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प्रश्न
The root is to be pulled out
Out of the anchoring earth;
Why should the root be pulled out?
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उत्तर
The root should be pulled out to kill the tree.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep.
What are the promises the speaker is talking about?
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 |
And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;
How is ‘it’ watered?
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
Who is the ‘foe’ referred to here?
"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?
"With buzzy wings, she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue".
Who does ‘she’ refer to?
Complete the summary by filling in the spaces with suitable words.
The poem begins with the spider’s_________ of the fly. He __________ to the fly to come into its home. The spider describes his parlour as the _______ one. The spider kindles the curiosity of the fly so that she may enter his home. Fortunately, the fly was _________ and refused to get into his home. Now the spider pretends to be a __________and asks her to come and rest in his home. He offers her __________ and a __________ to rest. This time also the fly __________ the spider's offer very politely. The next weapon that the spider uses is_________. The spider praises the ______ and _____of the fly and also praises her ________. He invites her to look at herself in the ______which is in his parlour. The fly is_______ by the words of the spider and she falls a _________ to his ________.
Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping
Like impetuous youth.
Where does the rose grow?
Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping
Like impetuous youth.
Which stage of man is compared here?
If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
Pick out the rhyming words.
