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प्रश्न
What is the poem about?
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उत्तर
The poem is about killing a tree.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near.
Why should the horse think it queer?
What information does the poet highlight about the season and the time of the day in the poem?
Identify the rhyme scheme used in each stanza. One example has been done for you.
| Stanza | Rhyme scheme |
| 1 | aaba |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 |
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
Who is the ‘foe’ referred to here?
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.
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.
"And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne’er give heed:"
What is the advice given to the readers?
In the dust, they leave behind,
Could have started life on the earth,
Which resulted in mankind.
According to scientists, how did life start on earth?
The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.
What can break their unity?
But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
When do they share their fun?
