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प्रश्न
Discuss with your partner and pick out the similes used in the poem. Which one do you like the most? Why?
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उत्तर
Similes used in this poem are :
- ‘And charging along like troops in a battle’.
- ‘Fly as thick as driving rain’
I like the second one the most because the poet says all the sights of hills and plains fly as quickly as a drop of rain following another drop in a storm.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Find an example of alliteration in the poem.
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Alliteration: is repetition of the consonant at the beginning of two or more words in a line. Example: mother twists my ears. |
Fill in the table.
Contraction is a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters often replaced in written English by an apostrophe (').
| It’s | It is |
| Doesn’t | |
| There’s | |
| You will | |
| That’s | |
| I have | |
| He’d | |
| Aren’t | |
| He has | |
| Won’t | |
| Can not |
What do you think the poem is about?
Take turns in class to describe one image that crossed your mind.
Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
What solution did he arrive at for the mystery that he found?
Was he finally successful in changing his pigtail’s position? Support your answer with a line from the poem.
Did something dreadful happen? How would you describe the events in the poem– comedy or tragedy?
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
| ‘He mused upon this curious case’ |
What is the figure of speech used in this line?
Fill in the table with the appropriate poem lines. A few lines may be used more than one time.
| Pick the line or lines that | |
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1. suggest the sage lacked practical common sense |
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2. make the poem humorous |
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3. show the clowning movements of the sage |
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4. that are actually funny but have a serious tone |
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