Questions for Practice on "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning

A. SAQ (Short Answer Questions):     (1 mark each & to be answered in a complete sentence each)

1. What type of poem is it ?
2. How does the lover travel the sea ?
3. When does the lover travel the sea ?
4. How does the moon look like ?
5. What makes the sea ‘grey’ ?
6. Why are the waves startled ?
7. How do the waves of the sea leap ?
8. “As I gain the cove...” – Who is the speaker here ?
9. When does the lover stop the speed of his boat ?
10. What does the lover do after gaining the cove ?
11. How many fields does the lover cross ?
12. What appears when the lover crosses three fields ?
13. What does the lover do when he reaches the farm ?
14. Why does the lover give a tap on the window-pane of his sweetheart’s cottage ?
15. What answer does his tap get ?
16. “And a voice less loud...” – Whose ‘voice’ is referred to here ?
17. How does the lady of the lover feel when she hears the tap on the window-pane ?
18. How is the voice of the beloved ?
19. “Than the two hearts beating each to each!” – Which two hearts are spoken of here ?
20. What is more loud than the voice ?
21. Why is the voice less loud in the poem ?
22. What is the second part of “Meeting at Night” ?

B. DAQ (Descriptive / Analytical Questions):

     (5 marks each & to be answered in about 100 words each)

1. Give an account of the lover’s journey to his beloved in “Meeting at Night”.
2. Give a description of the nocturnal atmosphere in the poem “Meeting at Night”.
3. Describe the effect of colour used in Browning’s poem “Meeting at Night”?