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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. - English

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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

The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

What does the word summer mean here?


The summer of life she's ready to see in spring.
She says, "Spring will come again, my dear
Let me care for the ones who're near.”

What does she mean by “spring will come again”?


She's today's woman. Today's woman dear.
Love her, respect her, keep her near...

How should a woman be treated?


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

A silly young cricket accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring.

Name the seasons mentioned here.


Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.

Whom did the cricket want to meet? Why?


Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary using the phrases given below.

In this narrative poem, the poet brings out the idea that is essential for every creature. He conveys this message to the readers through a story of __________ The ant spends all its summer saving __________. The cricket __________ happily in the summer. He __________ anything for the winter. When winter comes, he is worried that his __________ is empty. So, he seeks the help of the ant to have __________ and a __________ to stay. The cricket was even prepared to repay it in the future. The ant made it clear that ants __________. He also enquired the cricket if it had saved anything when the weather was fine. The cricket answered that it had sung day and night enjoying__________. The ant threw the

cricket out and stated in a stern voice it should dance in the winter season too. In his concluding lines, the poet affirms that this is not __________ but it is true and applicable to __________ also.


Are machines humble to accept the evolution of human brain? Why?


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

Rewrite the given lines with the ending ‘365 days a year.'


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

Alliteration.


Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

Rumors are constantly being made,
And each day the house just begins to fade.
What happened inside that house?

  1. Does the house remain the same every day?
  2. How does the poet consider the house to be a mystery?

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