Questions and answers of Daybreak

Daybreak broad / long / descriptive important questions and answers for Class - 11th ( WBCHSE and other board )

Q. Critically analyse the poem Daybreak. 

Ans :- H.W. Longfellow's Daybreak is a beautiful lyric poem, written in nine rhymed couplets. The poet considers the wind almost like a personified being.This wind rises out of the sea and fliesover the ships, forest, farms, corn-fields, churches etc. The term 'daybreak' refers to the 'beginning of a new day', that is, 'dawn'. Here the wind performs the role of a messenger which sends message to everyone about the beginning of a new day. This wind actually infuses new hopes in the hearts of every objects and beings, Along with the disappearance of the darkness of the night, the new day appears. It provides fresh light and energy for all the beings in the world through the wind that emerges from the misty sea. 

Q.  Write down the significanc of the title of the poem Daybreak. 

Ans :- H. W. Longfellow's Daybreak is a poem about a new, fresh morning. The term 'daybreak' means the beginning of a new morning, that is, dawh. After the darkness of the night goes away, the day dawns and gives every object fresh energy. The beginning of anew day brings new hope. These tasks are performed by the wind that emerges from the sea. The wind eagerly informs every being about 'daybreak'. It inspires everyone for rising up and being active. He wakes up the ships, mariners, birds, church bell etc. so that they can welcome the new, fresh morning at daybreak . This daybreak is actually symbolic of our everyday new journey with new hope. So the title is appropriate.

Q.Discuss 'Daybreak' as a nature poem.

Ans :- 'Daybreak' by H.W.Longfellow is basically a nature poem. Here sea-wind is presented as the carrier of message of a day - break, revealing a great truth of nature. With the appearance of the sun in the eastern sky, the whole earth gets the message of life and vitality, the message of activity. The sea - wind is carrying that very message on sea, on land and into the midst of forest and even into the human world. Thus, the impassioned call of wind to mists, mariners, forest, wood - bird, domestic cock, corn fields, bell makes the poem an impassioned presentation of nature.

Q.Discuss personification in the poem Daybreak.

Ans :- In the poem 'Daybreak' the poet Longfellow personifies the moon by giving it the human quality to speak. The wind performs the function of an alarm clock. It announces the beginning of a new day. It urges all to wake up and impels the world to follow the natural course of their life. It asks the dead to lie quietly in their eternal sleep, for they have already completed their earthly duties. Thus, we see that the wind acts as the messenger of nature.