The Darkling Thrush: ISC Poem

Who is the poet of the poem The Darkling Thrush?

• Mathew Arnold

• Thomas Hardy

The poem The Darkling Thrush was originally titled as......

• The Century’s End

• Death of an Era

In the poem The Darkling Thrush, the poet mourns at the end of...

• 20th Century

• 19th Century

What is the theme of the poem The Darkling Thrush?

• Hope

• Law of Nature

In the poem The Darkling Thrush, Thrush bird is a symbol of.....

• Despair

• Hope

'Winter' in the poem The Darkling Thrush symbolises....

• Peace ans serenity

• Death and despair

The end of the poem The Darkling Thrush is....

• Pessimistic

• Optimistic

The first two stanzas of the poem The Darkling Thrush give a vivid description of....

• Delight and Hope

• Death and Lament

What literary device is used in the line 'The weakening eye of day'?

• Irony

• Personification

What does the line 'The ancient pulse of germ and birth' in the poem The Darkling Thrush signify?

• Farming

• Life’s vibrancy