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प्रश्न
It's the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
Who wins the joys of the earth?
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उत्तर
The stick-together families win the joys of earth.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Why the poet has used the same line twice?
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.
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 friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
Recall a recent situation when you became angry. What were the consequences of your anger? After listening to the guidelines on anger management, find out how well you could have handled the situation. Write your findings.
‘A tree doesn’t grow in a day.’ Explain it with reference to the poem.
If your little brother or sister does not like to eat any of these following vegetables
How will you make him or her eat them?
What are all the flattering or tempting words you might use to convince them?
Work in pairs and enact that moment in front of your classmates.
With shockwave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
What is causing the land to quake?
And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.
What does the poet mean by ‘finest conventions'?
There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,
And they're very quick to shatter all the little family ties.
What do they do to their families?
There are some who seem to fancy that for gladness they must roam,
That for smiles that are the brightest they must wander far from home.
Why do they roam?
