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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below. I drive past the house almost every day. The house seems to be a bit brighter.

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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

I drive past the house almost every day.
The house seems to be a bit brighter.
On this warm summer day in May.
It plays with your mind.

  1. To whom does ‘I’ refer to?
  2. Pick out the alliterated words in the 2nd line.
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उत्तर

  1. ‘I’ refers to the poetess, Nadia Bush.
  2. The alliterated words in the second line are a bit brighter.
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अध्याय 7.2: The House on Elm Street - Exercise [पृष्ठ २०३]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
अध्याय 7.2 The House on Elm Street
Exercise | Q A. 2. | पृष्ठ २०३

संबंधित प्रश्न

Fill in with a word in each blanks to complete the summary of the poem. Use the help box given below.

dignified healthier today's persistent care symbol innate
fake adversity hope life disgrace prankster woman
near faith optimistic quitter thaw respect lioness
fear beliefs self-respect saw strength    

Every woman is beautiful ______ She is the ______ of power and ______ She is prone to put her ______ at risk. Every woman is true in expressing her love and she is never ______. She is very ______ in her approach even at times of ______ she finds a ray of ______ and she continues to ______ for her ______ ones. She is the ______ and she has no _______. She is forceful in her ______ and ______ She is never a ______ and she is ______ She is ferocious like a ______ it's better for the ______ to stay away from her. Never should one try to bring ______ to her pride and ______ for she knows how to ______ and ______ them. She is ______ woman. It is ______ to love her______ her and to keep her ______.


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

Pick out the line that has a metaphor in it.


She's strong in her faith, firm in her belief.

Pick out the alliterated words from the above.


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?


Who does ‘we’ refer to in first stanza?


Mention the names of a few machines that run on water, coal, or oil.


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

Do the machines serve us twenty-four hours a day?


Write your favourite stanza from the poem and find the rhyming scheme.


Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example.

Assonance.


Read the poem and find the line for the following poetic device or write your own example.

Simile.


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