Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that’s miles long,
Whose tail is compared here?
Advertisements
उत्तर
The tail of the comet is compared here.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
You have agreed to pick up some friends at the train station. They are coming to stay with you for a few days. You’ve arranged with your elder brother/ sister to drive the car for the day. You are about to leave the house when you realize the car is outside but your brother/ sister has gone to work, taking the keys!. How angry does that make you feel?
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What does ‘it’ refer to?
It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.
Can a ‘simple jab of the knife’ kill a tree?
And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.
What does the phrase ‘leprous hide’ mean?
And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.
What comes out of the leprous hide?
Based on the understanding of the poem, write down the summary of the poem by filling in the blanks.
The poet explains the process of ___________. A lot of work has to be done in order to ___________ completely. It cannot be accomplished by merely cutting it with ___________. The tree has grown strong with the help of ___________ for countless years. Even the ___________ of the tree gives rise to ___________. The ___________ sprouts new twigs and leaves. In a short period, they grow into a new tree. So, to ___________ completely, one should take out its roots completely from the soil. Then they should be exposed to ___________. Only then the tree will be completely killed.
Why do you think the poet describes the act of cutting a tree? What effect does it have on you as a reader?
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime,
Where is the river flowing to?
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.
What does the poet mean by ‘mortal prime’?
If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza.
