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प्रश्न
Copy the first 8 lines and mark the stressed syllables using a coloured pen.
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उत्तर
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet
breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we
wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The number of stressed syllables (Rhythm) in the line.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Pick out the word from the given box and write it in the correct columns below.
| jump, narrow, cable, live, queen, butter, tree, kitten, van, yellow, dale, happy, night, printer, star, sober, paper, cloud, pearl, within, bike, began, slender. |
Here the focus is not on the spellings but the pronunciation of the words.
| Words with one syllable | Words with two syllables |
Write the names of any five of your friends and mention the number of syllables in each name.
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| elephant |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| kangaroo |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| rough |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| monkey |
| 1 2 3 |
Count the syllables and underline the appropriate number in the box.
| biscuit |
| 1 2 3 |
Now complete the columns below and mark the syllable that receives primary stress.
| Verb | Noun |
| present | ____________ |
| examine | ____________ |
| ____________ | production |
| calculate | ____________ |
| ____________ | distribution |
| specialize | ____________ |
Count the syllables in the lines of ‘The Divine Image’. Do you see a pattern?
The first line has eight and the second line has six syllables.
Two syllables make a foot in poetry. Here the first syllable of each foot is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.
