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तामिळनाडू बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंडरी एज्युकेशनएस.एस.एल.सी. (इंग्रजी माध्यम) इयत्ता १०

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

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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.

What was the routine of the cricket?

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The routine of the cricket was to sing and while away the time enjoying the spring.

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पाठ 4.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Exercise [पृष्ठ ११७]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
पाठ 4.2 The Ant and the Cricket
Exercise | Q A. 1. a) | पृष्ठ ११७

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.”

How does she take life?


A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!

Give the rhyme scheme for the above lines.


She's a lioness; don't mess with her.
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster.

Pick out the line that has a metaphor in it.


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.

Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.

Why was his cupboard empty?


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.


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

Assonance.


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

Personification.


The poem ‘No men are foreign’ has a greater relevance in today's world. Elucidate.


How is the mystery depicted in the poem?


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