Poem 7 • On the Grasshopper and Cricket — John Keats
Original Poem • Hindi Meaning • Summary • Poet • Hard Spellings • NCERT Q&A (English + Hindi)
Original Poem Text
Stanza 1:
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead,
That is the grasshopper’s — he takes the lead
In summer luxury — he has never done
With his delights, for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
Stanza 2:
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening when the frost
Has wrought a silence, from the stone there shrills
The cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost;
The grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.
Summary (English)
The poem conveys that the poetry of earth never dies. In summer, when birds stop due to heat, the grasshopper keeps singing joyfully. In winter, when frost silences everything, the cricket sings warmly, making nature alive throughout the year.
Summary (Hindi)
कविता का संदेश है कि पृथ्वी की कविता कभी समाप्त नहीं होती। गर्मियों में जब पक्षी गर्मी से थककर चुप हो जाते हैं, तब टिड्डा गाता है। सर्दियों में जब पाला सब कुछ शांत कर देता है, तब झींगुर गाकर वातावरण में गर्माहट लाता है। इस प्रकार प्रकृति का संगीत साल भर चलता रहता है।
About the Poet — John Keats
English: John Keats (1795–1821) was a renowned English Romantic poet. His works focus on beauty in nature, imagination, and emotions. Famous poems include “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”
Hindi: जॉन कीट्स (1795–1821) एक प्रसिद्ध अंग्रेज़ी रोमांटिक कवि थे। उनकी कविताएँ प्रकृति की सुंदरता, कल्पना और भावनाओं को दर्शाती हैं। उनकी प्रमुख रचनाएँ “ओड टू ए नाइटिंगेल” और “ओड ऑन ए ग्रीशियन अर्न” हैं।
Hard Spellings & Meanings
| Word | Hindi Uchcharan | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| faint | फेन्ट | कमज़ोर, थका हुआ |
| mead | मीड | घास का मैदान |
| luxury | लक्ज़री | आनंद, विलास |
| shrills | श्रिल्स | तेज़/चुभने वाली आवाज़ |
| drowsiness | ड्राउज़िनेस | उंघापन |
| frost | फ्रॉस्ट | पाला, बर्फीली परत |
NCERT Questions + Answers
A poem is made of words arranged in a beautiful order. These words, when read aloud with feeling, have a music and meaning of their own.
उत्तर (Hindi): हाँ, यह परिभाषा सही है। कविता के शब्द लय, ध्वनि और भावनाएँ उत्पन्न करते हैं।
उत्तर (Hindi): यह प्रकृति की ध्वनियों से बनी है—गर्मियों में टिड्डे का गीत और सर्दियों में झींगुर का गीत।
(i) The grasshopper’s happiness never comes to an end.
(ii) The cricket’s song has a warmth that never decreases.
(i) “He has never done / With his delights.”
(ii) “The cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever.”
उत्तर (Hindi):
(i) उसकी खुशियाँ कभी समाप्त नहीं होतीं।
(ii) झींगुर का गीत, जिसकी गर्माहट हमेशा बढ़ती रहती है।
उत्तर (Hindi): गर्माहट।
उत्तर (Hindi): ग्रीष्म — टिड्डा; शीत — झींगुर।
Same is Different (Word Play)
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
They were too close to the door to close it.
There is no time like the present to present the present.
End • Poem 7 • On the Grasshopper and Cricket — Complete Solution (English + Hindi)