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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

My heart was so light
that I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.
“You sang, Sir, you say”?

Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines.

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उत्तर

aabb’ is the rhyme scheme.

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अध्याय 4.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Exercise [पृष्ठ ११८]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
अध्याय 4.2 The Ant and the Cricket
Exercise | Q A. 10. a) | पृष्ठ ११८

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She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

How does she take life?


Strong is she in her faith and belief.
“Persistence is the key to everything,” says she.

What is she strong about?


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?


She's a lioness; don't mess with her.
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster.

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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

A silly young cricket accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring.

What was the routine of the cricket?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.

Who does he refer to?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

‘‘ Not I!
My heart was so light
That I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.”

What was the nature of the cricket? How do you know?


Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary using the phrases given below.

In this narrative poem, the poet brings out the idea that is essential for every creature. He conveys this message to the readers through a story of __________ The ant spends all its summer saving __________. The cricket __________ happily in the summer. He __________ anything for the winter. When winter comes, he is worried that his __________ is empty. So, he seeks the help of the ant to have __________ and a __________ to stay. The cricket was even prepared to repay it in the future. The ant made it clear that ants __________. He also enquired the cricket if it had saved anything when the weather was fine. The cricket answered that it had sung day and night enjoying__________. The ant threw the

cricket out and stated in a stern voice it should dance in the winter season too. In his concluding lines, the poet affirms that this is not __________ but it is true and applicable to __________ also.


And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!

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Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon.
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.

  1. What is found beneath all uniforms?
  2. What is same for every one of us?
  3. Where are we all going to lie finally?

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