I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.
Paraphrase: The brook flows on making different kinds of noises and sounds at different places. It seems to chatter while flowing through its stony ways. It also makes sharp and high-pitched sounds and noises. When it flows in the spiral movement of water, its noise is lost. But when it strikes on the shingles and pebbles, it creates a sound as if it is talking gaily to them.
(a) How does the brook flow over stony ways?
(b) Give two words in the passage showing high-pitched sounds.
(c) Where does the brook make spiral movement?
(a) The brook chatters in little sharps and trebles over stony ways.
(b) ‘Sharps and trebles’ are the two words that represent high-pitched sounds.
(c) The brook makes spiral movement on the pebbles.