Up-hill

(RE-FRAME THE ANSWERS AND DON’T FORGET TO REMOVE THE BRACKETS)

1.What is the main theme of the poem Up-Hill?

The poem is a metaphor for the journey of life, from birth to death.

2.Why did Rossetti name the poem Up-Hill?

It is named Up Hill because the climb up the hill is very hard and difficult and the journey of life from birth to death is also very difficult and full of hardships. One has to work hard to climb a hill , similarly in life one has to face problems and overcome them.

3.What are poet’s views on Life and death?

That life is like a difficult up hill road and death is final resting place where the traveler finds comfort after a difficult uphill journey of life

4.Who are the people taking parts in the conversation?

The traveler who is asking the question and the guide who is answering the questions.

5.What is the traveler asking in the first four lines?

 (Traveler is asking whether the road is up-hill and difficult all the way also if the journey will be hard whole long day.)

 6.Why is the name of the poem Up-hill?

( It is named Up Hill because the climb up the hill is very hard and difficult and the journey of life from birth to death is also very difficult and full of hardships. One has to work hard to climb a hill , similarly in life one has to face problems and overcome them.)

 7.Who are the two people taking part in the conversation?

(The traveler who is asking the question and the guide who is answering the questions.)

8.List the rhyming words in the first two stanzas.

 ( way-day, end-friend, place-face, begin-inn)

 9.What is the important symbol of the poem?

( The poem symbolizes the journey of life from birth to death)

 10.Is this poem thought provoking? ( Yes)

11.What is the tone of the poem?

( it is a serious tone talking about the journey of life)

12.What is the structure?

(Poem has four stanzas and the pattern is abab)

13.What is an allegory?

(a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.)

14.Which are the figures of speech used by Rossetti in the poem and mention them?

the figures of speech used by Rossetti in the poem are Repetition and Metaphor

Repetition:

Shall I meet other wayfarers. Shall I find comfort

Will the day’s journey. Will there be beds

Metaphor:

Inn metaphor for security

Up hill road metaphor for difficult road

Inn also metaphor for heaven and final resting place.

15.Are opening and closing lines of poem significant?

( Yes, the first line shows the title of the poem and the last line declares the comfortable end of the journey of life.)

 16.What is the setting of the poem?

 ( It is a winding road moving upwards)