Worksheet Solutions: Poem - On the Grasshopper and Cricket | English Class 8 PDF Download

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Q1: What is the grasshopper symbolic of in the poem?
(a) Winter
(b) Summer
(c) Autumn
(d) Spring
Ans: (b)
The grasshopper is symbolic of hot summer in the poem.

Q2: According to Keats, what does the earth do in all seasons?
(a) Sleeps
(b) Sings
(c) Cries
(d) Hides
Ans: (b)
Keats mentions that the earth is always singing in all seasons.

Q3: Where does the grasshopper rest when tired?
(a) On a tree branch
(b) Under some weed
(c) In a nest
(d) On a stone
Ans: (b)
According to the poem, the grasshopper rests beneath some weed when tired.

Q4: What does the cricket sing its beautiful songs from, according to the poem?
(a) Trees
(b) Stones
(c) Grass
(d) Hills
Ans: (b)
The cricket sings its beautiful songs from the stones, as mentioned in the poem.

Q5: What feeling does a half-asleep human being associate with the cricket's song?
(a) Warmth from the sun
(b) Melancholy
(c) The chirping of birds
(d) Grasshopper's song from the hills
Ans: (d)
A half-asleep human being feels the cricket's song to be a grasshopper's song coming from grassy hills.

Fill in the Blanks

Q1: In hot summer, when the birds stop singing, the grasshopper is found flying from hedge to ________________.
Ans: hedge

Q2: The earth expresses its pleasure through different beings like the ________________ in very cold weather.
Ans: cricket

Q3: The grasshopper rests beneath some ________________ when tired.
Ans: weed

Q4: The cricket sings its beautiful songs from the ________________.
Ans: Stones

Q5: According to the poem, a half-asleep human being feels the cricket's song to be coming from ________________.
Ans: grassy hills

Answer the following Questions

Q1: Whose voice do you hear on summer afternoons? Where does he go when he is tired?
Ans: We can hear the voice of Grasshopper on a summer afternoon. He goes under the weeds to rest when he is tired.

Q2: What happens to birds during summer?
Ans: The birds become faint and quiet under the hot sun.

Q3: Where do the birds hide to avoid the heat of the sun?
Ans: The birds hide under the shade of the trees in order to protect themselves from the heat of the sun.

Q4: Which insect takes over from the Grasshopper in winter?
Ans: Cricket takes over from the Grasshopper in winter.

Q5: What happens during winter?
Ans: The frost casts complete silence over all aspects of nature during winter.

Q6: Who are half lost in drowsiness and why?
Ans: During winter, people get half lost in drowsiness because of the weather that spreads a chilling numbness.

Q7: Why does the Cricket’s song sound like the Grasshopper?
Ans: When one is feeling sleepy on a winter night the Cricket’s songs sound like the Grasshopper as we are not very alert and it becomes difficult to differentiate between the two sounds.

Q8: Which words or phrases suggest a sense of relief from the heat of summer in stanza 1?
Ans: ‘Cooling trees’ and ‘pleasant weeds’ offer a sense of relief from the heat of summer in stanza 1.

Q9: Explain what the speaker means when he says, ‘The poetry of earth is ceasing never’.
Ans: The speaker means that the songs of the nature are never ending.

Q10: Discuss the common features between the grasshopper and the cricket?
Ans: Both the grasshopper and the cricket are the representative voices of nature’s music or poetry. Both offer a soothing effect to the extremities of climate. The grasshopper’s song balances the extreme heat during the summer by providing music that is comforting and pleasing. The cricket does the same during winter.