LIFE- HENRY VAN DYKE

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LIFE

HENRY VAN DYKE

Let me but live my life from year to year,

With forward face and unreluctant soul;

Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal;

Not mourning for the things that disappear

In the dim past, nor holding back in fear

From what the future veils; but with a whole

And happy heart, that pays its toll

To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.

So let the way wind up the hill or down,

O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy:

Still seeking what I sought when but a boy,

New friendship, high adventure, and a crown,

My heart will keep the courage of the quest,

And hope the road’s last turn will be the best.

About the Poet

Henry Van Dyke (1852 – 1933) was an American author, poet, educator, and clergyman. He served as a professor of English literature at Princeton University between 1899 and 1923. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received many other honours.

Possible questions:

1.      On which basis the sonnet can be categorized?

a) Rhyme scheme

b) Number of words

c) Number of lines

d) All the above

Ans: A

2.      Henry Van Dyke was an

a)     Poet

b)     Educator

c)      Clergy man

d)     All the above

Ans: D

3.      Which of these contrast words are used in the life poem?

a)     First and last

b)     Rough and smooth

c)      Fear and clear

d)     Happy and sad

Ans: B

4.      What will be the hope of the poet?

a)     The last turn of the road will be best

b)     Travelling with cheer

c)      New friendship

d)     Joyful journey

Ans: A

5.      Which of this degree if speech is described in these lines:

“From what the future veils; but with a whole

And happy heart, that pays its toll”

a)     Simile

b)     Personification

c)      Metaphor

d)     Allusion

Ans: B

6.      What was poet seeking as a boy?

a)     New Friendship

b)     High adventure

c)      A crown

d)     All of these

Ans: D

7.      Which of the following is a metaphor used in this poem?

a)     And happy heart

b)     In the dim past

c)      To youth and age

d)     Travels on with cheer

Ans: B

8.      “Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal;

Not mourning for the things that disappear”

What is the figurative speech used in these lines of the poem?

a)     Contrast

b)     Personification

c)      Anaphora

d)     Simile

Ans: C

9.      Which is referred to the last six lines of the sonnet?

a)     Sestet

b)     Hyperbole

c)      Octave

d)     Irony

Ans: A

10. What is the origin of the word “Sonnet”

a)     Persian

b)     Italian

c)      Arabian

d)     Urdu

Ans: B

11. “Let me live my life from year to year,

With forward face and unreluctant soul”

Whom does the word “me” refer to

a)     Poet’s friend

b)     Poet

c)      Life

d)     Tree

Ans: B

12. Why do you think the poet is not in a hurry?

a)     The poet is usually lazy in doing things

b)     The poet is aging so he doesn’t want to take risk

c)      The poet wants to reach his goal safely

d)     The poet is unclear about his goal

Ans: C

13. How does the poet live from year to year?

a)     Holding the fear

b)     With happy hearts

c)      With forward face and unreluctant soul

d)     Hurrying towards the goal

Ans: C

14. State the contrast words used in the poem:

a)     Soul, Goal

b)     Youth, Age

c)      Joy, Boy

d)     Quest, Best

Ans: B

15. How can one travel on with cheer?

a)     By getting old and wise

b)     With a full heart without considering the past and the future

c)      By forgetting the past

d)     Without the scare of the future

Ans: B

 

 

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