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UNIT – 5Up-Hill By Christina Rossetti Q1) Write a summary on the poem ‘Up-Hill’.A1) Up-Hill is a poetry that consists of four stanzas with four lines each. It is written from the perspective of two distinct narrators, one who asks questions and another who provides answers. The lines alternate between asking questions and giving answers. In this way, Rossetti is able to craft a poetic conversation between two people without complicating her work in any way. The guide addresses the narrator as “my friend”. Q2) What does the poet wants to depict in the first stanza of the poem?A2) In the first stanza, the speaker asks about the road and whether it’s uphill for its entire length, whether it will take time to walk the road will mean the entire day. The description the of “whole long day” is an unusual choice, one of the reasons being matching the syllables with the first one. Additionally, it even shows the reader is tired of asking questions. Their uphill journey was a long and tiresome and they are waiting for the destination. It’s apprehensive that their journey will not end before the sundown. The second narrator’s lines are much shorter than the first ones. The first character addresses the second narrator as his friend. Q3) What is the crux of the poem ‘Up-Hill’?A3) In the first stanza, the speaker asks about the road and whether it’s uphill for its entire length, whether it will take time to walk the road will mean the entire day. The description the of “whole long day” is an unusual choice, one of the reasons being matching the syllables with the first one. Additionally, it even shows the reader is tired of asking questions. Their uphill journey was a long and tiresome and they are waiting for the destination. It’s apprehensive that their journey will not end before the sundown. The second narrator’s lines are much shorter than the first one’s. The first character addresses the second narrator as his friend.The questions and the answers continue in the second stanza too. Both the characters are portrayed here very differently in their perspectives on the uphill journey. The first speaker is unsure and lacks confidence who asks if there is a place they can stay for the night, since their journey will take so long. As soon as he is told the such a place exists, he worry that he will miss seeing it. The second speaker is certain that not only there is an inn for shelter against the dark, but that he will undoubtedly find it before it is too dark to see. The poet has chosen to portray one journey through two opposite viewpoints and yet it remains easy to follow and understand.In the third stanza, the narrator wonders about the inn they are about to find, and whether they will be welcomed there. This is a line of thought where the idea of an inn, is for anyone to find shelter, and an inn is constructed with nomads in mind. Still the speaker is concerned that they will be unwelcomed despite assurances from the second speaker that they will be welcomed by the “other wayfarers”. The first speaker hopes to find friends in their same predicament, and are told that they will. The anxieties of the first speaker and the confidence of the second speaker continues to be the prominent theme of the work even though the identities of both remain concealed.The idea of “two friends” walking up the hill for full day is rather unlikely scenario in the literal sense. The expression refers to situations and scenarios that require hard work than usual to overcome – walking down the pathway versus walking up the hill. The speaker asking questions in this work is attempting to overcome an obstacle and likely to walk uphill for full day. Another speaker could be the friend who is encouraging them all along, or it could be another aspect of their personality, their sense of optimism, or determination to finish what they have started. The narrator asks if there will be a bed for her. The guide tells her that there are beds for everyone.The idea of an inn along the way, in which lies comfort equal to the work put in, as well as other people climbing the same hill, is a likely metaphor for all. It is difficult to cross over any kind of obstacle without some kind of support. If it was easy, it wouldn’t be a great obstacle. So the speaker draws on their own sense of self and imagines that at the end of the day, there will be a roof over their head. Perhaps they are going home to their family, or perhaps the inn is a bar where they can meet up with friends and forget about the hardships of the day.
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