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प्रश्न
Describe the appearance and qualities of Macavity.
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उत्तर
Macavity is tall and thin. His eyes are sunken in. His brow is deeply lined with thought. His head is highly domed. His coat is dusty and his whiskers unkempt. He makes movements like a snake. He is a friend in feline shape. He is a monster of depravity. He is a cat of deceitfulness and suavity. When one thinks he is half-asleep, he is wide awake. He is an elusive, agile and phantom-like cat.
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Mention the qualities the child in the poem symbolises.
Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.
laugh with their eyes
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
I have learned to wear my faces Like dresses …
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Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow in a sentence or two.
With all my heart I do admire
Athletes who sweat for fun or hire
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- For what reasons do the athletes sweat?
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Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there…
- What did the poet notice about the twigs?
- What was the poet’s thought about then?
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In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
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What is Macavity’s nickname?
Read the poem once again and complete the summary using the words given in the box.
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| larder | whiskers |
| respectable | criminal |
| devil | thought |
| sunken | division |
| agents | detective |
| alibi | desperate |
| fakir | qualities |
| gravity | greenhouse |
Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.
There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
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Explain the following line with reference to the context.
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare
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What is the rhyme scheme used in the poem?
Pick out all the pairs of rhyming words used in the poem.
Identify the following personalities and their fields of achievement.
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- Mention a remarkable achievement of any of these personalities.
- What quality do you admire the most in each of these achievers?
- What are the qualities that you may share with them?
- Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
- ______.
- ______.
- ______.
- ______.
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Creative Activity
- Write eight words you associate with success.
- Use the words to write eight lines that mean success to you or how success makes you feel.
- Arrange your lines into a poem.
- Share your poem with the class and post a copy on the notice board.
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“Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,…”
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“Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,…”
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