The poem, Mild the Mist upon the Hill Class 9 is included in the syllabus of WBBSE. Exercise Answers from Mild the Mist upon the Hill class 9 with stanza-wise summary with Bengali meaning has been prepared for class 9 in the following. This nice poem,Mild the Mist upon the Hill is written by Emily Jane Bronte.
Emily Jane Bronte (1818 -1848) was an English poet and novelist, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, long considered a classic of English literature
About the Poem Mild the Mist Upon the Hill Class 9:
In this poem, Mild the Mist upon the Hill of Class 9, the blue mist that surrounds the distant mountains reminds the poet of the happy days of youth and childhood that she has left behind as she describes the landscape, she shifts from the present moment to the past, and then to the present again.
The substance of the Poem, Mild the Mist Upon the Hill Class 9:
The poetess, Emily Jane Bronte, draws a pen-picture that the mist covers the hill-top in her elderly age and that reminds her, her childhood days, and the days of her youth. She feels nostalgic. She thinks, how the mild cloud covers the evening sky after day-long rain and creates a very romantic picture. When at the end of the night the day breaks, the water drops on the tip of the blades of the long grass elicits a sweet smell and the poet shifts from the present moment to the past. Then she is filed with pleasure.
Words Notes and Stanza-wise Summary of Mild the Mist Upon the Hill Class 9:
Stanza – 1
Mild – soft নরম
Mist – condensed vapour setting on a surface. কুয়াশা
Fill – make full সম্পূর্ণরূপে
Wept – shed tears অশ্রুপাত করা
Sorrow – sadness দুঃখ
Spent – that has been used নিঃশেষিত করা
Silent – quiet নিস্তব্ধ
Summary in English
There is mild mist upon the hill. This mild mist upon the mountains does not talk about the storm of tomorrow. But the day has wept its fill and spent all its sorrow that is stored in.
বঙ্গানুবাদ:
পাহাড়ের উপরে রয়েছে নরম কুয়াশা। পাহাড়ের উপরে বিস্তৃত এই নরম কুয়াশা আগামী দিনের ঝড় সম্পর্কে কিছুই বলে না। কিন্তু দিনটি সম্পূর্ণরূপে অশ্রুপাত করে চলেছে এবং এর সঞ্চিত সমস্ত দুঃখকে ঝেড়ে ফেলেছে।
Stanza – 2
Youth – young age
‘neath’ (beneath) – under
Sheltering – staying under protection
Gone back – recall
Summary in English
Here the poet says she has gone back to her days of youth, and she wants to be a child once more and to recall her father’s sheltering roof and the old hall door.
বঙ্গানুবাদ:
এখানে কবি বলেছেন যে তিনি তার ছেলেবেলাকার দিনগুলোতে ফিরে গিয়েছেন এবং তিনি আরও একবার শিশু হতে চান ও স্মরণ করতে চান তার সেই বাবার আশ্রিত বাড়ির ছাদ গুলোকে এবং পূর্ণ দরজা গুলোকে।
Stanza – 3
A day of rain – a rainy day সারাদিনের বৃষ্টি
Pall – a thick cloud ঘন মেঘ
Horizon – the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet. দিগন্ত রেখা
Mountain-chain – mountain range পর্বত শৃঙ্গের শৃংখল
Cloudy – overcast মেঘাচ্ছন্ন
Summary in English
The poet watches the cloudy evening to fall after heavy rain throughout the day. But she could still see the sweet blue mist lay over the mountain-chain in the horizon.
বঙ্গানুবাদ:
কবি দেখছেন সেই মেঘাচ্ছন্ন সন্ধ্যা বেলা শেষ হয়ে আসছে সারা দিনের প্রচন্ড বৃষ্টিপাতের পর। কিন্তু তিনি তখনো পর্যন্ত দেখতে পান সেই মিষ্টি নীলাভ কুয়াশাকে যে কুয়াশা ওই দিগন্ত রেখায় বিস্তৃত পর্বত শৃঙ্গের উপরে রয়েছে।
Stanza – 4
Dreamy – fanciful স্বপ্না বিষ্ট
Damp – slightly wet সাতসাতে
Scents – perfume সুগন্ধ
Fragrance – sweet smell মিষ্টি গন্ধ
Summary in English
The poet saw that there was damp in the long green grass. The morning tears i.e., mist was so heavy that it made the green grass heavy. The wonderful, sweet smell that the poet was enjoying from the nature reminded her of her youth time.
বঙ্গানুবাদ:
কবি দেখছেন সবুজ লম্বা ঘাসের নিচে সাথে সাথে ভাব অর্থাৎ বৃষ্টির জল রয়েছে। সকালবেলার সেই অশ্রু অর্থাৎ সেই ভারী ঘন কুয়াশা এই লম্বা সবুজ ঘাস গুলোকে সিক্ত করে ভারি করে রেখেছে। সেই চমৎকার সুন্দর গন্ধ যেটা কবি উপভোগ করছেন প্রকৃতির কাছ থেকে তা কবিকে তার ছেলেবেলাকার কথা স্মরণ করিয়ে দেয়।
Textual Exercise Answers :
Exercise 1
Tick (✔) the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(1) The mist was upon the
(a) grass
(b) roof
(c)✔hill
(d) leaf
(2) The sorrow of the day is described as
(a) ✔silent
(b) terrible
(c) overwhelming
(d) little
(3) The hall door mentioned in the poem is
(a) new
(b) large
(c) broken
(d) ✔old
(4) The poet watches the cloudy
(a) morning
(b) ✔evening
(c) afternoon
(d) night
(5) The colour of the mist is
(a) grey
(b) white
(c) yellow
(d) ✔blue
(6) The damp stands on the
(a) wall
(b) floor
(c) bush
(d) ✔grass
Exercise 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
(1) Where does the poet see herself when she thinks of her childhood?
Ans : When the poet thinks of her childhood, she sees herself beneath her father’s sheltering roof a near the old hall door.
(2) What did the poet watch on the ‘cloudy evening’?
Ans : On the cloudy evening the poet watched that after a day of rain blue and sweet mist covered the mountain chain.
Ans : A friend who helps in need, is a friend indeed
(iii) Pollution is one of the most severe threats to our beautiful planet. (Change into a compound sentence)
Ans : There are some threats to our beautiful planet and pollution is one of them.
(iv) Do or die. (Change into a complex sentence)
Ans : Unless you do, you will die.
(v) He was confused and stopped working. (Change into a simple sentence)
Ans : Being confessed, he stopped working.
Composition:
Exercise 5
Write a letter within 100 words to the Headmaster/Headmistress of your school seeking leave of two days for the purpose of attending the marriage ceremony of your elder sister.
Suppose you had bought a book from a bookstore. By mistake you left it there instead of bringing it back with you. Providing details of the book and its author, write a letter within 100 words to the owner of the store to find the book and keep it until you come to collect it.
Extra Questions Answers from Mild the Mist upon the Hill class 9.
A. Choose the correct alternative from the given option.
1. The poet hopes that there would be no storm on –
(a)✔tomorrow
(b) one weekly
(c) two days later
(d) today
2….. the day has wept its fill”, means –
(a) it was a cold day
(b) it was a hot day
(c) ✔it rained a lot
(d) it did not rain
3. In her imagination, once more the poet feels like –
(a) ✔a child
(b) an old woman
(c) horse rider
(d) a fairy
4. Raining throughout the day is compared to
(a) laughing
(b) ✔weeping
(c) dancing
(d) talking
5. The poet is remembering –
(a) ✔the days of youth
(b) an accident
(c) a story
(d) a sad event
6.To the poet, her father’s roof is –
(a) ✔sheltering
(b) broken
(c) haunted.
(d) distorted
7. In childhood, the poet lived in –
(a) a hostel
(b) railway platform
(c) ✔her father’s house
(d) a church,
8. The poet is remembering
(a) a garden
(b) a living room
(c) ✔an old hall door
(d) a market.
9. The poet is imagining of an old door of –
(a) the living room
(b) ✔the hall
(c) the drawing rooms
(d) the kitchen.
10. In this poem, the poet is feeling –
(a) depressed
(b) optimistic
(c) ✔nostalgic
(d) apologetic.
11.The poet watches the ‘cloudy evening fall-
(a) on a rainy day
(b) on a gloomy day
(c) ✔after a day of rain
(d) two days after the heavy rainfall.
12.The colour of the mist is –
(a) green
(b) ✔blue
(c) yellow
(d) black.
13. The mists of summer pall are described as –
(a) chilly
(b) ✔sweet
(c) muddy
(d) dirty.
14.The poet is looking at –
(a) rivers
(b) oceans
(c) ✔mountain-chain
(d) factories.
15. The poet is talking about –
(a) winter season
(b) spring season
(c) ✔summer season
(d) autumn season
16.The damp on the grass is –
(a) thin
(b) short
(c) ✔thick
(d) torn.
17. Damp on the grass is described as –
(a) night’s tears
(b) roses
(c) lavender
(d) ✔morning’s tears
18.The colour of the grass is –
(a) yellow
(b) brown
(c) ✔green
(d) violet
19. The scent of passing fragrance is –
(a) dreamy
(b) bad
(c) nasty.
(d) ✔sweet
20. The dreamy scent of passing fragrance reminds the poet of –
(a) ✔her past days
(b) a story
(c) a sad event
(d) her present day
21.The evening is –
(a) stormy
(b) ✔cloudy
(c) bright
(d) noisy.
22. In this poem, ‘I’ referred to
(a) a child
(d) a tree.
(c) ✔the poet
(b) an old man
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
1. The day has wept its till means it has rained a lot throughout the day.
2. The poet watches the “Cloudy evening fall’ after a day of rain.
3.The damp on the grass is described as thick as morning’s tears.
4.The dreamy scent of passing fragrance reminds the poet of the childhood days she had spend under her father’s sheltering roof.
5.The day has spent its store of silent sorrow.
6.The poet feels like a child beneath her father’s sheltering roof and near the old hall door.
7.The poet watches the cloudy evening fall after a day of rain.
8.The damp on the long green grass are as thick as morning’s tears.
C. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences / phrases/words in support of your answer.
1.The mist is dense upon the hill. False
Supporting answer : Mild.
2.The mist indicates that the next day will be stormy. False
Supporting answer : Telling not of storms tomorrow.
3.The day has spent its reserved sorrow. True
Supporting answer : Spent its store of silent sorrow.
4.The evening is bright and clear. False
Supporting answer : The evening is cloudy.
5.The mist is white in colour. False
Supporting answer : blue mists, sweet mists.
6.The season described in the poem is summer. True
Supporting answer : Blue mists, sweet mists of summer pall.
7. The damp on the grass is compared to pearl. False
Supporting answer : The damp on the grass has been compared to morning tears.
D. Answer the following questions.
1. Why does the poet feel like a child once more?
Ans : Seeing the mist upon the hill, the poet remembers the days of her youth. This is how the surrounding nature makes her feel like a child again.
2. Why did, the poet describe her father’s roof as ‘sheltering?
Ans: In this poem, Emily Bronte remembers the happy days of her childhood, that she has left behind. As a child she used to live in her father’s house under the guidance of her father. Now she longs for that love and security. So, she described her father’s roof as sheltering.
3. “And near the old hall door’ – Which Hall door is mentioned and why?
Ans: The mist upon the hill reminds the poet of her childhood days. So, she remembers her father’s house and their old hall door where she spent her childhood.
4. Why does the poet describe the evening as ‘cloudy ?
Ans: It has rained a lot throughout the day. Though the rain has stopped now, the sky is still cloudy. So, the poet describes the evening as ‘cloudy’.
5. Describe the landscape as the poet watched on a cloudy evening?
Ans: On a cloudy evening, the poet watched and enjoyed the surrounding landscape. She watched blue and sweet mist covered up the horizon’s mountain-chain that brought the memories of her past days.
6. What is compared to morning’s tears’ and why?
Ans: After a whole day of raining, damp stands on the long, green grass. Emily Bronte compared the damp with the morning’s tears.
7. Why is the passing fragrance described as dreamy ?
Ans: The passing fragrance reminds the poet of her childhood days. It evokes her imagination, and she thinks about the happy days of her childhood. So, the fragrance is described as dreamy.
8. Explain the lines, “the day has wept its fill, spent its store of silent sorrow”.
Ans: Through these lines, the poet wants to express that, it has rained heavily throughout the day, and he spent all its silent sorrow. Here weeping means raining.
9.Quote two lines from the poem to show that the poet is remembering her childhood.
Ans: In this poem the poet remembers the days of her childhood. The first two lines of second stanza show this:
“Oh, I’m gone back to the days of youth,
I am a child once more;”
10. What is the ‘Mist upon the hill’ indicting?
Ans : In Emily Bronte’s poem, ‘Mild the mist upon the hill’, the poet described the mist as mild. The mild mist was indicating that there would be no storm next day.
11. How did the poet describe damp on the grass ?
Ans : The poet described the damp on the grass as thick as morning’s tears.
13.How was the scent of the passing fragrance ?
Ans : The scent of the passing fragrance was dreamy.
14. What does the passing fragrance bring into the poet’s mind ?
Ans : The passing fragrance brings the memory of childhood into the poet’s mind.
15. What does the phrase ‘other years’ mean?
Ans : The phrase other years’ means the past days of poet’s childhood.
16. Who is the speaker in this poem ?
Ans : The poet Emily Jane Bronte herself is the speaker in this poem.
17. When does the poet go back to his childhood or youthful days ?
Ans : The poet goes back to her childhood and youthful days to see the mild mist covering the hill.
18.Why does the sky become cloudy in the evening ?
Ans : The sky becomes cloudy in the evening because it has rained throughout the day and there is little rain in the cloud.
19.What do ‘thick morning’s tears’ refer to ?
Ans : Thick morning’s tears refer to the thick dew drops of the morning hours that stand on the tip of long grass blades.
20.Explain the lines, “dreamy scents of fragrance pass / That breathe of other years.”
Or, What is the mood of the post in this poem ?
Ans : As the poet watches the landscape, the mist surrounding the hill reminds her the happiness of her childhood. She feels nostalgic as she remembers the past years, that she has left behind.
21.What is the theme of the poem?
Ans : The theme of the poem is the poet’s longing for the past. She is reminded of the happy days youth while watching the surrounding landscape. She yearns for that love and security.
22.Where was the mist spread?
Ans : The mist was spread upon the hill.
23.Why has the day wept its fi?
Ans : The day has ‘wept its fill’ to spend its reserved sorrow.
24.How is the sorrow of the day described ?
Ans : The sorrow of the day is described as silent.
25.What is the poet remembering in the second stanza of the poem?
Ans : In the second stanza of the poem, the poet is remembering the days of her youth.
Important Question Answers from Question Bank
Important Question Answers from Question Bank from Mild the Mist Upon the Hill Class 9 have been given below.
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives :
1. “Spent its store of silent sorrow.’-This brings in a note of –
(a) cheerfulness
(b) inspiration
(c) ✔sadness
(d) pleasure
2. Mists, as described in the poem, are
(a) ✔mild, blue and sweet
(b) silent, old and hazy
(c) damp, thick and dreamy
(d) long, green and sheltering
3. The poet changes her mental agony with –
(a) ✔a nostalgia
(b) some pleasant experience
(c) Joy
(d) the departure of the day
4. The morning tears are-
(a) mild
(d) ✔thick
(c) invisible
(b) dreamy
5. The poet compares the incessant rains throughout the day with
(a) talking
(d) ✔Weeping
(c) smiling
(b) dancing
6. In her imagination, once more the poetess feels herself as –
(a) an old woman
(d) a young lady
(c) ✔a child
(b) a fairy
7. Here, “morning’s tears” stands for —
(a) raindrops
(b) ✔dew
(c) water from rivers
(d) humidity
B. whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences / phrases/words in support of your answer.
1. It had rained earlier in the day. False
Supporting answer : ‘…… cloudy evening fall after a day of rain’
2.The weather made the poet feel nostalgic. True
Supporting answer : ‘That breath of other years’
3. The mountain range could be seen clearly. False
Supporting answer : ‘The damp stands in the long green frass.’
C. Answer the following questions (within 15 words) :
1. What does the poet remember about her days of youth?
Ans : The poet remembers that she used to lead a safe life under the roof of her father’s house near the old hall door about her day’s of youth.
2. What does the ‘damp’ refer to?
Ans: The damp refers to slightly wet. Here the poet says that the thick dew drops of the morning settles down in the long grass. So, there is damp in the long green grass.
3. What does the poetess see in the horizon?
Ans : The poetess sees the sweet blue mist lay over the mountain-chain in the horizon.
4. What is being described as ‘morning’s tears’?
Ans : The thick dew drops of the morning hours that stand on the tip of long grass blades is being described as ‘morning’s tears’
5. From the given extract, pick out an adjective used for ‘mists’.
Ans: From the given extract, an adjective that is used for ‘mist’ is ‘blue’.
6. Where does the poet see herself when she thinks of her childhood ?
Ans: When the poet thinks of her childhood, she sees herself under the roof of her father’s house near the old hall door.
7. What did the poet watch on the cloudy evening?
Ans: On a cloudy evening, the poet watched the sweet blue mists that were as thick as cloud covered the mountain-range in the horizon after a day of rain.
8. What is the meaning of the word ‘pall’?
Ans: The meaning of the word ‘pall’ is ‘a thick cloud’.
9. Mention two rhyming words from the poem.
Ans: Two rhyming words from the poem are: – Fall – Pall
