसरे पौधों पर निर्भर रहता है। जैसे पतझड़ के मौसम में पौधे की पत्तियाँ झड़ जाती हैं और इस वजह से ट्रॉल्स मर जाते हैं। यह वैसा ही है जब मृत्यु हमें वास्तविक जीवन से अलग कर देती है और हमारी सभी इच्छाएँ शांत हो जाती हैं। यह वास्तव में डब्ल्यू एच ऑडेन की एक अच्छी कविता है जिसमें उन्होंने कठोर वास्तविकता-मृत्यु के बारे में शानदार ढंग से बात की है। और हमें पर्वत की तरह बनने की सलाह भी दी जो यात्रियों के अंतिम संकट में उनकी प्यास बुझाता है।

objective

1. Now the leaves are falling ……

(A) rapidly

(B) fast

(C) slow

(D) again

Ans (B) fast

2. Who has written the poem ‘Now the leaves are falling fast?

(A) John Donne

(B) John Keats

(C) W H Auden 

(D) D H Lawrence

Ans (C) W H Auden 

3. W H Auden won the ………. prize in 1948.

(A) Pulitzer

(B) Man Booker

(C) Nobel 

(D) Sahitya Academy

Ans (A) Pulitzer

4. The line ‘And the Prams go rolling on’ is from ……….

(A) Snake 

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Fire-hymn

(D) Now the leaves are falling fast

Ans (D) Now the leaves are falling fast

5. The line Traveller’s in their last distress’ is taken from ……….

(A) Song of Myself

(B) Now the leaves are falling fast

(C) Kamala Das 

(D) John Donne

Ans (B) Now the leaves are falling fast

6. Whispering neighbours pluck us from the real ……….

(A) happiness 

(B) delight

(C) world

(D) love

Ans (B) delight

7. What does the poem ‘now the leaves are falling fast enact?

(A) frustration

(B) depression

(C) optimism

(D) pessimism

Ans (A) frustration

8. And the nightingale is dumb and the ……… will not come.

(A) trolls

(B) pram

(C) angel

(D) distress

Ans (C) angel

9. For which creation was WH Auden awarded The Pulitzer Prize’ ?

(A) The orators

(B) The dance of death

(C) The age of anxiety

(D) Look stranger

Ans (C) The age of anxiety

10. ……………. neighbour seizes our soul.

(A) Close

(B) Whispering

(C) jealous

(D) new

Ans (B) Whispering

11. Troll is an ugly creature in ……………… mythology.

(A) Greek

(B) Roman

(C) Scandinavian

(D) Mesopotamian

Ans (C) Scandinavian

12. Nurse’s to the graves are gone is from ………

(A) An Epitaph

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the leaves are falling fast

(D) The Soldier

Ans (C) Now the leaves are falling fast

13. The poem ‘Now the leaves are falling fast is all about.

(A) planet

(B) earth

(C) universe

(D) humanity

Ans (D) humanity

14. Who is dumb in the poem?

(A) cuckoo

(B) parrot

(C) trolls  

(D) nightingale

Ans (D) nightingale

15. And the nightingale is dumb’ is from the poem ………….

(A) Sweetest love I do not goe

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the leaves are falling fast

(D) The Soldier

Ans (C) Now the leaves are falling fast

16. The line “And the nightingale is dump” is taken from……….

(A) Fire Hymn

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

(D) Tempest

Ans (C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

17. ……. persons are travellers.

(A) Young

(B) New

(C) Dull

(D) Old.

Ans (A) Young

18. The falling of………refer to the speedy arrival of death.

(A) leaves

(B) rain

(C) dust

(D) lay

Ans (A) leaves

19. The poem, “Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast” is written by……

(A) Walt Whitman

(B) W.H. Auden

(C) T.S. Eliot

(D) Kamala Das

Ans (B) W.H. Auden

20. The leaves are falling………

(A) fast

(B) soon

(C) good

(D) slow

Ans (A) fast

21. Trees shed their leaves in…….

(A) winter

(B) autumn

(C) rain

(D) summer

Ans (B) autumn

22. The prams are……

(A) dancing

(B) swimging

(C) rolling

(D) drying

Ans (C) rolling

23. Human life is no better than…….

(A) death

(B) meditation

(C) revolution

(D) expedition

Ans (A) death

24. The………has become dumb to see the leafless trees.

(A) Springdale

(B) Lovetail

(C) Crowtail

(D) Nightingale

Ans (D) Nightingale

25. …………waterfall could bless the travellers passing through that way

(A) White

(B) Purple

(C) Green

(D) Brown.

Ans (A) White

26. “And the nightingale is dumb” is from:

(A) Fire Hymn

(B) Ode to Autumn

(C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

(D) Epitaph

Ans (C) Now the Leaves are Falling Fast

27. Who ‘run scolding for their food in Now the Leaves are Falling Fast?

(A) Trolls

(B) Lions

(C) Animals

(D) Birds

Ans (C) Animals

28. Now the Leaves are Falling Fast’ talks about the…………. of human life.

(A) frustrations

(B) happiness

(C) confusions

(D) knowledge

Ans (A) frustrations

29. WH Auden composed……….

(A) An Epitaph

(B) Soldier

(C) The Snake

(D) Now the leaves are falling fast

Ans (D) Now the leaves are falling fast

30. Prams go……on.

(A) making sound

(B) rolling

(C) lying

(D) speaking

Ans (B) rolling

31. The Whispering Neighbours’ means:

(A) messenger of death

(B) ideal friend

(C) good teacher

(D) none

Ans (A) messenger of death

32. White water fall could bless the……….

(A) travellers

(B) players

(C) politicians

(D) none

Ans (A) travellers

33. WH Auden is a……… poet.

(A) classical

(B) war

(C) romantic

(D) modern

Ans (D) modern

34. And the active hands must…………lonely on the separate knees.

(A) die

(B) pluck

(C) freeze

(D) snatch

Ans (C) freeze

35. Who disturb the ‘real delight of the ageing persons?

(A) Nurse’s flowers

(B) Starving people

(C) Whispering neighbours

(D) Cold

Ans (C) Whispering neighbours

36. Nurse stands for…….

(A) a plant

(B) a fruit

(C) a tree

(D) none of these

Ans (C) a tree

37. Whispering neighbours’ stand for……………

(A) agents of life insurance.

(B) agents of heaven

(C) agents of the SBI

(D) agents of death

Ans (D) agents of death

38. Now the leaves are falling fast is a………. poem

(A) a pessimistic

(B) optimistic

(C) a pessimistic cum-optimistic

(D) none

Ans (C) a pessimistic cum-optimistic

Now the leaves are falling fast Subjective Questions

1. What does the poet mean when he says, “Now the leaves are falling fast”?

Ans. The poet intends to point towards the fag end of life. Just as in the autumn season the trees become leafless in the same way a person slowly advances towards death and finally goes to grave.

2. What are the words in the second stanza that suggest death and the effect of death on human body?

Ans. Following words in the second stanza suggest death and its effect on the human body:

Whispering neighbours, left and right,

Pluck us from the real delight,

And the active hands must freeze,

Lonely on the separate knees

3. How do we complete our last journey to the grave?

Ans. After death, hundreds of people carry the dead body on their shoulders to the cremation ground or in a wooden coffin to the grave.

4. What do the ‘Trolls’ do in the ‘leafless wood’?

Ans. Trolls wander here and there in search of food in the leafless wood. They desperately look for food for their survival.

5. Who are the ‘travellers’ and how will they be ‘blessed’?

Ans. Here the ‘travellers’ refers to the old persons and they are blessed with the last distress, that is the end of life or death.

6. Which words in the first stanza suggest objects from nature?

Ans. Nurse’s flowers are the words in the first stanza which suggest objects from nature.

7. Who are the ‘whispering neighbours’?

Ans. ‘Agents’ or ‘Messengers’ of death are the whispering neighbours.

8. How does human life become miserable?

Ans. When a person suffers from diseases or other ailments, the human life becomes miserable.

9. In what way will the travellers be blessed?

Ans. Travellers will be blessed by those white water falls which emanate from the mountain’s top and bless the travellers after death.

10. Falling of leaves suggests the process of death and human waste on a large scale. Explain with reference to the poem.

Ans. Falling of leaves is compared to the process of death which human beings undergo. It means that a human life is just like a leaf which meets an instant death the moment it falls from the tree. Human life begins with conception and then birth of a baby takes place who slowly grows like a leaf on a tree. Just as with the change of season leaves fall down and decay, in the similar way, human life also decays day by day.

11. The poet is critical of negative tendencies of the human society. What are these tendencies? Give details.

Ans. The poet W. H. Auden is critical of the negative human tendencies which are primarily developed because of the human society. In his poem, the poet has described the frustrations and disappointments inherent in human life. The aspirations remain largely unfulfilled and the sense of loneliness and desperation prevails and every individual lives and dies in that. The poet says that people in the society are selfish by and large and they never care for others. Society has divided people into different sects and creeds. People are totally self centered and are not bothered about their moral obligations. In this way, the poet has characterised some of the negative tendencies of the human society.

12. Who are the ‘Strolls’ in the real world?

Ans. Stroll is a wicked and an ugly creature as mentioned in the Scandinavian mythology. In the real world strolls are those people who do not follow the moral code of conduct. They exist and survive and have complete disregard for the human values and moral ethics. They are selfish and disturb others for achievement of their personal goals. They hurt and harm the noble people in the society through hatred and violence.

13. Though the poet refers to ‘death’ several times, yet the poem is not a pessimistic one. Justify your answer.

Ans. The poet W. H. Auden refers to death several times in the poem, yet he does not think that everything is for the worst. Life span of human beings is composed of several stages and death is the last stage. Before this last stage a man tries to fulfill all his aspirations by doing his duty and work properly as assigned by the creator of this whole universe. For this reason life is valuable and one must make optimum use of every moment of life for the welfare and benefit of all living creatures.