English
Paper 2
P o e m s
On the grasshopper and the cricket
1. The poetry of earth is never dead: 9. The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
Nature is never silent; it always has its own Even in winter, nature’s song continues—it never
kind of music. ends.
2. When all the birds are faint with the hot 10. On a lone winter evening, when the frost
sun, During a cold, lonely winter night, when frost
In summer, when the heat makes the birds too covers everything,
tired to sing,
11. Has wrought a silence, from the stove there
3. And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run shrills
They rest quietly in the shade, but another Even though outside is silent, inside the house
sound takes over— there’s still a sound—
4. From hedge to hedge about the new-mown 12. The Cricket’s song, in warmth increasing
mead; ever,
The grasshopper’s song fills the fields that The cricket chirps by the fireplace, its voice
have just been cut for hay. growing louder as it warms up.
5. That is the Grasshopper’s — he takes the 13. And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
lead To a sleepy person, drifting off by the fire,
It’s the grasshopper’s music that now
dominates. 14. The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.
The cricket’s song seems to echo the summer
6. In summer luxury, — he has never done grasshopper’s music, reminding them of warm
In the richness of summer, he never stops days.
singing.
7. With his delights; for when tired out with
fun
Even when he’s tired from his joyful play and
song,
8. He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
He relaxes in the shade of a plant and gathers
strength again.
,THEMES
Continuity of Natures Music - Nature never becomes
silent, its poetry moves from one creatyre to another
Resilience - even in extreme conditions, life finds a way
to express itself
Joy and Endurance - Both the grasshopper and the
cricket symbolize persistence and simple joy
Romanticism - Keats Emphasizes natures beauty,
harmony and eterbak presence
Hope - Poetry of earth simbloises beauty and
endurance. Like the poetry of earth hope doesn’t die
STRUCTURE
Rhyme scheme - ABBA ABBA CDECDE
14 Lines
Line 9 Changes summer to winter [Grasshopper to
Cricket]
SYMBOLISM
Grasshopper symbolises energy, life and freedom of
summer
Cricket symbolises comfot, warmth and the
endurance of winter
Both symbolise that natures music is eternal
, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
REPUTITION
Line 1+9 - Line 1 is a declaration which is
repeated in Line 9. Both lines mean that earths
poetry is forever and never ending
IMAGERY
“The Poetry of earth” - Nature makes different
sounds, coming from calls of birds and buzzing
of insects. These sounds are the voice of the
earth
PERSONIFICATION
“a voice will run” - Grasshopper will fly and
produce its buzzing sounds
“the frost/haswrought a silence” - frost is
personified as a person who brings silence
CONTRAST
Crickets song is linked to the grasshoppes song.
Both songs are part of natures persistent and
loving force
EXTENDED METAPHOR
In the Octave the grasshoppers sound represents
summer while the sound of th ecricket in the
sestet represents winter
TYPE AND MOOD
Joyful/Merry - Sounds of nature create a
celebratory mood
Paper 2
P o e m s
On the grasshopper and the cricket
1. The poetry of earth is never dead: 9. The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
Nature is never silent; it always has its own Even in winter, nature’s song continues—it never
kind of music. ends.
2. When all the birds are faint with the hot 10. On a lone winter evening, when the frost
sun, During a cold, lonely winter night, when frost
In summer, when the heat makes the birds too covers everything,
tired to sing,
11. Has wrought a silence, from the stove there
3. And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run shrills
They rest quietly in the shade, but another Even though outside is silent, inside the house
sound takes over— there’s still a sound—
4. From hedge to hedge about the new-mown 12. The Cricket’s song, in warmth increasing
mead; ever,
The grasshopper’s song fills the fields that The cricket chirps by the fireplace, its voice
have just been cut for hay. growing louder as it warms up.
5. That is the Grasshopper’s — he takes the 13. And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
lead To a sleepy person, drifting off by the fire,
It’s the grasshopper’s music that now
dominates. 14. The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.
The cricket’s song seems to echo the summer
6. In summer luxury, — he has never done grasshopper’s music, reminding them of warm
In the richness of summer, he never stops days.
singing.
7. With his delights; for when tired out with
fun
Even when he’s tired from his joyful play and
song,
8. He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
He relaxes in the shade of a plant and gathers
strength again.
,THEMES
Continuity of Natures Music - Nature never becomes
silent, its poetry moves from one creatyre to another
Resilience - even in extreme conditions, life finds a way
to express itself
Joy and Endurance - Both the grasshopper and the
cricket symbolize persistence and simple joy
Romanticism - Keats Emphasizes natures beauty,
harmony and eterbak presence
Hope - Poetry of earth simbloises beauty and
endurance. Like the poetry of earth hope doesn’t die
STRUCTURE
Rhyme scheme - ABBA ABBA CDECDE
14 Lines
Line 9 Changes summer to winter [Grasshopper to
Cricket]
SYMBOLISM
Grasshopper symbolises energy, life and freedom of
summer
Cricket symbolises comfot, warmth and the
endurance of winter
Both symbolise that natures music is eternal
, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
REPUTITION
Line 1+9 - Line 1 is a declaration which is
repeated in Line 9. Both lines mean that earths
poetry is forever and never ending
IMAGERY
“The Poetry of earth” - Nature makes different
sounds, coming from calls of birds and buzzing
of insects. These sounds are the voice of the
earth
PERSONIFICATION
“a voice will run” - Grasshopper will fly and
produce its buzzing sounds
“the frost/haswrought a silence” - frost is
personified as a person who brings silence
CONTRAST
Crickets song is linked to the grasshoppes song.
Both songs are part of natures persistent and
loving force
EXTENDED METAPHOR
In the Octave the grasshoppers sound represents
summer while the sound of th ecricket in the
sestet represents winter
TYPE AND MOOD
Joyful/Merry - Sounds of nature create a
celebratory mood
