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प्रश्न
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.
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उत्तर
Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his anger and it ended. They became friends. But when he grew angry with his foe, he suppressed it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears and allowed it to grow. He faced his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which attracted his foe to eat it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying outstretched under the tree.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Identify the season in these lines.
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 |
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Identify the figure of speech in the title of the poem.
What might have caused the conflict which led to the poet becoming angry with his enemy? Think of one such situation that you have experienced. Describe how you felt and how the enmity grew and things became worse.
"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?
Describe the beauty of the river you have seen?
River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
Why does the poet mention the river to be swelling?
Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that’s miles long,
Why is the comet compared to a cheetah?
There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,
And they're very quick to shatter all the little family ties.
What do the rich and poor folk imagine themselves to be?
It's the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
Who wins the joys of the earth?
