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प्रश्न
Is the insect described in the poem a real insect? Think about an imaginary creature. Describe it in your own words. You may draw its picture and label it.
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उत्तर
The insect described in the poem is not real but imaginary by the poet's own admission at the end of the poem.
Let me tell you about Hopperslipograssipede, my friend, who lives in my garden. It thrives on plants. When no one is around it changes its colour according to its own whims and fancies.
(Students can draw the picture of the imaginary creature on their own.)
संबंधित प्रश्न
How does a tree planter do civic good?
Comment on the contrasted viewpoints in the poem.
Identify examples of the following devices in the poem: alliteration, personification, rhyme, rhythm. How do these devices contribute to the overall effect of the poem?
What is the theme of all summer in a day by Ray Bradbury?
Choose two of the passages (a) to (c) and answer briefly the questions that follow:
Benedick: I can see yet without spectacles, and I see no such matter. There's her cousin, she were not possessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December. But I hope you have no intent to turn husband, have you?
Claudio: I would scarce trust myself though I had sworn the contrary if I Hero would be my wife.
(i) Whom is Benedick referring to in the above lines?
(ii) Benedick says: 'I see no such matter.' What does he mean by it?
(iii) Explain the lines:
"There's her cousin, she was not possessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of May doth the last of December".
(iv) What does the comparison of Beatrice with May suggest about Benedick?
(v) What does Claudio mean by 'sworn the contrary'?
(vi) Give the meaning of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage: possessed; fury; intent
'Failure had a tempo faster than success.'
Make a short list of things you find difficult to do. For example:
turning a somersault 
threading a needle
Compare your list with the others in the class. Can you explain why you find these things difficult to do?
Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :
Mathilde did not tell her friend about the loss and replacement.
In the sentence below the capital letter, comma, full stop and question mark are missing. Put these in the correct place.
on monday i will go to school
Prepare a dialogue from the jumbled sentences:
- It will reach Nagpur at 7: 15 a.m.
- What is the departure time of the Vidarbha Express?
- When will it reach Nagpur?
- The departure time is 8:30 p.m.
