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प्रश्न
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
How did the poet feel in the morning?
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उत्तर
He felt glad in the morning.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near.
Why should the horse think it queer?
What are the sounds heard by the poet?
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem. One example is done for you.
| Poetic device | Lines from the poem |
| Alliteration | watch his woods |
| Personification | |
| Repetition | |
| Imagery |
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.
What is the poem about?
‘A tree doesn’t grow in a day.’ Explain it with reference to the poem.
"Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “You’re witty and you’re wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!"
Why does the spider say that the fly is witty?
"The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:"
Why was the spider sure that the fly would come back again?
If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
When you read the poem aloud, you can feel/hear a rhythm. What according to you gives rhythm to the poem- the rhyme or the words in a line? Support your answer with examples from the poem.
The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.
What can break their unity?
