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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

‘I bless my nature that I am


Allied to all the bliss,


Which other worlds we're told afford,


But which I find in this.’


(i) What is the 'bliss' referred to here?


(ii) In what way is the poet allied to the bliss?


(iii) According to the poet, where else is one likely to find such bliss?

(i) ‘bliss’ is referred to as ‘happiness’ here. The poet is able to feel this happiness by having such a splendid sight of nature during a walk by moonlight. Eternal happiness is felt after leaving this real world and as it is a myth that such a spiritual power is only attained after reaching to god. But the poet has already experienced this mystic (extraordinary) beauty in moonlight so that is why he is blessed.

(ii) The poet is overwhelmed with the feeling of inner peace which he has experienced during that night walk of moonlight. He is now speechless after having such divine power with the beauty of the universe. He has now started to feel that every piece of this world is alive and have the capability of thinking and tenderness.


(iii) According to the poet, this kind of happiness is only found in another life. Instead of this real world of materials, one can only attain this immense joy after having full spiritual power and such power can inhibit in human after death i.e. in the home of god.


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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

‘How lovely are the phantoms dim


Which bless that better sight,


That man enjoys when proud he stands


In his own spirit's light;’


(i) What are 'Phantoms din'?


(ii) How do they help us?


(iii) How do they make a man 'proud'?

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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

‘The inward eye is open then


To glories, which in dreams


Visit the sleeper's couch, in robes


Woven of the rainbow's beams.’


(i) What does the poet see with his 'inward eye'?


(ii) What does the poet compare his experience?

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Based on your understanding of the two poems in the unit, write an article on the topic "Nature is to be experienced and not merely seen", in about 80-100 words.

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Would you like to try your hand at writing short poems? Here is an opportunity! Let's get started.

Cinaquin (Pronounced - 'Sin-cane'): Cinaquin is a form of poetry that is popular because of its simplicity. This form of poetry originated in the United States over a century ago. There are different ways to write a cinaquin. Cinaquins do not need to rhyme. But you can include rhymes if you wish to.


Study the format given below and the sample poems before you start writing your poem. Share it with the class.


Line 1 : One word - State the topic


Line 2 : Two words - Use Adjectives to describe the topic


Line 3 : Three words -Use words expressing action


Line 4 : Four words - Using a phrase / words expressing feeling or describing


Line 5 : One word - Synonym of title or summing up