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प्रश्न
And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.
What does the poet mean by ‘finest conventions'?
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उत्तर
The finest conventions mean a family gets together.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Pick out words from the poem that bring to mind peace and quiet.
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?
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What does ‘apple’ signify?
What does the poet mean by ‘bleeding bark’?
Why do you think the poet describes the act of cutting a tree? What effect does it have on you as a reader?
Write a character sketch of the spider.
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing.
What is meant by ‘foliage’?
Memorise the first three stanzas of the poem.
Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that’s miles long,
Why is the comet compared to a cheetah?
