Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow :
Earth has not anything to show more fair :
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth like a garment wear
The beauty of the morning: silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky,
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill;
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at His own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
[On his second visit to Tintern Abbey, the poet was overjoyed to see the unusual calm and tranquilty surrounding Tintern Abbey. All the buildings looked brighter in the smokeless atmosphere of the morning time. This time, Nature as a living beauty stirred his soul.]
1. Interpret the line ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair’.
2. Write the line in which simile is used.
3. What does the poet see in the morning?
4. How is the river flowing ?
5. How does the city look ?
