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प्रश्न
Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.
But we ants never borrow,
we ants never lend.
Who says these lines to whom?
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उत्तर
The miserly ant says this to the silly cricket.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Strong is she in her faith and belief.
“Persistence is the key to everything,” says she.
How does she deal with the adversities in life?
Despite the sighs and groans and moans,
She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief!
Is she complaining about the problems of life?
A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!
Give the rhyme scheme for the above lines.
She's a lioness; don't mess with her.
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster.
Pick out the line that has a metaphor in it.
‘Some crickets have four legs and some have two’. Elucidate this statement from the poet’s point of view.
And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
Do the machines serve us twenty-four hours a day?
Write your favourite stanza from the poem and find the rhyming scheme.
Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example.
Personification.
Based on your understanding of the poem complete the following by choosing the appropriate words/phrases given in brackets
This poem is about the ______ of all men. The subject of the poem is the ______ race, despite of the difference in colour, caste, creed, religion, country etc. All human beings are same. We walk on the ______ and we will be buried under it. Each and everyone of us are related to the other. We all are born same and die in the same way. We may wear different uniforms like’ ______’ during wars the opposing side will also have the same
______ like ours. We as human do they same labour with ______ and look at the world with the ______ Waging war against others as they belong to a different country is like attacking our own selves. It is the ______ we impair. We all share the same ______ We are similar to each other. So the poet concludes that we shouldn’t have wars as it is ______ to fight against us.
| unity of human, dreams and aspirations, same land, our hands, unnatural, breathing body, same eyes, brotherhood, language, human-earth. |
Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.
I drive past the house almost every day.
The house seems to be a bit brighter.
On this warm summer day in May.
It plays with your mind.
- To whom does ‘I’ refer to?
- Pick out the alliterated words in the 2nd line.
