Up board solutions for class 11 english poetry chapter 9 Nightingales free pdf

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Up board solutions for class 11 english poetry chapter 9 Nightingales free pdf

Up board solutions for class 11 english poetry chapter 9 Nightingales
Up board solutions for class 11 english poetry chapter 9 Nightingales


Explain the following stanzas with reference to the context:

(i) Beautiful must …………. …………… long!

Reference to the context: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Nightingales’ composed by Robert Bridges. The poet relies upon his individual impressions and reaction when he actually heard nightingales singing. That is why he says something that is new and striking.

Explanation: The poet thinks that the mountains from where the nightingales come must be beautiful. He imagines that the streams where from the nightingales learn their song might be shining in the valleys which are full of fruits. He asks the nightingales where are those forests that are bright with beautiful flowers. The poet wishes to wander among those flowers which bloom all the year in that enchanting and pure atmosphere.

(ii) Nay, ………………………… Our art.
Reference to the context: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Nightingales’ composed by Robert Bridges. The poet thinks that the mountains from where the nightingales come must be beautiful. The streams from which they learn their song must be bright. He wishes to wander among the flowers . which bloom the year long in the wood where the nightingales live.

Explanation: The nightingales say that the imagination of the poet is not correct. They say that those mountains bear no trees and plants. They are barren. The streams are not shining. They are dry. Their song is the voice of their unfulfilled desire. It remains in their thoughts. Their song expresses the violent pain of their heart. Their vague dreams and ideals cannot be properly expressed in song or sigh, in spite of all their skills. The imaginary pictures of a happy state of things for which they had been yearning cannot be expressed by their song.

Alone, ………………………………………. the dawn.

Reference to the context: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Nightingales’ composed by Robert Bridges. The nightingales say that their song is the voice of their unfulfilled desire. It remains in their memory. Though they are expert in singing, their vague dreams and ideals cannot properly be expressed in song or sigh. Explanation: The nightingales say that they alone pour their mysterious secret loudly in the charmed ear of men during the night time. That secret is the pain of their heart and yearning of the unrealized dreams. When the day dawns and the beauty of the landscape is again visible, countless birds wake up in the morning and begin singing. Then the nightingales lose themselve in reverie in the day-time when the world is busy and awake.

2- Write the central idea of the poem ‘Nightingales’


Ans: The central idea of the poem ‘Nightingales‘ composed by Robert Bridges is that his nightingales are not happy birds singing their song in rapture. The song of the nightingales does not express perfection attained. But it expresses the yearning for the unattainable perfection. It gives utterance to the pain which we feel when we long for a happier state of things. The nightingales symbolize man’s frustrations in achieving perfect happiness in life or in creating a world of ideal beauty.

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