(a) What does the word ‘swelling’ indicate? (b) Which word is the antonym for ‘rough’?

Question

Read the following lines and answer the River Poem questions given below.

River, river! Swelling river! 

On you rush through rough and smooth;

(a) What does the word ‘swelling’ indicate?

(b) Which word is the antonym for ‘rough’?

Answer 1

(a) The word ‘swelling’ indicates the ebb and flow of the river.

(b) The antonym for the word rough is smooth.