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Faster than a cheetah With a tail that’s miles long, Whose tail is compared here? - English

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Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that’s miles long,

Whose tail is compared here?

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उत्तर

The tail of the comet is compared here.

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पाठ 6.2: The Comet - Exercise [पृष्ठ १६६]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 9 TN Board
पाठ 6.2 The Comet
Exercise | Q B. 2. b. | पृष्ठ १६६

संबंधित 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.


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.

Pick out the rhyming words.


It has grown Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing.

How has the tree grown?


"Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “you're witty and you’re wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!"

List the words used by the spider to describe the fly.


River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;

Why does the poet mention the river to be swelling?


Pick out the examples for epithet from the poem.


In the dust, they leave behind,
Could have started life on the earth,
Which resulted in mankind.

What does the word 'they' refer to?


The stick-together families are the happiest of all. Explain.


The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.

What can break their unity?


But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.

When do they share their fun?


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