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प्रश्न
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.
| Poetic lines | Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech |
| It takes much time to kill a tree. | |
| The bleeding bark will heal. | |
| Out of the anchoring earth |
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उत्तर
| Poetic lines | Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech |
| It takes much time to kill a tree. | Alliteration (takes,time,to, tree) |
| The bleeding bark will heal. | Personification |
| Out of the anchoring earth | Metaphor (''root'' is indirectly compared to ''anchor'') |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep.
Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
I was angry with my friend
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
How did the anger of the poet come to an end?
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
How did the poet feel in the morning?
Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words.
Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his (i) ____________ and it ended. They became friends. But when he grew angry with his foe, he (ii) ___________ it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears and allowed it to grow. He (iii) _________ his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which (iv) __________ his foe to eat it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying (v) _________ under the tree.
Describe how his anger kept growing.
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Identify the figure of speech in the title of the poem.
It has grown Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing.
What does the tree feed from the crust?
The bleeding bark will heal And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs, Miniature boughs.
What will happen to the bleeding bark?
Why do you think the poet describes the act of cutting a tree? What effect does it have on you as a reader?
Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words/phrases given below.
| a trail | spectacular | spectacular scene | outer ice | a cheetah |
| day or night | emerging of life | powerful and strong | shock wave | scientists |
The poet describes a moving comet which speeds through the heavens and never takes a break by ____________. When a comet is in full flight, it gives a ____________ which can never be compared to anything else for a lifetime. The comet is compared to ____________ for its speed and a mountain as it is ____________. The ____________ melts which causes a vapour from the force and leaves behind _________ as it travels on its way. If it comes very close to the atmosphere, it causes a shake which in turn produces a ____________ that reach the Earth’s surface. According to the ______________ the comets leave behind chemicals in the form of dust which resulted in the ____________ on earth and mankind came into existence. But the poet is not sure whether this principle is true or not but he knows for sure that whatever the truth may be, the sight of the comet in full flight is ____________.
