CBSE Class 9 English Chapter 6 The Brook Summary, Explanation along with Difficult Word Meanings and Literary Devices from Literature Reader (Communicative) Book
The Brook Class 9 – CBSE Class 9 English Literature Reader (Communicative) Book Lesson 6 The Brook Summary and Detailed explanation of the lesson along with the meanings of difficult words. Also, the explanation is followed by a Summary of the lesson.
- The Brook Introduction
- The Brook Summary
- The Brook Summary iin Hindi
- Video Explanation of The Brook
- The Brook Lesson Explanation
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The Brook Class 9 English Chapter 6
Lord Alfred Tennyson
The Brook Introduction
In this poem the poet is narrating a brook’s story in the first person. He has personified the stream and it talks of its beginning, the journey through various landforms and finally, its destination which is the river. The poet compares a man’s journey of life to the brook’s journey. The brook is eternal and flows forever whereas man is transient. The brook says that men come and go but it stays forever.
The Brook Summary
The brook tells us about its journey as it flows towards its destination, a river which is full of water.
It emerges suddenly from a place which is visited by water birds like the coot and heron. It flows with a lot of noise down the valleys. On its way it crosses many hills, ridges, villages, towns, bridges and farms to reach its destination, the river.
It makes sharp, loud sounds when it strikes hurdles like big rocks and diverts itself with a sharp turn. It forms bubbles and whirls when it reaches large spaces. It produces soft, sweet noises when it strikes small pebbles on its way.
The brook twists and turns and erodes its embankments gradually. It crosses many farms, vacant land and beautiful fairylands which are full of flowers. The brook compares itself with men that men come when they are born and go when they die but it is forever. It keeps on flowing and never ends. The brook is permanent whereas men are temporary.
Like men the brook also experiences different things. The flowers sailing on its surface are like the happy experiences of a man. The greedy trout fish is like an unhappy experience and the grayling fish shows shades of grey which represents those experiences which are neither happy nor sad.
Sometimes there is foamy formation on the brook’s surface and its colour looks silvery which is so clear that the sand beneath the brook shines in a golden colour.
Then the brook is calm when it crosses lawns, gardens full of hazelnut trees and forget – me – not flowers. These are visited by lovers. The brook moves in varying speeds and different thoughts cross its mind as the swallow bird flies to its surface and catches its prey, the fish.
The sunlight which falls on the brook’s surface after passing through the trees forms a netted pattern. With the flowing brook, this pattern also moves and seems to dance on its surface.
At night, the brook makes very soft noises as it crosses wild areas. As the brook crosses small heaps of pebbles and watercress plants, its speed slows down. Finally, it completes its journey and reaches the destination, the river which is full of water.
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The Brook Summary in Hindi
झरना हमें अपनी यात्रा के बारे में बताता है क्योंकि यह अपने गंतव्य की ओर बहता है, एक नदी जो पानी से भरी हुई है। यह अचानक ऐसे स्थान से निकलता है जहां कूट और बगुला जैसे जल पक्षी आते हैं। यह घाटियों में बहुत शोर के साथ बहता है। अपने रास्ते में यह कई पहाड़ियों, चोटियों, गांवों, कस्बों, पुलों और खेतों को पार करके अपने गंतव्य, नदी तक पहुंचता है।
जब यह बड़ी चट्टानों जैसी बाधाओं से टकराता है तो तेज, तेज आवाज करता है और तेज मोड़ के साथ खुद को मोड़ लेता है। जब यह बड़े स्थानों पर पहुंचता है तो बुलबुले बनाता है और चक्कर लगाता है। जब यह रास्ते में छोटे–छोटे कंकड़ों से टकराता है तो यह धीमी, मधुर आवाज पैदा करता है।
झरना मुड़ता रहता है और अपने तटबंधों को धीरे–धीरे नष्ट करता रहता है। यह कई खेतों, खाली भूमि और फूलों से भरे खूबसूरत परीलोक को पार करता है। झरना अपनी तुलना मनुष्यों से करता है कि मनुष्य तब आते हैं जब वे पैदा होते हैं और जब वे मर जाते हैं तो चले जाते हैं लेकिन यह हमेशा के लिए है। यह बहता रहता है और कभी ख़त्म नहीं होता। झरना स्थायी है जबकि मनुष्य अस्थायी हैं।
पुरुषों की तरह झरना भी अलग–अलग चीजों का अनुभव करता है। इसकी सतह पर खिलते फूल मनुष्य के सुखद अनुभवों की तरह हैं। लालची ट्राउट मछली एक दुखी अनुभव की तरह है और भूरे रंग की मछली भूरे रंग दिखाती है जो उन अनुभवों का प्रतिनिधित्व करती है जो न तो खुश हैं और न ही दुखद हैं।
कभी–कभी उस की सतह पर झाग बन जाता है और उसका रंग चांदी जैसा दिखता है जो इतना साफ होता है कि उस के नीचे की रेत सुनहरे रंग में चमकती है।
वह शांत होती है जब वह लॉन, हेज़लनट पेड़ों से भरे बगीचों को पार करती है। यहां प्रेमी जोड़े आते हैं। झरना अलग–अलग गति से आगे बढ़ता है और जब निगल पक्षी इसकी सतह पर उड़ता है और अपने शिकार, मछली को पकड़ता है, तो उसके दिमाग में विभिन्न विचार आते हैं।
पेड़ों से गुज़रने के बाद जो सूरज की रोशनी नदी की सतह पर पड़ती है वह एक जालीदार पैटर्न बनाती है। बहती हुई धारा के साथ यह पैटर्न भी हिलता है और उसकी सतह पर नृत्य करता हुआ प्रतीत होता है।
रात में, जंगली इलाकों को पार करते समय वह बहुत धीमी आवाज करती है। जैसे ही वह कंकड़–पत्थरों और जलकुम्भी पौधों के छोटे–छोटे ढेरों को पार करती है, इसकी गति धीमी हो जाती है। अंत में, वह अपनी यात्रा पूरी करती है और अपने गंतव्य, नदी तक पहुँचती है जो पानी से भरी होती है।
Video Explanation of The Brook
The Brook Poem Explanation
Poem
I come from haunts of coot and hern;
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
Word Meaning:
haunts: places frequently visited by
coot: a type of water bird with a white spot on the forehead
hern: heron, (another kind of water bird)
sally: emerge suddenly
fern: a flowerless plant which has feathery or leafy fronds
bicker: (here) flow down with a lot of noise
Explanation of the Poem – The poet writes that the brook comes from a place which is frequently visited by coots, herns, and various other kinds of water birds. The brook suddenly emerges among the fern plants. It then flows down a valley and it makes a lot of noise while doing so.
Poem
By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty thorpes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.
Word Meaning:
thorpes: a village
ridge: the line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top
Explanation of the Poem – The brook flows through thirty hills and slips down the path where two hills meet. It passes through around twenty villages, a little town, and half a hundred or fifty bridges.
Poem
Till last by Philip’s farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
Word Meaning:
brimming: be full to the point of overflowing
Explanation of the Poem – The place through which the brook flows down and joins the overflowing river is Philip’s farm. The brook sees that the people working in the farm change with time but, the brook itself remains the same and continues flowing. This is a contrast between human and nature, and how humans are mortals who die at some point of life but the brook, which continues flowing, will never stop flowing.
Poem
I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.
Word Meaning:
chatter: a series of short, quick high-pitched sounds
sharps: a musical tone semitone higher than the natural pitch
trebles: high pitched tune
eddying: spiral movement of water
babble: sound made when one talks gaily
Explanation of the Poem – The brook makes a series of short, quick high-pitched sounds when it splashes and flows down rocky pathways. One can see bubbles and high-pitched tunes coming from the brook when it flows down into bays. It flows down into the bays in a spiral manner, which results in bubbles, sharps and trebles. One can hear the sound of babbling when the brooks down a path full of pebbles, meaning that it sounds like multiple people are talking gaily.
Poem
With many a curve my banks I fret
By many a field and fallow,
And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed and mallow.
Word Meaning:
fret: flow or move in small waves
fallow: land left uncultivated to regain fertility
foreland: piece of land that extends into a river etc.
mallow: plant with hairy stems and leaves and pink, white or purple flowers
Explanation of the Poem – When the pathway is curvy, the brook flows down in small waves. It flows down fields, uncultivated land, forelands, and lands filled with willow-weed and mallow in the same manner.
Poem:
I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
Word Meaning:
chatter: a series of short, quick high-pitched sounds
brimming: be full to the point of overflowing
Explanation of the Poem – The poet repeats that the brook makes a series of short, quick, high-pitched sounds as it makes its way to its destination, which is the overflowing river. It reminds us of the contrasting nature of humans and nature, and how the brook continues flowing and will flow forever but humans, who are mortals, will die someday.
Poem:
I wind about, and in and out,
With here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout
And here and there a grayling
Word Meaning:
wind: move with a spiral manner
blossom: mature or develop in a promising or healthy way
lusty trout: a big freshwater fish
grayling: another type of freshwater fish
Explanation of the Poem – The brook moves in a spiral manner. It helps the plants mature in a healthy way by supplying them with sufficient amount of water, hence its sail or journey helps in the blossom of other elements of nature. It also gives life to aquatic animals like lusty trout, grayling and other freshwater fish.
Poem
And here and there a foamy flake
Upon me, as I travel
With many a silvery waterbreak
Above the golden gravel,
Word Meaning:
foamy flake: Foam on surface of fast moving brook
silvery: something which is shiny or lustrous like silver
waterbreak: a place in a brook where the surface of the water is broken by irregularities on the bottom
gravel: sandy surface of Earth beneath the top layer
Explanation of the Poem – The poet describes that along with plants and animals, something else is present in the brook when it’s about to join the overflowing or brimming river. Due to the fast speed with which the brook travels, the water accumulates and turns into foam. This foam is present on the surface of the brook and it travels on top of the brook. Even when there are irregularities present on the bottom and the water is broken into small waves, the foam remains on top of the water. The waterbreaks, which are situated above the golden-coloured sandy surface of earth, do not disturb the shine of the water.
Poem
And draw them all along, and flow
To join the brimming river
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
Explanation of the Poem – The brook carries the foam and also sometimes the freshwater fish, and it joins the overflowing river. Again, the poet repeats that the brook will continue flowing into the river and giving life to aquatic animals, whereas the humans will die someday.
Poem
I steal by lawns and grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers
I move the sweet forget-me-nots
That grow for happy lovers.
Word Meaning:
steal by: move somewhere quietly
hazel: a small tree or bush with edible nuts
forget-me-nots : a type of flowers
Explanation of the Poem – The brook flows through lawns and land full of grass quietly. It passes through hazel trees and bushes in a manner that makes it look like the brook is sliding. It flows through a type of flower named forget-me-nots, and provides water to it. This leads to the healthy growth of the flowers, which are eventually plucked to enrich the love between two happy lovers. Hence, in this stanza, we see how the brook enriches not only plants, trees, bushes, and animals, but also the love among human beings.
Poem
I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance,
Among my skimming swallows;
I make the netted sunbeam dance
Against my sandy shallows.
Word Meaning:
glance: hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely
skimming: Remove something from the surface, here fishes in the brook
swallows: a bird which dives into the brook for its prey, the fish
netted sunbeam: Pattern of a net formed when the sunlight passes through the trees and falls on the brook’s surface
sandy shallows: Base of the brook which is not deep and has sand
Explanation of the Poem – The brook moves with a smooth sliding motion. It travels through some gloomy or dark looking places, and it changes its direction when it hits some rocks. Many birds, who feed on fish, dive into the brook and remove the fish from the surface of the brook. When the sunlight passes through the trees and falls on the brook’s surface, a pattern of net is formed on the water. The continuous flow of the water in the brook makes the netted sunbeam dance, meaning that the wavering of the brook results in a blurry image of the netted sunlight, which is really hard to capture as it disappears and then appears too quickly. The sunbeam brightens up a part of the depth of the brook which is the sandy shallows, the part of the base of the brook which is not too deep and is covered with sand.
Poem
I murmur under moon and stars
In brambly wildernesses;
I linger by my shingly bars;
I loiter round my cresses;
Word Meaning:
murmur: speak softly
brambly: covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth
wildernesses: an uncultivated and uninhabited region
linger: stay around something for some time
shingly: covered with small rounded pebbles
bar: ridges, sandy shallow
loiter: stand or wait around without apparent purpose
cresses: a pungent leaved plant like a cabbage
Explanation of the Poem – When it is nighttime, that is, the brook is flowing under the moon and the infinite number of stars, it sounds like a group of people are talking to one another in a soft voice and low volume. This is the murmuring sound that the brook makes during the night. When the brook enters an uncultivated and uninhabited region (a region where the weeds and the undergrowth is not maintained and hence it is brambly, and where no animal resides), the brook stays at the ridges and the sandy shallow for some time. Hence there is accumulation of water in those places. The brook becomes stagnant when it comes in contact with pungent leaved plants like cabbage which grow in it.
Poem
And out again I curve and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
Explanation of the Poem – Although the brook is said to be stuck at one place when it gets accumulated in the ridges, sandy shallows and around cresses, the water eventually starts flowing again in a curved manner. It then joins the overflowing river. Due to the whole process of the brook becoming stagnant at one point but immediately starting to flow again is in contrast with the permanent stagnant nature of humans. The brook is a continuous water body and it does not stop even after encountering several obstacles. Hence the brook cannot be stopped. However, we humans have a limited life span and we can be stopped by death.
Literary Devices
Rhyme Scheme: abab
Personification: A non human object or an animal is given abilities to behave like a human. Like they speak, feel, see, hear. Here the brook has been personified. It is present throughout the poem.
Alliteration: Repetition of a consonant sound in the beginning of two or more consecutive words. Like sudden sally, men may, with willow weed.
Repetition: Any word or sentence may be repeated in the same stanza or in the poem to emphasize or create rhyming effect.
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.
Inversion: The structure of a sentence is reversed. The object is placed before the subject to lay emphasis and create distinction.
By thirty hills I hurry down
Onomatopoeia: Use of sound words to create dramatic effect. Like chatter, babble, murmur.
Anaphora: The same word is repeated at the start of consecutive sentences. Like I bubble into….. I babble on…….
Antithesis: Words which contrast or have opposite meanings are used. Like come go, in out.
Asyndeton: It is a style of writing in which conjunctions are not used in the sentence.
Like I slip, I slide, I gloom…….
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