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  1. The grasshopper symbolises the alive nature even in the burning sun of summer. It is the symbol of merry-making nature which never dies because of harsh weather. Read summary of this poem.

    The grasshopper symbolises the alive nature even in the burning sun of summer. It is the symbol of merry-making nature which never dies because of harsh weather.

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  1. The phrase “the poetry of earth is never dead” depicts the Romantic spirit. According to the poet, the earth i.e. nature never dies. It's music remains alive in every season (around the year). During spring, birds chirp, while during summer, grasshoppers sing and when winter approaches, the cricketRead more

    The phrase “the poetry of earth is never dead” depicts the Romantic spirit. According to the poet, the earth i.e. nature never dies. It’s music remains alive in every season (around the year). During spring, birds chirp, while during summer, grasshoppers sing and when winter approaches, the cricket keeps the spirit of every-living nature alive and sings songs.

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  1. The tone of the poem "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" is light and joyful. Keats who is a Romantic poet, brings in the elements of joy and merry-making even in the harsh weathers of nature. According to the poet, the nature remains alive and jovial in the summer as well as in the dead of wintersRead more

    The tone of the poem “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket” is light and joyful. Keats who is a Romantic poet, brings in the elements of joy and merry-making even in the harsh weathers of nature. According to the poet, the nature remains alive and jovial in the summer as well as in the dead of winters.

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  1. The rhyme scheme of the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is abbaabbacdecde. Read summary of this poem.

    The rhyme scheme of the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is abbaabbacdecde.

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  1. The moral of the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is that nature has perseverance as well as patience. It keeps its jovial nature alive even during the harsh weathers i.e. summer and winter. Two very little creatures - grasshopper and cricket keep the spirit of nature alive in harsh weathers.Read more

    The moral of the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is that nature has perseverance as well as patience. It keeps its jovial nature alive even during the harsh weathers i.e. summer and winter.

    Two very little creatures – grasshopper and cricket keep the spirit of nature alive in harsh weathers. The poet is thus trying to show the importance of each and every element of nature. For him, small insects like grasshopper and cricket are also important parts of nature.

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  1. The poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is a Petrarchan or Italian Sonnet. It has 14 lines. It has iambic pentameter. Read summary of this poem.

    The poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is a Petrarchan or Italian Sonnet. It has 14 lines. It has iambic pentameter.

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  1. The main idea is that nature is alive, patient yet perseverant. It does not stop being jolly and merry-making because of harsh weathers. Two very small insects, the Grasshopper and the Cricket keep her alive by singing during the harsh summer and winter seasons. Read summary of this poem.

    The main idea is that nature is alive, patient yet perseverant. It does not stop being jolly and merry-making because of harsh weathers. Two very small insects, the Grasshopper and the Cricket keep her alive by singing during the harsh summer and winter seasons.

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  1. Following literary devices have been used in the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket by John Keats: Personification: When the poet gives human characteristics to animals, plants or other non-living things. In the poem, the poet the Grasshopper using the word "he". One more example is "the frostRead more

    Following literary devices have been used in the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket by John Keats:

    1. Personification: When the poet gives human characteristics to animals, plants or other non-living things. In the poem, the poet the Grasshopper using the word “he”. One more example is “the frost has wrought a silence” Frost is symbolised as something living.
    2. Metaphor: It is the direct comparison of two or more things. In the poem, the poet compares earth’s poetry with the singing of grasshopper and also compares the singing of grasshopper with that of cricket.
    3. Oxymoron: It is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are combined. e.g. “pleasant weed”. Weed is an unnecessary thing. However the poet calls in pleasant because it is a part of nature.
    4. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence without a pause, beyond the end of a line, couplet or a stanza. e.g. “when the frost has wrought a silence”, “from the stove there shrills the cricket’s song” etc.
    5. Alliteration: It is the repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words. e.g. “voice will run”, “from hedge to hedge”,  “winter evening, when…”.
    6. Inversion: it is the inverting of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase. e.g. “Poetry of earth is ceasing never“, “And seems to one is drowsiness half lost“.

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  1. The theme of the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is Persistence, Patience and Merry-making nature of our earth. It is one of the themes of Romantic Poetry. In other words, this theme is found in most of the Romantic Poems. In this poem, the poet explains how nature keeps itself alive and jovRead more

    The theme of the poem On the Grasshopper and the Cricket is Persistence, Patience and Merry-making nature of our earth. It is one of the themes of Romantic Poetry. In other words, this theme is found in most of the Romantic Poems.

    In this poem, the poet explains how nature keeps itself alive and jovial even in the harsh and unbearable climates. According to him, the grasshopper keeps singing and hopping here and there in the burning summer when all the birds stop chirping and hide themselves in the trees to keep themselves cool.

    Similarly, during the winters, when snow forces everybody to remain calm and silent, the cricket sings and tells that nature is always alive.

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