The brook coils and twists on its way to the river. An occasional flower can be seen on its surface. The floating blossom appears to be sailing on the brook. The brook is also home to freshwater fish such as trout and grayling. The trout is a vigorous and energetic fish. Hence Tennyson calls it ‘lusty.’
Due to occasional turbulent flow, flakes of foam are produced, which float on the flowing brook. Water breaks are breaks on the brook’s surface caused by the unevenness of its bed. These water breaks reflect the sun that makes them appear silver. Gravel is usually of a brownish-yellow hue. Hence the phrase, ‘golden gravel.’
The brook draws along with it several floating objects as it flows towards the river. Here the poem’s refrain is repeated.
The brook flows by grassy stretches. It passes by land covered with hazel (a type of shrub). Forget-me-nots are low-growing plants with bright blue flowers. They often grow on the banks of streams, sometimes even touching the water surface. Forget-me-not flowers are often a sign of faithfulness and enduring love. Hence they are often associated with lovers. As the brook flows, it gently moves the flowers that touch the water.
The brook uses the words ‘slip’, ‘slide,’ ‘gloom,’ ‘glance’ to describe its movements.
Swallows often hunt for insects on the water surface. They skim the water surface to capture the insects. The brook glides among these ‘skimming swallows.’
The brook is constantly moving. It also carries with it numerous fish, floating blossoms, etc. Swallows often fly over it. Hence the sunlight that falls on the bed of the brook appears like a net instead of a continuous entity. Sandy shallows refer to the shallow part of the brook that contains a lot of deposited sand and silt. As the brook moves, the ‘netted sunbeam’ falling on the shallow bed appears to dance.
Wilderness refers to a wild and uninhabited region. Brambles are often found in such places. Hence Tennyson refers to such regions as ‘brambly wildernesses.’ On quiet nights, as the brook passes over numerous pebbles and uneven land, it makes a certain sound. In the silent wilderness, such sounds can be clearly heard. The sound reminds one of murmuring. It is as if the brook is talking to itself.
Shingles are accumulated masses of small pebbles. Elevated regions in a brook made of such an accumulated mass, deposited by flow, are referred to as ‘shingly bars.’ Shingles are usually found in the slowest moving part of a brook. Hence the brook says that it ‘lingers’ by such places. Cresses, in this case, refer to watercress that often grows on the edges of brooks. As the brook passes these tufts of watercress, its water seems to coalesce among the plants. Hence Tennyson uses the word ‘loiter’ is used.
The brook leaves the wilderness, the ‘shingly bars’ and the watercress behind, and flows in graceful curves towards the river.
It ends with the refrain that although human life is transient, the flow of the brook is perpetual.
You may also want to take a look at this video playlist to learn about this poem in an audio-visual format.
Other than The Brook: Summary, you can also refer to the Summary of the Brook in Hindi.
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this is pretty good but a few lines like the netted sunbeams is wrong
I understand it clearly now thanks
Your from which School
I understood it very clearly now
no i think that’s only an imagination or quite true reality!!!!!
Easier language will be preferable.( as this would be needed mostly by young students )
i definitely agree to dis remark
You said correct
I am with shaima
thank you abhishek..its quite helpful
Lines are not to the point.Extra information is given and not what is required 🙂
some more easy language is good
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Its useful but its not to the point but giving meaning for new words are really good
The summary is well written and understandable. And this has proved helpful for the purpose.
I don’t it necessary for the summary to be too long. But all the same it is pretty good because it proved useful for me.
Its very useful for my summary and summer projects
it is good and in easy language which I understood very well. Thanks
Its too much long..I needed a short but perfect summary.. Meanings of some line a were far beyond my imagination.. Overall..it was helpful…
Thank you
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It is very good and helpful but long Thankyou
This is very godd as it is all know. There is also good explanation by beaming notes. By read this explanation you can enjoy examination without any fear.
Give a some short summary.
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Excellent summary but a little lengthy. It is very useful for summary projects also. Great work.
thanks .this summary helps me to complete my project
It helped me its really nice
excellent summary it help me a lot but very lengthy!!!!
This summary was very helpful for my courses.And s lot of thanks for that
this poem is amazing and true.this language is proportional to 9th std
this poem is amazing and true.this language is proportional for class9th
Helped me passing
It is very simple and nice poem for school children
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A perfect analysis of the poem. However, I always felt the sunbeam was netted because it filtered in through the branches of trees growing by the brook.
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Comment: I have been teaching this poem for three years.
IT WAS REALLY USEFUL TO ME
It’s a big summary but it’s good to have more details.
Hence Tennyson uses the word ‘loiter’ is used. “is used” should be omitted
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Its a beautiful poem by Tennyson as it shows the lives of human beings how it is lived
it is good but it must be in easy language because it is mainly important for youngesters and also because all students not know english very well.although it is nice and easy to read.
this is not right at all
good but it really fucked up my project and my teacher
There no second page here it is not the complete summary otherwise it is excellentbbut it should be complete
Ishita, Please check the link to second page after the ad ends. Thank you!
Hai this was a nice cute summery
ya it is quiet understandable but too long.
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It’s helpful for me and others also
its easy to understand “but to loooooong”
WHEN ITS LONG THE MORE U COULD UNDERSTAND’
nice but it can be short and crisp then it will be easy
thank you for this one.. quite helpful
Awesome . Understood the poem better . Thanx to the people who uploaded this. ????
Iam understanding this Summary but too large……… Thanxx….
It’s too good and quit easy to understand ??
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good it is very useful but too big, anyways I like it it is nice
I clearly understood the poem. Really it is a marvelous website
but i cant understand the values
what do you mean by ‘value’. why cant’ you understand the value of the nature? I am confused
I read it in my book, it was the same,but it was truly heart touching
It’s marvelous and one can forget any sorrow to feel happy. I enjoyed reading this poem several times. I wandered the nature is so strong to feel free in our day to day life,
Thank u fr this one………. quite hlpfull..?
Could be better
The life of a brook can be collated to human life. We start as tiny toddlers we grow , face many hurdles live within society and submerge with the river and ocean of eternity. He is immortal but the water of brook in river can’t flow back and it represents human life and men may come and men may go but eternity time d nature for ever
its quite long i need a short summary ………….but useful
it will help me in exams but english is quite difficult as we are not native speakers of english
It could be better…its a summary so it should be short and it should use a easy language for better understanding…
It could be better when it is short. But this is very useful for my exam point of view and summer project
It is very helpful but the entire poem’s summary or translation is not given like about the netted Sunbeam
Its helped m very much.