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(c) Break them

4. What is the poem’s attitude towards imagination’s ability?
(a) Cynical

(b) Pessimistic

(c) Admirative
5. What is the key message conveyed by the poem’s description of imagination’s
capabilities?

(a) Imagination is a meaningless concept.

(b) Imagination has limited influence on reality.
(c) Imagination has the power to change and create.

B. Answer the questions briefly.

1. What does the speaker compare imagination to in the poem’s opening lines?

2. How does the poem describe imagination’s ability to “mingle north and south”?

3. According to the poem, what can imagination do with its “accent”?
4. What is the significance of describing imagination’s mouth as “ruddy”?

5. How does the poem emphasize imagination’s role in history and time?

Critical & Analytical
Think Well Thinking

C. Think and Answer.

1. Why does the poem emphasize the idea that imagination can “wake the dead
and done”? What could this suggest about the impact of imagination on history
and the past?

2. In what ways does the poem celebrate the positive aspects of imagination?

D. Answer these questions with reference to context.

“Imagination, new and strange
In every age, can turn the year;

Can shift the poles and lightly change

The mood of men, the world’s career.”
(a) How does the poem describe the transformative power of imagination
in relation to time and seasons?

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